Wellington, 1.2.72 My dear McLean, I saw on Gisborne's table the Commission to Major Edwards to enquire into the charges against Major Noake. I never saw Middlemas's charges, but I think the enquiry ought to be limited to such matters as can properly be considered breaches of his official duty. It would be a dangerous precedent to subject officers in the public service to enquiries of a vague character, or relating to mere questions of policy. Middlemas ought