Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 10/02/1916, ? to Professor W B Benham, Requesting the skin of a Saddleback bird.

Letter, 20/03/1916, Professor W B Benham to Wanganui Museum, Looked for Maori articles found a Taiaha given by Dr Hocken with a letter from the undersecretary dated Mar 8 1886 saying it was from The chief. I don't think Mrs Ballance has any claim to it.

Letter, 14/11/1916, Freda N Chapman, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, The Easter ?island ?Iconographes are in Vol 1 of the Polynesian Journal. Some of them look like the cave writings. No-one swallows ?Cairoff

Letter, 16/06/1916, Wanganui Museum to Professor W B Benham, Find enclosed order for Mrs Balances specimen to be sent to the Wanganui Museum

Letter, 18/04/1916, Ellen Balance, Wanganui to Professor W B Benham, Kindly send all specimens or articles deposited by My husband the Hon John Balance

Letter, 24/06/1916, Wanganui Museum to Professor W B Benham, In regard to the Balance specimens she is unable to enumerate the various articles but thinks there was a dog skin mat, a Taiaha, and others.

Letter, 16/06/1916, Alfred Williams, Wanganui to Mr Downes, Wanganui museum, Away most of the month. Enclose order from Mrs Balance for return of articles deposited by her husband in the Dunedin Museum

Letter, 12/12/1925, Johs Schmidt to Dr W B Benham, Research on eels including taxonomy, migration and life cycle. Thanks for the samples, visiting NZ to collect further samples. Undertaken similar work in Australia and Iceland.

Letter, 24/02/1917, Mr Downes, Wanganui museum to Professor W B Benham, Have been unwell for 6 months. Your letter re the taiaha was put before the board who disagree and request its return to Mrs Ballance

Letter, 8/11/1886, Native Office Welling ton to Geoffrey Parker , By direction of the Hon Native Minister I send you the Taiaha presented to the Government by chief Wahanui as a token of peace. It's name is Mahuta and was a symbol of death to Europeans who crossed forbidden boundaries.

Letter, 02/11/1925, J G Ciaseusy? University Zoology Museum Kobenhavn to Dr W B Benham, Returning species, expect to send paper on Echinoderms. Extra specimens of cidaridae recently received.

Letter, 09/06/1925, J G Ciaseusy? University Zoology Museum Kobenhavn to Dr W B Benham, Finished study and report has gone to press. The NZ species of Caudina is not the same as the Australian or one in Chile. Further discussion on other species and distribution.