82. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 1 Jan. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Broome, case forwarded by S.S. Albany was lost, requested value contents, would put it in claim.
83. Letter to Museum Curator: 5 Jan. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Broome, sent specimens by S.S. Karrakatta, put in a claim for the lost box, would wait until the Saladin came from Singapore and would go on to Carnarvon by it, asking for more spirits and also 6 pounds of Plaster Paris to be sent to Carnarvon for the care of G. Bastow.
84. Letter to Museum Curator: 17 Jan. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Broome, forwarded 2 cases by S.S. Saladin, arranging with some Malays to send down a skin, would go on to the Islands from Carnarvon, was unable to find the Periphates, sending another box of plates.
85. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 19 Jan. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Broome, leaving for Carnarvon.
86. Letter to Museum Curator:1 Feb. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Carnarvon, going to Sharks Bay by Australind, had had very bad fever and Dysentery.
87. Letter to Museum Curator:7 Feb. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Sharks Bay, getting some difficulty to get anyone to take him over to the island but Mr. Gile let him has his boat and crew, had a pair of pheasants, leaving a case containing 4 native skulls and birds to be forwarded by S.S. Sultan.
88. Letter to Museum Curator: 4 Apr. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, going to Kojonup, had not had very good health since came home, had had a bad cold, fever and ange.
89. Letter to Museum Curator: 18 Apr. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, requesting an insect box and a packet of entomological pins.
90. Letter to Museum Curator: 19 Apr. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, had good specimens a couple of Ptilotes sonora and 3 emus, no Echidna in the district, sending list of native names of a few mammals, going down beyond Kojonup.
91. Letter to Museum Curator: 24 Apr. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at unknown place, forwarding a wood-mouse and a few of myrmecobius by post.
92. Letter to Museum Curator: 2 May 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, forwarding a case of specimens by train, also a Onychogale lunata alive, and a pair of Leuconota would be sent down with the next lot of specimens.
93. Letter to Museum Curator: 5 May 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, leaving Carnarvon for Perth by Sunday night's train.
94. Letter to Museum Curator: 10 May 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Gracefield, sending 3 Onychogale Lunata by train, going to Murchison and Darlot next month if committee wished, was in very good health, had a half-caste boy that he would take with him instead of a blackfellow.
95. Letter to Museum Curator: 24 Jun. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at the Museum, arranged to buy a horse.
96. Letter to Museum Curator: 28 Jun. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at the Museum, notifying the cost of trap and harness more than expected.
97. Letter to Museum Curator: 11 Jul. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Carnamah Road, intended to turning off at Carnamah for Goldfields but owing to the late rains the road was very bad, going on to Mingenew, wired to Rockliff to send dog to Carnamah.
98. Letter to Museum Curator: 13 Jul. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Mingenew, leaving for Gullewa.
99. Letter to Museum Curator: 30 Jul. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Pinda St, forwarding 2 cases of specimens by train, a box of negatives and skins.
100. Letter to Museum Curator: 7 Aug. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Pinda St, forwarded a box of specimens by train.
101. Letter to Museum Curator: 14 Aug. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Pinda St, forwarding a case of specimens and a red kangaroo alive.
102. Letter to Museum Curator: 23 Aug. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Pinda St, forwarded 2 cases of specimens, leaving on Saturday for Mt. Magnet, sent 2.5 dozens kangaroo skins.
103. Letter to Museum Curator: 31 Aug. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Mt. Magnet, forwarded a box of specimens by train, an emu with stripes, thought of going to Lake way, asking if the Chief Justice wanted white-tailed cockatoo.
104. Letter to Museum Curator: 10 Sep. 1899, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Scotties Soak, a man named Cook telling a story about a sea-lion being found at Lake Darlot and the skeleton was in the Sydney Museum.
105. Letter to Museum Curator: 19 Sep. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at British King, Lake Darlot, had been round the west and north and saw a native, Douglas was foreman for a Mr. Yobin of the P.W.D.
106. Letter to Museum Curator: 3 Oct. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Lawlers, Maclear promised to send any strange bones he might get from natives about Darlot.
107. Letter to Museum Curator: 4 Oct. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Lawlers, leaving for Lake way, had no luck hunting for the Diprodoton bones, would go back by Cue or through Peake Hill.
108. Letter to Museum Curator: 14 Oct. 1899, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Lake Way, found that all the water had dried up round the place, heard about bones found near Coolgardie mines 2 years ago, asking if he still required the half dozen Moloch horridus alive.
109. Letter to unknown recipient: 3 Nov. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Lawlers, returned from Lake way, got a new collection of a spotted bower bird, was told by Jakes that his informant made a mistake that fossils were not in Western Australia but in South Australia, would send specimens of 100 birds, an emu skeleton, a few eggs, a small collection of beetles, a few native weapons and a skull.
110. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 4 Nov. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Lawlers, requesting to be forwarded 12 pounds dust shot and a budding knife to Mt. Magnet.
111. Letter to Museum Curator: 10 Nov. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Mt. Magnet, would send a pelican, sent 3 case of of specimens and a packet of native weapons by train.
112. Letter to Museum Curator: 20 Nov. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Nannowtharra, heard about pig-foot bandicoot found in Lagrange Bay.
113. Letter to Museum Curator: 4 Dec. 1899, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Nannowtharra, forwarding Isabella or Hill Kangaroo by train, had been bad with fever and ague.
114. Letter to Museum Curator: 7 Dec. 1899, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Nannowtharra, forwarding a case of specimens by train, leaving for Perth, expected to get more rufus skins on way to Carnamah.
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