He asks him to continue writing about whether there were any particular dangers to be averted regarding full emancipation in 1840, his views on the stipendiary magistrates and whether he could observe progressive improvement among Black people and a desire for education. He suggests that there was still a tendency among white people to abuse their power, in legislation more than in isolated cases of oppression, and promises to keep a watch on such developments, observing that it was easy to move for papers in Parliament and thereby reveal many abuses. He writes of his interest in every detail Trew could provide on the schools there, especially the one established at Harmony Hall, adding that he did not much like the idea of schools of industry but that a memorandum from the Mico Trustees would deal with that point. His view was that such schools would benefit the plantation owners more than Black people. He deals with the plantation owners' views on the employment of the free children of apprentices and ridicules the idea of taking the children's strike seriously, arguing that the oldest of them could only be eight years old, it was natural for children to prefer play to work and that when they grew up, need and wages would encourage them to be industrious and skilful, rather than training in workshops. He insists that Trew must agree with him on this matter, even though some of the things he had said in the Dec letter had caused him some anxiety. He urges simple elementary education and religious instruction, rather than vocational training, and supports the unanimous decision of the Trustees not to overburden themselves with new objectives but to concentrate on the ones they had already set themselves. He warns him not to be influenced by the opinions of the colonists while in the West Indies and advises that the more he could honestly encourage the expectation that his pupils would grow up to be industrious and well-principled, the better (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 15, pp. 83-87). (Copy.)