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letter, 17/11/1934, Earl B Perkins to Prof Benham, On Byrd Antarctic Expedition, returning to Dunedin then to States. Request for live flightless birds to take to States. Min of Internal Affairs , permit required, can approve Weka and Pukeko. Noted Whitney Expedition of few years ago obtained "rarer birds in contempt of certain conditions ... to the disgust of naturalists of New Zealand." Dpt Internal affairs declined, do not export live specimens of tuatara and protected birds.

letter, 04/06/1934, J.Allan Berry to Prof Benham, Interested in pumice deposits in Sunide? island in Napier. Diagram attached (last page) showing lines of clay and pumice. Query re earthworm ability to burrow in pumice and travel over distance.

letter, 19/06/1934, David Miller, Chief, Entomological Department, The Cawthron Institute, Nelson to Professor Benham, Management of an infestation of the Buffalo Carpet Beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae

letter, 01/11/1934, L J Dumbleton, Assistant entomologist, The Cawthron Institute, Nelson to Professor Benham, Management of an infestation of Blatts orientalis.

letter, 10/05/1935, C Blair Coursen, President, General Biological Supply House, Chicago to Dr W Benham, Curator, University Museum, Thanks for 4 May letter. Your suggested model of the frog's heart will be made for the Jewell Model series within the next 18 months.

letter, 19/04/1933, Thomas H Eaterfield to Dr W Benham, Curator, University Museum, Glad to hear you are still interested in Cawthorn affairs, stated in 5 April interview with Otago Daily Times. Sorry that certain branches of Cawthorn might be temporarily suspended to assist entomologists, a suggestion that would not improve staff relations. Heads of various departments have voluntarily taken cuts to their salaries.

letter, 15/07/1935, The Manager, Dental & Medical Supplies Co. to Dr W Benham, Thanks for your 12 July letter. We have written our Head Office to see if they can suggest a similar set at a more favourable price.

letter, 31/05/1934, M.Sutherland to Professor Benham, Last token issued in NZ was by Milner & Thompson, Christchurch approx 1883. First issued 1857, 46 forms issued copper tokens. Tokens declared illegal 1860.

letter, 22/03/1933, Oliver to Professor Benham, Request for natural history items. 3/3/1933 Skinner offered casts of Maori carving from Taranaki. Request of natural history material in exchange. 28/3/1933 Negotiations on exchange and timing of work to be undertaken.

letter, 25/10/1935, Olga Hartman, Berkley to W B Benham, Studying polychaetous annelids from California and encountered perplexing problems. New Zealand fauna contains many genera but little uniformity in species. Is Boccardia sp. In your are? Halosydna patagonca Kinberg 1866, H Brevisetosa from San Francisco, Do you have suggestions apropos B. natrix and H. brevesetosa.

letter, 18/11/1935, Nils Holmgren, Stockholm to Professor W Benham, Thanks for sending two Callorhynchus specimens

letter, 24/08/1935, Nils Holmgren, Stockholm to Professor W Benham, Thanks for offer to look out for Callorhynchus material

letter, 07/02/1935, Minister of Internal Affairs to Professor W Benham, Thank you for letter of 5 February. Gives assurance that no permit issued for importation of two mongooses.

letter, 21/02/1935, Minister of Internal Affairs to Professor W Benham, Further information about the two mongooses: not permitted to land in Dunedin or Bluff and remained on board "Narbada." Will be destroyed and dumped at sea.

letter, 06/02/1935, David Miller, Chief, Entomological Department, The Cawthron Institute, Nelson to Professor W Benham, Regarding Miss Jeffreys and requesting approval of project for her thesis on the New Zealand Hu-hu beetle. Includes description and scope of thesis.

letter, 02/03/1935, J. Kirk, Victoria University College, Wellington to Professor W Benham, Regarding subject of Miss Jeffrey's thesis, and importance of doing original work.

letter, 08/03/1935, J. Kirk, Victoria University College, Wellington to Professor W Benham, Regarding choice of beetle that Miss Jeffries can study for her thesis. Refers to copy of his reply to Miller. See document 28.

letter, 19/06/1934, H. Leighton Kesteven, "Green-bank," Bullahdelah, New South Wales. to Professor W Benham, Requesting an adult specimen of kiwi for dissection in order to compare this with an emu.

letter, 20/07/1934, H. Leighton Kesteven to Professor W Benham, Reports that baby Apteryx [kiwi] has arrived safely and will later go to the Museum of comparative anatomy at Sydney University, Zoology Department.

letter, 02/02/1935, Macfeaw, California to W B Benham, Asking for information on the publication of a monograph on the Annulata collected by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914.