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Letter, 05/09/1905, J J Fletcher, Linean Society New South Wales to Professor W B Benham, Receipt of vol 27,29 o36 and vol 28 of transactions of the New Zealand institute. Sending our proceedings 1897 to 1905 29 vols. In the future I might ask for New Zealand Oesiderata
Letter, 03/05/1905, J J Fletcher, Linean Society New South Wales to Professor W B Benham, We lost our total library in a fire and attempts to replace volumes of the proceedings of the New Zealand institute have been unsuccessful Could you help by way of exchange?
Letter, 07/07/1905, J J Fletcher, Linean Society New South Wales to Professor W B Benham, Your box has arrived and I will arrange an exchange
Letter, 18/08/1905, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, You noted you would like specimens of earthworms where North and South Island meet. Tell me where to look and I will try to find some
Letter, 15/09/1905, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for instructions and tubes of preservative. I will get on to it when I can
Letter, 05/11/1905, Robert Brown, Stratford to Professor W B Benham, Ever since I saw your handbook I been hunting Peripatus. Here I have found 13 specimens. Also found a geonemertes with 2 stripes instead of four
Letter, 06/12/1905, Robert Brown, Stratford to Professor W B Benham, found 6 2 striped geonemertes up t 16 mile apart. Also a large brown one with no stripes. I shall write a paper and bring to Dunedin
Letter, 19/01/1905, S F Harmer, University of Cambridge to Professor W B Benham, 2 papers arrived, If you go dredging look for Cephalodiscus, Obtained Rhabdopleura from South Australia. Looking for the Polyzoon Cinetipora Elegans Hutton
Letter, 05/04/1905, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Records 4 and memoir 4 parts 1-4 arrived
Letter, 09/03/1905, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Sending our records and memoirs you don't have
Letter, 16/02/1905, R Etheridge, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Glad to receive proceedings of the Institute. Can you send us Oligochaete, Fishers Macrolepidoptera and Neuropteran
Letter, 05/01/1904, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, You asked for the Funafuti memoir. What can you offer in exchange?
Letter, 19/11/1904, Bollons SS Hinemoa to Professor W B Benham, Glad earthworms were interesting. Mr Shakelpen suggested you would be glad to receive specimens. The area was about 60 feet from high water among Pohutakawa and Ngaio
Letter, 17/04/1904, C Cooper, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Fossils are brittle and short in grain I found them beyond my skill.
Letter, 21/07/1904, C Cooper, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Box of fossils arrived. Spoke to Mr Shakespear of Little Barrier Island about worms and he will send some. I will send some from the Nikau leaves
Letter, 23/07/1904, S C Buckland, Akaroa to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for letters about the egg and trapdoor spider. I am looking for specimens of mantis to send you.
Letter, 23/12/1904, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Notes on Starlings sipping at flax flowers
Letter, 07/12/1904, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Imported birds may be changing their feeding habits as I have seen starlings feeding on flax flowers like the Tui
Letter, 21/12/1904, Rick Henley, Pigeon Island to Professor W B Benham, Sending a snail with frond like gills. Also a thrush with it's ears closed and a teal
Letter, 14/09/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Sent a few Annelids I found. Also head tentacles and tube of large Labella. 2 Annelids you may not have seen mentioned in Ehler's paper