Woburn July 28th 1864 My dear McLean, As I find the Queen sails for Napier tomorrow, I scribble off a few lines to let you know how I am getting on. I have got the Wainuioru business settled after no end of a lot of trouble. I told them they had fairly sold the land and signed the deeds and were not entitled to a farthing, but that as you had promised them £500, and £200 on a/c of the 5 per cents, the Govt. would not go back from its word, and I was prepared to give them the £700 but no more, and that they must understand that this offer was final and would not be repeated - if they accepted it, well and good, their insolent speeches would be forgotten and all would be well - if not they would never get the £500, and if they turned off Smith,