Wellington, April 17th. 1871. My dear McLean, I have duly received yours of the 11th. and am looking up the papers that will have to be printed. I shall keep them as low as possible, as the results of printing so much last session was that hardly anybody read them. Branigan never turned up in the Ashley and I feel a little uneasy about it, as your letter was written she had sailed and you were evidently under the impression that he was in her. I hope he has