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Letter, 25/03/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, John Mattson found a cache of Maori carpenter implements in the Hast. We made casts of the shank of a fish hook and a basalt gouge. I hear he sent the rest to you and we woould like to inspect them. McBride found a cache of of 10 adzes at the same place, we have 9 and the tenth was stolen from the Grahams at Waiho

Letter, 20/04/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, The previous set of tools were of a tree feller and this set is of a joiner. We would exchange your set of adzes for the same number of genuine greenstone adzes and chisels

Letter, 29/04/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, Thanks for your offer to exchange I will send the greenstone adzes shortly

Letter, 02/05/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, Thanks for your offer to exchange I will send the greenstone adzes shortly