I thought I should mention that Roger Pocock’s sending of Captain Herbert Noyes to New Zealand, was not his first attempt to get the NZ Government to officially accept the Legion of Frontiersmen. The first attempt by Roger Pocock to offer the NZ Government an organised body of Frontiersmen is recorded in a letter dated the 21st July 1905. A reply from the NZ Prime Minister Mr R Seddon was sent on the 27th of September 1905 declining the offer. These letters are held at Archives NZ:- Agency – AD, Series – 1, Box/item - 1035*, Record 62/4. Hopefully, Mike will soon do me the courtesy of verifying my claims as being correct.