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letter, 22/02/1935, Johannes Andersen to H D Skinner, Forward galleys of amulet paper. Let me have illustrations. Kelly's paper with drawings of old pa sites ought to go on record.

letter, 15/02/1935, Johannes Andersen to H D Skinner, J C are Beaglehole's initials. Angus Ross paper on Puoho's expedition would be of interest to readers. Grammar and word lists are not exciting but are valuable.

letter, 28/12/1934, Johannes Andersen to H D Skinner, Your "Conclusions" sent to me by the library and have forwarded to Averys. Your cheque for £1/1/6 together with £11/11/0 sent to treasurer. New members exceeding resignations.

letter, 13/08/1934, Johannes Andersen to H D Skinner, Tom L Mills of Fielding says Mrs Enrique Riess-Vasquez of Mexico wants your papers in whole.

letter, 02/02/1935, M S Reid , Invercargill to H D Skinner, Sketch of bone fish-hook found at Patterson's inlet. Is it of value

letter, 06/07/1935, H Chas Rousley, Havelock to H D Skinner, Thank you for very interesting journal. I know of some old pa sites and will look round them

letter, 30/04/1935, H Chas Rousley, Havelock to H D Skinner, My cheque has not arrived

letter, 29/03/1935, Skinner to H D Skinner, Finally decided to let you have the Pendant, I need the money.

letter, 11/03/1935, H Chas Roadley, Havelock to H D Skinner, Advice of despatch of pendant.

letter, 21/08/1935, Mr E Robinson, 848 West Florence Ave., Los Angeles to H D Skinner, Enquiry about Maori Fish hook design. Mentions Nordhoff and Society Islands fishing. Discusses Japanese fish hooks.

letter, 19/12/1934, Mr E Robinson, 848 West Florence Ave., Los Angeles to H D Skinner, Suggestion that circular hooks may be from Indians of the Santa Barbara Islands.

letter, 01/02/1935, Angus Ross, Herbert North Otago to H D Skinner, Seeking advice on distribution of Science Congress notices. Mentions that Johannes Andersen made several criticisms of Ross's thesis. Would like to discuss some points with Skinner. Asks if Skinner still has the old Swedish coin he lent for identification last year.

letter, 27/04/1935, Ian Ross, New College, Oxford to H D Skinner, Encloses two photographs taken in Scilly. Discusses photo of a megalithic grave, describes fragments of pottery found and surmises that this village had been buried in sand. Second photo is of a partly excavated hut (may have been open cooking enclosure) in a hillside village. Notes that "little systematic excavation" has occurred on Scilly and that there is much material left to discover. Refers to Leakey's book on "Adams Ancestors."

letter, 10/10/1935, Mary C. Ross, " Morven," Newington Avenue, Dunedin. to H D Skinner, Sending more items and subscription for 1936.

letter, 10/09/1935, Mary C. Ross, " Morven," Newington Avenue, Dunedin. to H D Skinner, Requests for visit by Skinner to assess possible value of two "Eastern curiosities."

letter, 20/11/1935, Kingsley Roth, Levuka, Fiji to H D Skinner, Apologises that he will not be able to visit New Zealand as planned. Wishes Skinner all the best for his Carnegie Corporation travels.

letter, 01/10/1935, Kingsley Roth, District Commissioner, Fiji to H D Skinner, Discusses proposed visit to New Zealand including visit to Dunedin to meet with Skinner.

letter, 20/12/1934, K. Martindell (?) Royal Anthropological Institute, London to H D Skinner, Has referred inquiry about films to Mrs Neville Rolfe, British Council of Social Hygiene.

letter, 13/08/1935, R. Kerr, Art & Ethno. Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. to H D Skinner, Thank you for letter of 17 June regarding inquiry about Maori specimen. Notes that it is not a "Muirhead Moffat piece," but that it was acquired from an old collection in a Scottish house.

letter, 14/05/1935, Robert Kerr, Art & Ethno. Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. to H D Skinner, Request for information about Maori artefact photo enclosed. Similar to two objects in the British Museum. Buck suggests they may have been net handles.