Wellington July 31st 1865 My dear Maclean I don't know whether Weld is well enough to write to you he has been a good deal out of sorts - so I give you this line to say how glad we are to find all the bad reports of your condition are mere tales. The information you giveof affairs at the Cape is most satisfactory. I don't like gazette puffing and we must wait till our men do more before we throw up our hats but in the absence of foolscap acknowledgments I hope you will let them understand settlers and natives at Waiapu that we all