It occurs to me that if you do not want her she might be useful for communicating with Wairoa at any rate if she comes she wd. require to wait till about Sunday the 20th which is the earliest date I can see my way to leave by - Col.Russell and Stokes are in no hurry. Vogel I conclude is sure to be here by the Nevada and will be with you by the end of next week. Let me hear when the new members arrive how they are likely to go, it is them more than the old hands you should look after. I am very sorry Driver has resigned he was very useful and the most reliable man for Otago you had. Can he not be got to reconsider - perhaps if he did he could not be re-elected.