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Letter, 03/05/1901, Hutton to Professor W B Benham, Have been asked to be correspondence for new monthly museum journal. Request to be kept informed of news, Glad to have brief note about museum.

Letter, 29/05/1901, Hutton to Professor W B Benham, Location of publications with lists of fossils. Proposed visit to Tasmania.

Letter, 24/10/1901, Young to Professor W B Benham, Discussion re Moa skeleton and the find of an egg, unfortunately damaged by digging.

Letter, 12/05/1901, Lhusemnn? to Professor W B Benham, Reference to Gealpelhum? so far only found on Motutapu. Would like to see specimens in the museums collection. Sending material to the museum on loan.

Letter, 27/10/1901, Robert Scobu? to Professor W B Benham, Detailing location of find of Moa bones. Noting varied condition of bones. Not yet found any skulls but still looking.

Letter, 26/10/1901, Lake View, Manapouri to Professor W B Benham, Enclosed a cheques. Discussion about Moa bones, suggest that they were in a cave which had fallen away and exposed the cavity. More bones to come, careful digging is required.

Letter, 21/10/1901 to Professor W B Benham, Discussion about range contained within Alcyo..ium aurauhiacum ? Waste of time to give them names at this stage. Discussion about them being different from European species.

Letter, 09/12/2020, Robert Gilkisen? to Professor W B Benham, Discussion about Mao bones found in a fire pit. Suggesting bones relatively recent based on state of deteriation. Pit also contained egg fragments. Suggest killed on site as body would be too big to carry far.