Government House New Zealand August 17, 1870 (?) My dear McLean, I hope you will give Fairchild orders not to be more than a fortnight away, for we cannot take the Duke of Edinburgh anywhere without him. I trust that you will be able to arrange our visit to the East Coast very soon after the end of the Session; as I naturally want to get back to my family, and we could visit the Ngatiporos, Arawas (to whom visits have been ) on our way up. Ever yrs. G. F. Bowen