In a second letter written later that day he, explains why they had decided that a charter must be obtained for a limited company and the steps needed to obtain one. He writes of their need to know what the government intended the expedition to do, whether Trotter was to obtain sovereignty of land and establish factories, and, if so, what they were to be, and whether a protective force should be left in the settlements. He insists that an agent for the Agricultural Association must go with the expedition, suggesting Captain Cook as a candidate if it did not clash with his duty as a commissioner. He suggests Buxton that have a talk with Samuel Gurney before the next meeting. He conveys the thanks of Thompson for the £50 Buxton had sent him; Forster regarded this as an advance from the Aborigines Protection Society.