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Letter, 26/04/1937, T W Downes, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Description of greenstone slab that has been purchased by the local museum. Also advises sending photos of old Lyttleton and Dunedin. Has visited old moa bone deposits at the mouth of the Waingongoro.

Letter, 04/05/1937, T W Downes, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Apologies for taking the hook out of the case. Sending back to Otago a copy of a stone sinker that has been damaged. Can you write a new label for these items. Have received the Napier case of Robley moko.

Letter, 08/07/1937, T W Downes, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Sending as small poha - sketch attached, used to catch lamprey. This is much smaller than those used for catching eels. Still trying to track down missing map and sketches.

Letter, T W Downes, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Have found the pictures and are sending them to you. Seems a staff member may have hid them, case reported to the Board. Saw stone heads at Pihama with spiral carving (sketch), came from the old Pa.

Letter, 31/05/1937, Mr J L Dumbleton to H D Skinner, Mr Hill of Industrial Research, Australia requests to examine specimens of Termites collected in NZ.

Letter, 24/02/1937, Mr Campbell to H D Skinner, Please can you give a talk to the Naturalists Field Club.

Letter, 05/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, List of items sent by Otago to Dominion for exchange, mostly Cook Island material. Prefer to select as there are some duplicates with current holdings. Should be no problem re burial chest as we have a good series. the Henley Canoe has been described by Best and stated it is in the Dominion Museum. The Management Committee will need to approve it leaving the Museum. Canoe shaped item should not be an issue.

Letter, 25/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, The Museum Management Committee has considered the object exchange request. The burial chest is approved. The central Island carving is to be referred to Bishop williams. The committee considered that the Henley canoe should stay at the dominion but the question will come up again at the next meeting of the Board.

Letter, 04/05/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Exchange of burial chest and the canoe shaped one from Centre Island approved

Letter, 03/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Council contribution still under consideration. Donation to building fund 15,000. Suggest you quote Auckland basis sixpence per head of population

Letter, 08/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, List of numbers from 4 pounders and adze. Freight on box of Moa bones from Papatowai should be borne by you I will pay return.

Letter, 09/02/1937, W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Mrs Spring is playing for time and money on the two pendants which are unique. Do as you see fit

Letter, 15/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Mrs Spring approves your posting. Pendants to us today to show committee on Wednesday

Letter, 25/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, I have purchased one of the pendants from Mrs Spring for £12-10-0 the other I send to you. Pay Mrs Spring £12-10

Letter, 26/02/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, The Calcite exhibition from Canterbury arrived. Specimen no 9 of large crystals was broken in transit

Letter, 30/03/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Bones arrived and as soon as possible I will send list of species+F6347F6332:F6349F6332:F6350F6332:F6F6332:F6341

Letter, 13/04/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Carnegie Exchange Exhibits are due to rotate on the 19th

Letter, 15/04/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Rev Dr Walter Ivens, Kent wants to know whereabouts of 4 Solomon Island clubs in Photo

Letter, 20/05/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Found another species from Papatowai, Megalpteryx didinus

Letter, 04/05/1937, Director Dominion Museum, Oliver to H D Skinner, Am workig on 8 boxes of moa bones. I addition to those listed the Papatowai has Emeus huttoni and Euryapteryx ponderosus. I hope Mrs Marples will study your moa bones. Dr Crompton has all the Nelson museum moa bones