Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 11/10/1916, W A Haswell, University of Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Have sent samples in the post. Have leave next year and hope to get on with research.

Letter, 05/10/1910, James F Healey, Pine Hill to Professor W B Benham, Remains of long fallen trees all over Otago with a durable red wood. I found trees which might be similar in 1856 North of Flagstaff near a hut called "The hut near the clump of trees"

Letter, 26/10/1910, R H Matthews to Professor W B Benham, Sending worm called Toke Kiwi that burrows as deep as 4 feet

Letter, 27/07/1910, Arthur H Nathan Ltd, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, We have no infusorial earth but will get some soon, the pit is some miles out of town

Letter, 19/06/1910, W E Strahus Kurow to Professor W B Benham, Sending 2 bugs in a matchbox we call cork fleas. They appear to be blind and are plentiful among the rocks at high altitude. What are they.

Letter, 17/05/1910, Charles E Planek, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, I am a wool classer and I note there are no wool samples in your museum. I will be working in Australia next year and could get samples of all the wools there if you wish

Letter, 10/07/1910, D Sutherland Milford Sound to Professor W B Benham, I found tracks in a sandy beach that were 30 to 31 inches apart. They looked like Rua tracks but a very large one or could it have been a moa

Letter, 20/10/1910, D Sutherland Milford Sound to Professor W B Benham, I measured the steps of the bird track by cutting notches in wood and later used a ruler. From heel to toe the longest was 30 and 1/4 inches and the shortest 29 inches. I measured 12 to 15. The toe length was 3 1/2 to 4 inches.

Letter, 06/12/1910, W A Mason, Registrar to Professor W B Benham, Request for shelving in the laboratory attendants room approved. Request to seek a taxidermist salary £150 PA approved. Direct order of books approved

Letter, 25/04/1910, T Wayland Vaughan, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey to Professor W B Benham, Specimens of corals from the Kermadecs Islands you sent to Dr R T Jackson Cambridge Mass. Will be sent to me for identification. We are moving so it may take some time

Letter, 12/01/1910, M Wasserbramal, Dunedin to Professor W B Benham, The black pointed Malaysian darts are said to be very poisonous. Also sent native mat

Letter, 01/12/1910, Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage board to Professor W B Benham, Gift of greenstone adze found by a workman excavating in Leith Street