F.D. Bell. Taranaki 17 March /63 My dear McLean, I got your letters by the Wonga Wonga, but she only staid a few hours and I was quite unable to write to you. Your official letter to Domett resigning Genl. Government pay & allowances has not come down to him: but it's of course all right and just as I anticipated. There will I imagine be no possible legal difficulty arise now about your Seat. Your re-election would finally settle anything, and as no action under the Disqualification Act would lie (your not receiving