Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 11/07/1904, W Heale, Christchurch to Professor W B Benham, Offer Norwegian skis, Sleigh Harness, Helmet, Knitted Bernice, ankle protectors for £3-10.

Letter, 18/07/1904, W Heale, Christchurch to Professor W B Benham, Accepted offer of £3 and sending

Letter, 05/07/1904, W Heale, Christchurch to Professor W B Benham, Have 2 geological specimens red granite and basalt from Mount Erebus from Captain Hutton of the Discovery for £2.

Letter, 22/06/1904, W Heale, Christchurch to Professor W B Benham, For £2 sending skull of Weddels seal. I have 17 old mostly Indian weapons. Would exchange for Maori material

Letter, 13/06/1904, W Heale, Christchurch to Professor W B Benham, List of Antarctic expedition objects for sale

Letter, 31/11/1904, R Murdoch, Wanganui to Professor W B Benham, Could you loan me the types of Columbella Flexuora Hutton. (Discussion on taxonomy) Working on Mrs Hamilton's collection

Letter, 12/07/1904, W. Laing, Norfolk Island to Professor W B Benham, Regarding previous specimen of earth worm sent to Beetham. Refers to entry in N. Z. 'Transactions.' ( Royal Society Journal). Notes that earlier specimen arrived as fragments only and offers to send several more specimens that will be intact. Not sure of species. Mentions Land Plaunicus(?).

Letter, 19/09/1904, F. W. Hutton, Christchurch Museum to Professor W B Benham, Regarding labelling/source of recent molluscea in publication/s about fossils.

Letter, 29/03/1904, C. Hedley, College Street, Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Found a tube of worms in a pocket of an old coat. These should have been forwarded to Suter. Is sending tube containing worms to Benham.

Letter, 12/05/1904, C. Hedley, Australian Museum, Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Acknowledges letter of 4 May. Discusses Palm Island dredgings, sand from Gulf of Carpentaria, and description of nudibranchs.

Letter, 10/06/1904, William H. Webster, Waiuku to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for shells sent. Discusses descriptions of shells by Hutton and paper by Professor Parker in Royal Society Journal 'Transactions, vol. 299. Webster lists shells that he would like to add to his collection if Benham has these and welcomes future exchanges.

Letter, 31/03/1904, Registrar, University of Otago to Professor W B Benham, Reports Biological laboratory assistant's salary has been raised by 10 shillings per week and additional grant will also be paid this month.