Auckland, June 16th, 1847. My dear MacLean, As a mail starts this afternoon I merely write a few lines to tell you I am well and doing famously I am established head drill and have adopted the Carbine exercise very similar to yours at Duries there is nothing new up here, I have been up the Wairoa River on duty it rained almost the whole time I made a (word indiscipherable) of tobacco I was gone a fortnight. There are no cap peaks in Auckland but we shall have some by the Kate when I will send you a cap. I have just left the south in time to be out of all the fun, I suppose you will be actively employed soon you are to have two companies of the 65 at Taranaki, I think there is every chance of the force being mounted soon write often and believe me Yours sincerely, W.B.White.