Wellington 4th. April 1872. The Right Rev. Bishop of Waiapu Dear Sir, Under my arrangement with the General Government, I am allowed to take private business; and understanding from Official quarters that the Te Aute school was a Government work, and from the circumstances of not receiving instructions in the usual official way. I was led to consider the commission as a private one, introduced in a friendly way by Mr. McLean; and it was only when I received a telegram from him from Christchurch that I was made aware you were not to be charged for plans, etc. Mr. McLean has since assured me that the work is a Government one. Consequently I withdraw the charge for commission, which would have been about Eighty pounds. As I have incurred private expenses and liabilities in connection with the Te Aute design, amounting to about Twenty-five pounds, which I should not have done, had it been considered as a Government work, and as Mr. McLean is now in your district, I trust, under the circumstances, after conferring together, you will not object to reimburse me as to that amount. Mr. McLean has promised to explain matters to you, lest you might think I was knowingly making a claim, to which I was not entitled. I remain My dear Sir, Yours very truly (Signed) W.H. Clayton.