Te Whakaki 4th January 1869 Dear Sir I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst. I feel very sorry that I have been any source of annoyance to you through Major Lambert. At the time your letter reached here correcting the name where the enemy was situated, no person was to be found to go on after the natives, and to carry out your wishes I offered my service, without-any charge whatever, so that I did not consider myself in any way employed by . Immediately on my return I called upon Major Lambert, and gave him all the particulars, to enable him to communicate with you in the morning by the orderly which leaves at 5 A.M. every morning. In a day or two after he told me that my information had been suitably acknowledged by you. On receipt of Major Green's letter I simply mentioned in the presence of Mr. Worgan and Major Lambert. I did say I was surprised