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letter, 11/02/1935, H.D. Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Regarding an error with the name of the Otago Window Cleaning Co. Please confirm the contract with them.

letter, 05/02/1935, H.D. Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, We have received from Messrs. Muirhead, Moffat & Co. a finely carved Maori feather box. Please pay them from the Fels Fund.

letter, 05/02/1935, H.D. Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Mr Willi Fels has advised me to proceed with window cleaning, replacement chairs and roof access of the Fels Wing.

letter, 08/02/1935, H.D. Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, At the Museum Management Committee meeting the payment for the pintal and rudder gudgeon of the H.M.S. Bounty was authorised. Please pay this, and refund from the Fels Fund the payment to W.A. Ferry that was taken fro petty cash.

letter, 17/07/1936, Dr. Benham to H. Chapman, Registrar, University of Otago, Enclosed is the report of the NZ Advisory Committee of the Carnegie Corp. The council requests any report from you on this matter which will be forwarded to the Committee for Museum Management and the Council.

letter, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Draft memorandum pointing out the differences between role as lecture and curator and suggesting 2 agreements. Also the problem of not being able approach outside bodies.

letter, 04/08/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Advice that no additional income was received during 1936.

Letter, 28/01/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, I suggest we handle the stamp and photograph accounts by paying them into separate savings accounts.

Letter, 05/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman , Please could you pay these accounts to Hallenstein Bros. from the Fels fund and the general museum fund.

Letter, 06/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Please could you pay these accounts to Hallenstein Bros. from the Fels fund.

Letter, 12/11/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, I request the Percy Smith prize be awarded posthumously to Sir Frederick Chapman on grounds outlined in my previous letter.

Letter, 12/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, I recommend the Percy Smith prize be awarded to Sir Frederick Chapman posthumously for his contributions to Maori archaeology and ethnology.

Letter, 30/11/1935, H D Skinner to H Chapman, I recommend the Percy Smith prize be awarded to Sir Frederick Chapman for his contributions to Maori archaeology and ethnology next year in 1936, as he is old and may not live to be awarded it in 1937.

Letter, 23/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Mr Fels has directed me to ask you to make these payments for various items including bird of paradise, a basalt adze, Marquesan club, the pintle & rudder-gudgeon of the Bounty, stone figure from Pitcairn Is

Letter, 24/03/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, The annual inspection of fire extinguishers at the museum has been completed.

Letter, 25/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Re the handling of the Stamp and Photographic accounts, I will have the accounts ready for inspection.

Letter, 29/02/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Request for the Fels Fund to cover the cost of a wooden comb and attached report on the inagural meeting of the art galleries and museum association of Australia and New Zealand

Letter, 03/03/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, request for 12.10.0 pounds from the Colquhoun Fund instead of the Fels fund as it is in debit to cover the purchase of a whale ivory amulet. Statement that the fund has not been evenly divided between anthropology and zoology as requested

Letter, 09/03/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Notification that the chairman of the museum management committee should receive a statement on the position of the museum funds

Letter, 02/04/1937, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Requesting £30 payment from Fels fund to a Mr. Orbell for Orbell collection