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letter, 16/05/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Owner wants 18P and immediate payment.

letter, 15/06/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Enclosed "things" from Waipapa Bay. Payment for last lot to be received.

letter, 12/05/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Enclosed [not attached] actual size sketch of dark piece of G.S., polished, long cigar shape on handle, chipped on side and at end. Value/

letter, 14/04/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Enclosed 4 small things found at railway excavation. Checking value of curio. Who owned set of teeth? Re potential to purchase tiki and value.

letter, 30/01/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, "The railway worked cut through a burial ground at he boat landing, a few miles south of Clarence river", found tiki. Sketch outline on attached envelope. Please give price.

letter, 28/02/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Offer for tiki rejected, but will keep trying. Know source of another tiki.

letter, 23/02/1931, W.A.Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Will send you tiki for appraisal. Other greenstone at camp, but none of value.

letter, 26/08/1932, Raymond Firth, University of Sydney to H D Skinner, little material to spare from on tong Java. Hogbin brought a few duplicates. He is going to Guadalcanal and probably Rennell. Send Duff to do social anthropology. Totem clan system

letter, 15/02/1931, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, Barron's spear safely here. Send cheque.

letter, 29/12/1932, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, Hope Teviotdale stays in Orudrangi pa as long as profitable. Hammond's collection appears fine. Have you seen Bollon's collection?

letter, 20/05/1931, Frapwells Ltd to H D Skinner, We agree to supply foundation stone for £3

letter, 07/02/1931 to H D Skinner, Mrs Bollons prepared entertain off conditional on retaining complete Come to Wellington to appraise

letter, 22/04/1932, E W Gifford, Berkley to H D Skinner, Please review book by E S Craighill Handy on Houses, boats and fishing in the Society Islands. (Reply on back) Happy to review Handy. Brushing up my German

letter, 30/06/1932, E W Gifford, Berkley to H D Skinner, Just returned from seven weeks in North-eastern Yavapai. Miss Beyer has forwarded handy book

letter, 29.6.1931, Leslie Goddard. Brisbane to H D Skinner, I took your lectures in 1926. Discovered the Kaikai beach mere. Forwarding clipping and photos of interview, done here

letter, 07/03/1932, George Graham, Eastern Bays Auckland to H D Skinner, Description of carvings on and in Matatua (Mataatua) ceremonial house.

letter, 07/03/1931, Martin L Grant. Minnesota museum to H D Skinner, On Route home. Field trip to Leeward Islands Borabora, Tupai etc. Hope to write check list of Flora of Society Islands, paper on phytogeography involved, another on Ethnology and a dictionary of Tahitian plant names. Unable to take up offer of study of the Moa

letter, 19/05/1932, Jhonas. A. Chaplie? Hall to H D Skinner, Supply of timber; kauri or totara, to repair? Mention re a canoe.

letter, 9/7/?, Jhonas. A. Chaplie? Hall to H D Skinner, Completed 6 panels and started on 7th. Putting on Tu Mata Kahuki, further discussion on details.

letter, 10/08/1931, Jhonas. A. Chaplie? Hall to H D Skinner, Re progress on work on house. Kiekie black , material soaking in Parapara swamp. Keen to work on canoe. [hard to read]