P.4. 20 Apr. 1901, 1 p.
To Rothschild, received 100 pounds from Reuters.


P.5. To John T. Tunney at Port Headland, money paid and order for specimens to be collected (telegram), undated, 1 p.

P.6. 26 Apr. 1901, 1 p.
To John Tunney re: Rothschild's orders for specimens of birds and marsupials, emus for the museum, get as many duplicates as you can ; a Malurus edwardi from Barrow Island, all males.

P.8. 2 May 1901, 1 p.
Letter to Tunney re: payments and salary

P.9. 1 Jul. 1901, 2 p.
To Rothschild replying to letter asking for Tunney to go to the Alligator River, in Northern Territory, too dangerous and expensive, as natives' last stand. Tunney, with Dr House, collecting on the islands of northwest coast ; please send back any duplicates you don't need ; the entomology notes & apparatus arrived.

P.11-12. 1 Jul. 1901, 2 p.
To Rothschild: travelling expenses.

P.13. 1 Jul. 1901, 1 p.
To K. Jordan, Zoological Museum, Tring, receipt of apparatus for collecting insects that will be forwarded to Tunney.

P.14. 2 Aug. 1901, 1 p.
List of Rottnest marsupials sent to Rothschild.

P.15. 5 Aug. 1901, 3 p.
[To Rothschild] re: Alligator River, suggestions to buy a 20 ton schooner and resell it later for the same cost of hire and Tunney could collect on the islands too. 30 pounds p.m. for a sailing master, 5 pounds for 1 white man and 1 pound for 2 colonials + 10 pounds for stores & food. Capt. Hilliard has good reputation and local experience, Oct. best month. I am sending cases of specimens on R.M.S. Britannia and photographs Tunney made ; please identify and return duplicates.

P.18. 5 Aug. 1901, 3 p.
List of Tunney's specimens identified, located and dated.


P.21. 10 Aug. 1901, 1 p.
To Rothschild, list of specimens sent plus if you approve suggestions for Alligator River expedition, you will receive many new things.

P.22. 19 Aug 1901, 1 p.
To Charles Rothschild, sending two bats? containing 3 different parasites. Thank you for returning the bats?

P.25. 9 Sep. 1901, 1 p.
To Rothschild, received 250 pounds for Alligator River, but heard schooner has been sold to Beagle Bay Mission so will keep looking. Heard news from the Kimberley party hopefully with some specimens. I enclose letter from Surveyor General,

P.26. 14 Oct. 1901, 2 p.
To Rothschild, apologies for bad condition of bird specimens sent analogous to the arrival of the Tennant collection of fossils from the British Museum arriving in Perth in a terrible state.  Hoping Tunney can go to Alligator R., have written to N.T. to gain Tunney every facility

P.28. 18 Oct. 1901, 1 p.
To Rothschild enclosing Tunney's letter re: plans he has made. Hope case arrived safely.

P.29. 13 Nov. 1901, 2 p.
To Edward Masters, Tring Museum, I have written to Tunney to clean birds better, No point going to Alligator R. until the rains are over. Sending some specimens from Tunney, marsupials and a few bird on P&O Oceana on 24th. I think that many new species have been made. Dr Bowdler Sharpe authority for Petraeus campbelli, Gould for ... Calyptorhynchus (Black cockatoo). B.M. does not describe it well. Sending case of specimens parcel post, list enclosed.

P.31. 15 Nov. 1901, 1 p.List of specimens sent to Rothschild.

P.32. 25 Nov. 1901, 2 p.
List of specimens, with name, number and location, received from Tunney & sent to Rothschild on P&O Oceana.

P.37. 25 Jan. 1902, 3 p.
To Rothschild, accounts and specimens sent by parcel post

P.41. 25 Jan. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild, sending specimens of birds and nests parcel post, Tunney's expenses rising because of Alligator R. trip.

P.42. 3 Feb. 1902, 1 p.
To Charles Rothschild, sending a small box containing parasites in tubes collected by Tunney at Derby, a bat from Cannington, a large parasite from a "Leather Jacket", Monocanthus sp. caught at the mouth of the Swan R.

