Auckland. March 11, /45. Dear McLean, Your letters by the Post and Slains Castle came safe to hand, and I was glad to learn that all was peace in your district I am sorry to learn that Ihuna had been cutting down and clearing timber from the block of land the Governor paid them for, I have no hesitation in advising you to use your influence in preventing the slightest encroachment upon that land, under no pretence whatever would I allow them to cultivate or otherwise use that land I would