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Letter, 16/04/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Advises the museum has made reprints of Skinner's newspaper account of the Pan-Pacific meeting.

Letter, 18/06/1924, Mrs Dean-Buckley? to H D Skinner, Offer of a paddle purchased in Shanghai (or, if not wanted, a request for advice where to sell it).

Letter, 25/06/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Advising a kiwi 'mat' has been sent down and that he would be prepared to offer 30 pounds (if the Minister agrees) in order to keep it in the country

Letter, 08/07/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Apology for advising the seller of the mat mentioned above that if he is prepared to wait or a buyer he should ask for 50 pounds but if wanting to sell immediately he should ask for 25-30 pounds. Mention of other valuations from Hamilton and illegible of 150 pounds. News that the attempts to raise 100,000 pounds for a new building may be successful, and of having obtained a West Indian collection. Apology for not acknowledging receipt for the JST.

Letter, 11/09/1924, Board of Maori Ethnological Research to H D Skinner, Copy of minutes of the board meeting.

Letter, 16/09/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Letter re buying or exchange for Norman's toki.

Letter, 25/09/1924, Percy Walter Dorrington ( Solicitor, Dannevirke) to H D Skinner, Letter re bequest of Snuffbox from Mr James Thorburn to Dunedin Museum.

Letter, 20/10/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Letter requesting opinion on submitting Best's papers to L'Ethnographie magazine.

Letter, 23/10/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Advising that the cast of the Maori double-headed stone image from Taranaki is now ready to be sent.

Letter, 31/10/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Questions proposal to divide Polynesian and Melanesian collections amongst 'the four museums.' Suggests idea of annual conference of Museum Curators and Assistants.

Letter, 06/11/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Regarding subscription to the Journal of Science and Technology

Letter, 11/11/1924, Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd. to H D Skinner, Regarding purchase of items

Letter, 12/11/1924, Craig Dare Foreign Currency, Brooklyn, New York to H D Skinner, Letter accompanying an enclosure of Mexican, French, Georgian and Polish money and offering exchange of a range of items including sea curios, rare coins and fossils.

Letter, 19/11/1924, Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd. to H D Skinner, Re sum of money Dymocks will pay for purchase of books.

Letter, 05/12/1924, Percy Walter Dorrington ( Solicitor, Dannevirke) to H D Skinner, Notification that registered package containing bequeathed snuffbox will be sent to the Dunedin Museum.

Letter, 08/12/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion Museum) to H D Skinner, Regarding Skinner's paper on Monck's Cave. Questions assigning red argillite specifically to the Waitakere Valley and notes that these 'red rocks' occur in many other regions.

Letter, 18/12/1924, W. J. Phillipps, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Requesting assistance with preservation of an unpainted wooden stern post of a Maori canoe obtained from Mahia Peninsula.

Letter, 14/04/1925, Anglican Board of Missions W.J.Durrad to H D Skinner, Sending revised chapter on the Torres Language. Changes to a and e sounds

Letter, undated, W Deneker to H D Skinner, Articles (sic) for sale belonging to W Deneker (a) club (b) chief's staff c)Walking stick (d) Scraped stick (e) Japanese telescopic fishing rod

Letter, 14/07/1925, J Allan Thomson Dominion Museum Wellington to H D Skinner, Under separate cover I am forwarding the toki Poutangata