attractive publication, aspiring to a wider use than that of merely
furnishing the few particulars required by the visitor to such a place.
Indeed, in the desire to give the book a greater attractiveness, twenty-
five excellent plates of some of the chief art treasures are inserted. Mr.
Bernard Woodward, the director of the Museum, defines the intention of the
guide to be “to give a brief sketch of the history of the fine arts, with
especial reference to the examples in the Gallery, in the hope of inducing
my readers to take a deeper interest in the subject, and thus enable them
to derive greater pleasure from the contemplation of the sculpture and
paintings.” To this laudable work Mr. Woodward has brought the knowledge,
the cultured taste and the steady enthusiasm for which he is noted. In
many respects the whole result is satisfactory. Even the most superficial
reader can scarcely fail to get some information from a glance through the
sixty-eight pages, while the student must approve of the whole intention
of the work. This, too, in spite of the necessary difficulty which beset
Mr. Woodward in attempting to reconcile two such discordant things as a
guide to a gallery and a review of the fine arts. Indeed it may be thought
by some that he would have been wiser to dissociate the two by reducing
the list of numbers, titles, artists, dates, to the mere minimum of
description, and throwing the rest of the material into the form of one
consecutive article such as that with which he starts his description of
art. In future editions there may be considerable rearrangement, and some
errors which have crept into the guide may be rectified. Baron von
Mueller, for instance, was not director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens
until his death in 1896, but ceased connection with them some score of
years earlier. By a somewhat extraordinary confusion of the older Disraeli
with his greater son, Lord Beaconsfield, the life of the latter is given
as extending from 1767 to 1846. There are several minor, but annoying,
misprints, such as “Giralamo” instead of Girolamo Savonarola, which should
not disfigure such a publication. The typographical display regarding the
drawings from the royal collection at Windsor seems out of keeping of the
rest of the guide.

Mr. Woodward has exercised the right of private judgment in his comments,
and this adds agreeable spice to what might otherwise be too conventional
descriptions. But there seems some lack of consistency. Sir J. D. Linton's
picture of the abdication of Mary Queen of Scots is illustrated and given
a whole page of sympathetic description. “The Tambour Frame,” by S. Melton
Fisher, is illustrated, but has no accompanying description. Several
pictures have half a page of description and are not illustrated, and one,
“The Little Fruit Girl,” by J. H. S. Mann, is condemned contemptuously in
the words “A picture of the ‘pretty, pretty’ amateur type, instructive to
students as showing what to avoid.” On such a description it might well be
claimed that the picture should excluded from a gallery one of whose
functions is the cultivation of the public taste. Perhaps the most novel
part of guide are the descriptions of the statues and panels, as these
convey less meaning to the average visitor than do the paintings. Here
again, however, it is not clear why Perseus and Pericles should be
described and Theseus allowed to remain a mere name. Mr. Woodward, no
doubt, has reason for saying that the backward-glancing Perseus is looking
back towards the pursuing Gorgons, though the opinion is often expressed
that he is simply averting his face from the deadly head of Medusa with
its petrifying power. While Mr. Woodward may have laid himself open to
criticism at such points, there is no doubt that the guide was much
required, and that the director has given it a character and an interest
seldom associated with such productions.

[article continues] … of the public. One or two potteries in this State
are turning out very good works in tiles, and some of the commoner kinds
of terra-cotta, and will shortly be doing work of a higher class. Let us
then commence with the pottery exhibits.

Pottery.

“This is the oldest of the crafts. The making of pottery dates back to a
very early period, far beyond the reach of historical records. In the
Mosaic writings, the potter and his work are honourably mentioned and at
an early period the Egyptians made their beautiful ware. Glazed bricks
have been found in the ruins of Babylon. The potter’s wheel, of which an
example will be on exhibition very shortly, is the oldest machine in the
world, and the photograph we have on view shows one almost identical in
form and shape with those represented on the Assyrian and Egyptian
monuments. The old wheels were turned by the hand ; the modern ones are
worked by a treadle, or by a fly-wheel, rotated either by human agency or
by power. These samples of raw materials have just been received from my
brother, Mr. Horace B. Woodward, F.R.S., Assistant Director of the
Geological Survey of Great Britain. They show clays in the rough, and as
prepared for the making of stoneware, earthenware, and china. Any quantity
of china clay is waiting in Western Australia, and there will be plenty of
openings here for the students who go in for this work. A pottery class
will shortly be established in the Technical Schools on St. George’s
Terrace. We have already in the Museum examples of pottery from the
earliest times to the present day. I may mention that the designs in
English china have improved very much of late, and some of the specimens
we have here are not surpassed, if equalled, by Dresden china ware. You
may have noticed this china on the lower shelf of a glass case by the
entrance, while on the upper shelves are some very beautiful designs, both
as to colour and form, from the Della Robbia Works, and on the cups and
plates presented by Messrs. Brown, Westhead, Moore, and Co., of the Royal
Cauldon Potters, Staffordshire.”

