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Letter, 29/11/1916, E C Smith, Gore High School Board to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for gift of Moa bones.
Letter, 20/08/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, I have for sale many photos of officers and men who served in the Maori wars, Hauhaus, friendly natives and old Redoubts etc. Also collection of coins such as wellington Museum purchased. Contact if interested
Letter, 14/10/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, Enclosed list of photos many of which took considerable research to attribute for £10. Also list of coins which you might get valued
Letter, 20/11/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, Please return lists and sample photo. I have some other items of interest
Letter, 03/06/1916, Scott Murray, Bluff to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the identification of an aquatic bird resembling a penguin. Includes several letters (3/06, 10/06, and 21/05), a sketch, and a foot tracing.
Letter, 14/10/1916, R McKenzie to Professor W B Benham, Forwarding matter taken from the "crops" of several kea.
Letter, 03/09/1916, W A Scarfe, Caversham to Professor W B Benham, Forwarding five specimens of the gastropod Marinula filholi, of the 50 discovered at Blackhead.
Letter, 28/07/1916, T Wayland Vaughan, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey to Professor W B Benham, Vaughan sends the names of Benham's other specimens from Kermadec Islands: a bryozoan from the genus Callepora, and Polytrema mineaceum (Linaeus). The specimen of Goniastrea benhami is being forwarded to Benham via the National Museum.
Letter, 04/08/1916, R Rathbun, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for the gift of 15 corals, 1 Foraminifera and 1 Bryozoan, from the Kermadec Islands. Rathbun returns specimen no. 3.
Letter, 07/12/1915, J B Gilmour, Roxburgh to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for information regarding vine mildew.
Letter, 30/11/1915, J B Gilmour, Roxburgh to Professor W B Benham, Gilmour sends specimens of a mystery blight afflicting his vinery and requests help.
Letter, 28/09/1915, W A Haswell, University of Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Forwarding volume X V of The Reports of the "Valdivia".