Woodlands May 21st 1863 My dear McLean I send down the application for gates to wh. I trust yr. Honour will send a favorable reply as promised by return of post. The application for the timber license has, I see by the regulations, to be made to the Commissioner, and I have accordingly written to Tiffen. Should that conscientious officer have scruples about issuing it, I trust you will allay the same and see that I get it. It is really a serious matter to me and after all I am asking very little and for that little, am quite prepared to pay. The Regulations of 1851 under which I apply are old and the part of them is superceded long ago, but they have never been repealed, that I can discover, nor have the Timber license