When Mr. Bolton reached Dunedin a few days later, after a leisurely trip through the goldfields, he handed his receipt to an express company, with instructions to bring his trunk to his hotel. It was a very apologetic Claims Clerk who waited on him on behalf of the Railway, to explain that his trunk was believed to be on the “Waikare,” in the West Coast Sounds. The “Waikare” was not expected back for over a week, and there was no means of communicating with her. Mr. Bolton did not contemplate waiting in Dunedin, as he had arranged with his shipboard acquaintance to visit Mount Cook. He could not take his trunk with him on the coach, but he suggested that if the Railway Department would pay for such articles then in his trunk, which his friend suggested would be required for the trip, he would in the meantime be satisfied, assuming the trunk would be recovered. A provisional settlement was arranged, and when the “Waikare” returned the trunk was recovered and sent to Timaru, with careful instructions as to its safe custody till claimed by the owner. Mr. Bolton received his trunk on his return to Timaru from Mount Cook, and took it with him to Christchurch. There arose the difficulty of stowing the trunk on a cab, but the obliging head porter at Christchurch station explained that for a small fee the Department would take charge of it, and on arrival at his hotel he could hand the cloakroom ticket to the hotel clerk, who would arrange for a carrier to bring the trunk to the hotel. Mr. Bolton acted on this advice.