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Letter, 09/04/1938, Mr Ball, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum to H D Skinner, Will send patu in a few weeks as currently on display. Will also send whalebone beater or mallet.

Letter, 13/07/1938, Bestall, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum to H D Skinner, Advising sending the patu. Query if the insurance value is too high.

Letter, 07/12/1938, L D Bestall, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum to H D Skinner, Have travelling grant and want advice. I'm not scientific and can best serve the cause by concentrating on display, layout etc.

Letter, 20/12/1938, L D Bestall, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum to H D Skinner, Working on Itinerary. Would like intro to Stevens in Salisbury

Letter, 16/07/1938, John Houston, Hawera to H D Skinner, Enclosed my article published in the paper. Our people hope to restore the Turuturu Mokai pa and ask if you have any illustrations of Taranaki carvings to help us

Letter, 07/10/1938, John Houston, Hawera to H D Skinner, Notes on recent discoveries at Waitara. The lizard is important I think

Letter, 17/03/1938, Department of Internal Affairs, Historical Committee to H D Skinner, Enclosed list of theses compiled by members of the Centennial staff. The reference libraries and universities will hold theses omitted from the list. Please correct any errors and complete details

Letter, 12/05/1938, Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, account for postage of flint implements ex s.s. "Arawa"

Letter, 27/05/1938, Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Receipt for 1/9d for postage

Letter, 01/07/1938, Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Introducing F L Newcombe who is visiting Dunedin. Make arrangements for him to visit the proposed sanctuary at Taiaroa Heads and the nesting Albatross

Letter, 14/07/1938, Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Part of the Centennial celebration is to be the publication of a map of tracks, tribal boundaries and Pas at the end of eighteenth century (sic) that is before settlers influence. Could you correct the enclosed draft map and add any information

Letter, 27/07/1938, Undersecretary/ Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Seeking solutions to two problems, namely the relative population density in different tribal areas, and whether it is possible or desirable to distinguish within tribal lands, between areas which were used and others which were unused.

Letter, 05/08/1938, Under-secretary/ Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Request for permission to export to the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh a number of pieces of Maori ethnographic material (listed), in exchange for duplicate Polynesian material which canot be secured in any other way.

Letter, 09/08/1938, Under-secretary Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Advises is in touch with Mr Roger Duff regarding tribal boundaries and will also enquire regarding population and density.

Letter, 26/05/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Description of a trip made by the author, Mr Beck, andMr McCully to the flint quarry at Grays Hills in the McKenzie Country. They seek informaion on a number of samples of flint stones they recovered.

Letter, 06/07/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Request for return of slate knife

Letter, 14/06/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, A letter with a full hand-written account of the hut site found at Grays Hills by the author, Mr Beck, andMr McCully

Letter, 24/11/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Agrees to sell at whatever price Skinner thinks is fair.

Letter, 18/03/1938, H N C Jooston to H D Skinner, Submitted illustration of the head of Queen Nofretete & invitation to order one to Dunedin.

Letter, 28/06/1938, H N C Jooston/Mr. Drewes to H D Skinner, Mr Joosten will not be back until Christmas but your order has been placed & your invoice is enclosed.