He warns of his possible recall to England, the London Missionary Society's doubts over its advisability without a summons from the Committee on the Aborigines, the willingness of the Society to pay his expenses if the government did not, and his own application to the Colonial Office for Philip's summons. He appeals to Philip to come but urges him to exercise the utmost economy in case the cost of his journey should, after all, need to be met by him, Buxton. He instructs him to come well prepared, with facts marshalled, and warns that Colonel Wade constantly attended the inquiry and sent back reports to his friends in the Cape of Good Hope. He refers to the evidence provided by Stockenstrom and his own conviction that they must bring to light all the facts which had led to the war and Hintza's death.