Wellington 22nd. January 1870. My dear McLean, I wrote you last from Wanganui, per ''Storm Bird'', a week ago, with latest West Coast news to that date. I then went on to Rangitikei, where I found the surveys going on, uninterrupted; though I could not make up my mind that they may not be again interferred with; but there is no fear of any violence. I then went on to Manawatu, and rode inland as far as palmerston. The road from Foxton towards Napier has had a great deal