She describes her father's Motion that night on the indigenous peoples, the debate on the malt tax, the result of the Mico Charity meeting the previous day, Lord Aberdeen's reaction to Buxton's many Motions for papers and Buxton's explanation of his mode of working through the Motions. She also writes of his informal visits to the Colonial Office, and a discussion with James Stephen and Gladstone about a 'catechism' of questions that Buxton had directed to the Colonial Office. Finally, she records her own pleasure at having resumed her duties as her father's assistant. (Copy.)