New Acquisitions

Letter, 14/08/1924, NZ Legislative Council to H D Skinner, Accept being a member of the museum ??

Letter, 29/04/1924, Tost & Rohu to H D Skinner, Invoice recent purchases; 23 items New Guinea, Sepik River

Letter, 07/07/1924, W W Thorpe to H D Skinner, Discussion re dispatch = see item 59. Paper re Aborigines

Letter, 14/05/1924, Assistant Curator to H D Skinner, Payment and dispatch of material

Letter, 05/12/1924, Tost & Rohu Lyrrell to H D Skinner, Purchase Japanese books. Photos re aborigines, Nee Guinea, Solomons and other natives, by Rev Dr Lawes, Lindt, C. King

Letter, 28/04/1924, Assistant Curator to H D Skinner, Request to acquire Maori material in his possession

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining, some small fragments missing around base.

Letter, 13/05/1924, British and Foreign Bible Society to H D Skinner, Request support to get Cambridge honorary degree for Archdeacon Herbert Williams

Letter, 17/05/1924, W W Thorpe to H D Skinner, Collection inc purchase from Fels and his selection. Completion of "Raui" house, contains over 100 skulls.

Letter, 31/05/1924, W W Thorpe to H D Skinner, Discussion purchase, "Raui", importance of "chain - like" object from Sepik, dispatch of Tyrell material plus several things from this museum.

Letter, 14/06/1924, W W Thorpe to H D Skinner, Specimens from Tyrell and prep notes and photos, dispatch of fish hooks

Letter, 16/07/1924, Harry Tomes to H D Skinner, Order for Best's book "The Maori"