but probably he might have felt it rather the reverse of pleasant that his own endeavours to effect what I had been sent for were ineffectual. However, be that as it may, duty and the McLean motto of - ''Virtue; Honest'' shall be my rule of conduct, however adverse such a course may be to some. But certainly this does not apply to the Lieut. Governor. I think he is a well-disposed man, but rather deficient of experience in New Zealand matters. It will be quite unnecessary for me to divide the time at Wellington (from the 30th. March to the 21st. April) into days; as my time was occupied almost day and night, enquiring into native claims, without interruption; and thankful am I that some settlement with a troublesome and