Captain Reynolds to Under-Secretary Horton.

I here acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 18th inst., in which I notice what you say concerning the Henry Porcher being ready to receive passengers on the 25th inst. With respt. to Tippahe Cupa (the New Zealand chief), he is not yet recovered from the effects of his late illness to make it safe for him to travil. Since I was in London he has had a spitting of blood and the chicken poc, and is yet in a very weak state. The Doctor (Dr. Traill) has given him leave to walk out a little, and I hope now he will soon recover.