Messrs. Doulton’s well-known contributions to the Museum then received
attention ; but as these have already been described at considerable
length in the “West Australian,” Mr. Woodward passed on to a large series
of exhibits showing different kinds of English, Continental, and Eastern
potteries. “We desire to show the public all possible shapes and colours,”
continued Mr. Woodward, “so that they may learn what to select and what to
avoid ; and the labels in many cases point out the good and the bad points
in the designs. Some of the simplest pottery shows the best art. Look at
these pots from Ceylon, for instance. Some are 2,000 years old, others
modern, but they are perfectly adapted to the ends their designers and
makers had in view. Our collection is not very large, but it includes many
types. In addition to those already mentioned, we have ancient Egyptian
pottery from Thebes, ancient Greek and Graeco-Roman ware, as well as
examples of the crudest Central African. Specimens of modern Italian,
Spanish, German, Bohemian, and Flanders pottery are all represented in our
collection. From China there is but a single specimen, but we have a whole
series of Japanese from the Imperial Museum at Tokio.”...

on Mr. Woodward, and ask him for an interview. He is just now even more
than usually busy, having on hand a guide to the art collection ; but,
very kindly, he spared time for a walk and a talk in the galleries where
the arts and crafts exhibits are at present.

Mr. Woodard referred to an interview with Mr. Linton that appeared some
time ago, and said that the committee have for some time past been getting
typical representative examples of the arts and crafts of the world, in
order that the public may see the great advance that has been made in
domestic art, namely, the improvement in the design of home fittings,
furniture, and utensils. These will prove of the greatest use to the
students in the old Technical Schools. Since 1880 there has been a great
revival amongst the arts and crafts. William Morris, Madox Brown, the
Rosetti brothers, and others founded the new school, and the seeds they
planted have been nurtured and fostered by people in high positions. The
Royal Family has taken a deep interest in the Royal Art Schools at South
Kensington, and from those centres other schools have branched out in many
directions. “In a new and rapidly growing country like Western Australia,
it is necessary to keep practical ends in view,” said Mr. Woodward, “even
while we educate the taste of the public. One or two potteries in this
State are turning out very good work in tiles, and some of the commoner
kinds of terra-cotta, and will shortly be doing work of a higher class.
Let us then commence with the pottery exhibits.

Pottery.

“This is the oldest of the crafts. The making of pottery dates back to a
very early period, far beyond the reach of historical records.  In the
Mosaic writings, the potter and his work are honourably mentioned, and at
an early period the Egyptians made their beautiful ware. Glazed bricks
have been found in the ruins of Babylon. The potter’s wheel, of which an
example will be on exhibition very shortly, is the oldest machine in the
world, and the photograph we have on view shows one almost identical in
form and shape with those represented on the Assyrian and Egyptian
monuments. The old wheels were turned by the hand ; the modern ones are
worked by a treadle, or by a fly-wheel, rotated either by human agency or
by power. These samples of raw materials have just been received by Mr.
Horace B. Woodward, F.R.S., Assistant Director of Geological Survey of
Great Britain. They show clays in the rough, and as prepared for the
making of stoneware, earthenware, and china. Any quantity of china clay is
waiting in Western Australia, and there will be plenty of openings here
for the students who go in for this work. A pottery class will shortly be
established in the Technical Schools on St. George’s Terrace. We have
already in the Museum example of pottery from the earliest times to the
present day. I may mention that the designs in English china have improved
very much of late, and some of the specimens we have here are not
surpassed, if equalled, by Dresden china wares. You may have noticed this
china on the lower shelf of a glass case by the entrance, while on the
upper shelves are some very beautiful designs, both as to colour and form,
from the Della Robbia Works, and on the cups and plates presented by
Messrs. Brown, Westhead, Moore, and Co., of the Royal Cauldon Potters,
Staffordshire.”

Messrs. Doulton's well-known contributions to the Museum then received
attention ; but as these have already been described at considerable
length in the “West Australian,” Mr. Woodward passed on to a large series
of exhibits showing different kinds of English, Continental, and Eastern
potteries. “We desire to show the public all possible shapes and colours,”
continued Mr. Woodward, “so that they may learn what to select and what to
avoid ; and the labels in many cases point out the good and the bad points
in the design. Some of the simplest pottery shows the best art. Look at
these pots from Ceylon, for instance. Some are 2,000 years old, others
modern, but they are perfectly adapted to the ends their designers and
makers had in view. Our collection is not very large, but it includes many
types. In addition to those already mentioned, we have ancient Egyptian
pottery from Thebes, ancient Greek and Graeco-Roman ware, as well as
examples of the crudest Central African. Specimens of modern Italian,
Spanish, German, Bohemian, and Flanders pottery are all represented in our
collection. From China there is but a single specimen, but we have a whole
series of Japanese from the Imperial Museum at Tokio.”

