Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 29/01/1908, Edgar R Waite, Canterbury Museum to Professor W B Benham, All Echinoderms are the property of this museum but you may hold duplicates not the sole specimen

Letter, 09/05/1908, Edgar R Waite, Canterbury Museum to Professor W B Benham, Suter sent Hutton and Prof Ludwig a starfish for identification in 1905 but no reply. I have found the first and send to you for report. Waiting for the Nora Niven publication

Letter, 15/02/1908, C H Fisher, Standard Insurance to Professor W B Benham, Contents are insured and the annex but not the main building. The fire door between the annex and the main building do not comply. The museum rate is 4/-

Letter, 31/01/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Major Brown will get the subantactic coleoptera to work out. Returing some specimens. Awaiting dredged material from Capt. Bollons. Later I will draw up report on marine shells

Letter, 18/01/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Alter my manuscript as needed. Forgot to return a beetle from Auckland Isles, sent it to Major Brown

Letter, 15/01/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Trophon squamatus from Auckland Islands is Pupura striata Martyn. Southern specimens have the apertine brown within

Letter, 06/01/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for specimens happy to help

Letter, 29/08/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Sending you large earthworms from Henderson

Letter, 24/04/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Studying species of Tethys. Sending drawing of a shell from Mr hamilton for comparison

Letter, 05/05/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for Hutton's type of Tethys brunnia. I can do without T. venosa

Letter, 20/05/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Campbeel Island land shells contain 2 new species. Also new species of slugs but also introduced slugs maybe from dirt on introduced animals feet

Letter, 22/06/1908, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for info on Nudibranchs. Doriopsilla australis Bergh. Shall return Campbell Island shells soon. There is only one Endodonta Stychodon. Sending some annelids from the "Nora Niven" expedition