Napier 18th. October 1870. My dear McLean, I have not a great deal to write about this mail. The Telegraph is so convenient for com-munieating, that nearly everything is sent in that way. I have told you what I am trying to arrange at Taupo; and if successful in making agreements to open a dray line from Taupo to Waiteririra, a very little work on the other side will give a dray road through to Maketu; and so another great step will be gained in the dealing with any future native difficulty. I hope you are pushing on the road from Tauranga to Rotorua, as that is the line, as communioating with a good Port. I shall be glad to get a reply to my official Road Report from Gisborne. What I want is to be told how much can be spared for each of the differ-ent works I have reported on; especially I want to know what will be available this