10 August 1869 Glenorchy My dear Donald I see by the paper that you are getting things pretty favourable with you and just as I expected as I had no dreams like last year at all, no old wives in the way. You certainly have a very hard and arduous task to perform but I hope God will gave you health and strength to carry it out with pleasure to yourself, and benefit to New Zealand as to that there is not the faintest doubt off it is old Mrs M'Lean's dream coming true at last that you may yet get the credit of setteling the war. I was pleased to see that your measure passed the House. It is the only wise measure they have passed for some time. I can only tell you that the people here feel quite satisfied and full