Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 12/05/1904, C. Hedley, Australian Museum, Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Acknowledges letter of 4 May. Discusses Palm Island dredgings, sand from Gulf of Carpentaria, and description of nudibranchs.

Letter, 10/06/1904, William H. Webster, Waiuku to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for shells sent. Discusses descriptions of shells by Hutton and paper by Professor Parker in Royal Society Journal 'Transactions, vol. 299. Webster lists shells that he would like to add to his collection if Benham has these and welcomes future exchanges.

Letter, 31/03/1904, Registrar, University of Otago to Professor W B Benham, Reports Biological laboratory assistant's salary has been raised by 10 shillings per week and additional grant will also be paid this month.

Letter, 13/11/1904, Alfred Philpott, Underwood, Invercargill to Professor W B Benham, Sending a box of about forty moths for N.Z. insect collection. Has selected moths with intention to fill gaps in the collection. Will be able to check the moth collection when visiting Dunedin next winter.

Letter, 06/07/1904, J. C. Buckland, Akaroa to Professor W B Benham, Sending a spider with family. Found about one foot deep in the soil.

Letter, 03/07/1904, J. C. Buckland, Akaroa to Professor W B Benham, Regarding a "small insect or creature" with a nest on his house spouting. Would like to know what this is. Sending 'creature,' in a small tin box.

Letter, 15/02/1904, W. G. Ridewood, British Museum of Natural History. to Professor W B Benham, Writing on behalf of Professor Lankester regarding skeleton of Callorhynchus. Notes that dark brown colour of skeleton is caused by iron wire rusting. Suggests use of silver wire in future. Reports that skeleton has now been mounted in a special glass case.

Letter, 08/09/1904, Registrar, University of Otago to Professor W B Benham, Approval of fee for Honours Biology Laboratory.

Letter, 09/12/1903, Chilton?, Canterbury College to Professor W B Benham, Reports find at Castle Hill of worms, including flat colourless one, (is it "Prorhynchus putealis"?)

Letter, 07/08/1903, T F Chuseman? Museum, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Acknowledges receipt of fossil ("Polucipes") lent to the Museum.

Letter, 18/12/1901, T F Chuseman? Museum, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, No objection to the speciman of the big Scalpellum being taken to the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Association.

Letter, 04/12/1903, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Sending the skin (plus skull) of Kiore. The second male seen in 10 years.