He refers to letters he was sending from Trotter, Jones, and Buchanan for Trew, Trotter, and Washington to see. He asks whether he had written to Dressner, regrets that he himself had not yet answered Sir Henry Leake's letter, speculates about sending Leake a list of questions, and gives Washington permission to quote from Buchanan's and Teage's letters. He reports that Taylor had not yet interviewed the miner [to accompany the expedition?] and would not be back in town to do so until the 22nd. He discusses the precautions to be taken over printing an extract from Joseph John Gurney's letter to Scoble and his surprise that he had passed a particular sentence for publication; he intended to write to him himself about this. Finally, he writes that Hannah was unwell. (Copy.)