P.43. 17 Feb. 1902, 1 p.
To Charles Rothschild, sending 2 tubes containing parasites of Peragale lagotis and Lipoa [Leipoa] ocellata.

P.44. 17 Feb. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild, a list of specimens sent by Parcel Post.

P.46. 17 Feb. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild asking for determination of sent specimens.

P.47. 15 Feb. 1902, 1 p.
List of specimens sent to Rothschild.

P.48. 3 Mar. 1902, 2 p.
To Rothschild asking for remittance for Tunney who has just sent a parcel of birds.  He is leaving Derby as the land  is flooded . He will have 1100 miles through country not collected from and is taking his brother [C.J. Tunney] at 2 pounds a week instead of 2 white men and an Aboriginal.

P.50. 6 Mar. 1902, 1 p.
List of specimens sent to Rothschild parcel post.

P.51. 7 Apr. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild re: statements of Tunney's expenses, not received and having to ask the Museum Committee for an advance.  Tunney now over the border so it will take a month for him to receive payment.

P.52.7 Apr. 1902, 1 p.
Telegram asking for money from Rothschild, "100 wanted".

P.53. 7 Apr. 1902, 1 p.
To Charles Rothschild sending parasites of cuckoo-shrike and brown snake.

P.54. 15 May 1902, 3 p.
To Rothschild, received money for Tunney, needs more as listed. Need to send money in advance to the N.T. as it takes the mails a month to reach Palmerston (Darwin).

P.57. 26 May, 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild sending details of Tunney's last set of skins ; he is now in the tropical region of regular rainfall. The Kimberley Exploring Expedition was a failure from a collecting point of view as the leader wouldn't allow specimens to be carried.  But there were 29 species of birds collected.

P.58. 14 Jul. 1902, 5 p.
To Rothschild, Tunney's trap broken, had to go 150 miles to nearest station for blacksmithing repair, sent 107 birds & 8 mammals which will be sent to you on next P&O steamer, list included. Please send money,

P.63. 16 Aug. 1902, 1 p.
To Ernest [Ernst] Hartert at Tring, sorry about Rothschild's illness, Crossman arrived, please send money, sending another consignment.

P.64. 12 Nov. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild, received first consignment from Tunney from Alligator R. in N.T. as takes 3 months to arrive. He needs promised money as high expenses there.

P.65. 24 Nov. 1902, 1 p.
To Rothschild from WAM, sending 2 cases on Oceana, 24 Nov. 1902, 1 p.

To Rothschild thanks for remittance of 500 pounds for Tunney's 1903 expenses. Sending 320 skins from Alligator R. Since travelling, Tunney found numbers not up to the average, though found some new species.  He fell from his horse and hurt his shoulder.

P.68.(stamped p. 237) 2 Mar. 1903, 1 p.
To Rothschild, Tunney sending specimens by next boat, but he is shooting in higher grounds because of tropical floods in Alligator R. area.

P.69.30 Mar. 1903, 3 p.
To Rothschild, list of specimens sent per R.M.S. Australia.

P.72. 18 May. 1903, 4 p.
To Rothschild, list of specimens sent per Orstaya?

P.76. 7 Sep. 1903, [includes 11 p. list, Sept. 14th?, 1903], 12 p.
To Rothschild, sending by R.M.S. Himalaya 4 cases, 128 mammals & 173 bird skins, possible new species. Tunney is sending another box, which should arrive in 3 weeks and will then be sent on. Please send 200 pounds as had to ask Trustees for an advance.

p.88. Oct? 1903, 3 p.
To Rothschild, list of specimens sent per "England", undated.

p.91. 9 Nov. 1903, 1 p.
To Rothschild, received the 200 pounds and sending per R.M.S. Oceana mammal and bird skins and hoping to receive specimens back when examination complete.

P.92.  25 Apr. 1904, 1 p.
To Rothschild, I write to acknowledge receipt of 57 mammal skins sent by Oldfield Thomas, being portion of Tunney's collection as per enclosed list.