Wood-Carving.

While walking to the gallery where wood-carving is exhibited, Mr. Woodward
said that often 800 people visit the Museum on a Sunday afternoon, and
that the average was more than one-third of the attendance at the British
Museum. Nearly all the visitors belong to the labouring classes. “I do not
fear a Labour Government,” he remarked, “as I know it will recognise the
educational importance of the Museum and the Art Gallery. In the older
centres of civilisation,” he continued, “all classes are now trying to
make their homes beautiful ; and we desire to show our visitors how the
same thing may be done in Western Australia. That is why we are trying to
gather together from all parts of the world specimens of the arts and
crafts, both ancient and modern. If we show students the best models, they
will learn how to become good designers. Several ladies here have taken up
wood-carving very successfully, as is shown by the screens in St. George’s
Cathedral ; and others are doing equally well in repousee [sic] work, in
brass and also in leather. Hundreds of thousands of little blows are
required in this work, for heavy blows would crack the metal. It needs an
immense amount of patience, as well as skill, which is, doubtless, the
reason that so many ladies have taken it up and been so successful. But
the ladies must have a knowledge of design first. Amateurs often want to
put in too much detail. See how restful, and yet how highly ornamented …
[missing original text] … worn on the person ; enamels on pictures, or
simple colour harmonies, in a particular kind of glass that can be fused
on to the surface of certain metals, such as gold, silver, iron, copper,
and bronze. To other metals the glass will not adhere. The metal usually
use is copper. The ancient Egyptian method is known as Champleve. In this
the design is gouged out or engraved, leaving fine bands standing up to
confine the different colours into their own compartments. The colours are
then carefully laid into their appointed places, and the article is placed
in a muffle furnace, raised to sufficient heat to fuse the colours on and
into the surface of the metal. According to the depth of the engraving, so
does the intensity of the colour vary, the colours used being transparent.
Thus the process had to be repeated many times, the surfaces being
polished, and more colour added when required between each firing. In the
Cloisonne form of enamelling, little raised metal compartments are made by
soldering flattened wire on to the copper or other background. The colour
is then filled in and fired as previously described. It was this form of
enamelling that found favour with the Byzantine school for adorning
reliquaries, etc., for the early Christian Church. The crucifix in this
style which we exhibit is by Mrs. Edith Dawson, and it shows to what
perfection ladies can attain in this work. I know two ladies at the top of
the profession in England who are being offered more work of this
description than they can execute. The most fashionable brooches,
necklaces, and bracelets nowadays are enamels. We have but few specimens
as yet. However, as soon as funds permit, we hope to get some examples of
Alexander Fisher’s work. The Japanese have practiced the Cloisonne form
for many centuries, and the perfection to which they have brought it can
be seen in the many specimens we have in the Museum. One of these latter
is very ancient. It was once formerly in the possession of the late Hon.
J. G. H. Amherst. Limoge enamels have no compartments of any kind, but the
metal, in the first place, is covered with an opaque enamel, usually
either white or black, and then the design or portrait is painted on in
the same way as a miniature, though not with the same pigments, and it is
fired and touched up and refined as many times as is necessary to get the
desired result. Good specimens of Limoges enamels were presented to us by
the late Captain Roe. These are of the later Limoges, and date back to
about 1550. Fourthly, we come to the Basteille enamel. Its groundwork may
be described as a basso-relievo, on a sunken ground, filled in with
enamel, the different thicknesses of which give variations in the colour.
Of his work Mr. Linton is preparing an example to present to this
institution.”

The Triptych.

Mr. Woodward then led the way into his office, and there I saw one of the
most important additions as yet made to the art collection. It arrived
only a few days ago and will be placed on view to the public as soon as a
case is provided. It was designed by Mr. Nelson Dawson, the well-known
craftsman and water-colour painter, and the enamels, seven in all were
executed by his wife, Mrs. Edith Dawson. They illustrate the lines—

“Rest after toil, port after stormy seas.
Peace after war death after life, doth greatly please.”

There is a man resting after ploughing a field a ship going into port, an
old warrior sitting outside a castle, and the winged head of a woman
representing “Upnos’s” sleep. The design is in harmony, red poppies
representing sleep on the closing doors, and tall poppies standing in
repousee [sic] steel inside. The frame is supported by wrought-iron legs,
and the whole is surmounted by a silver olive wreath, entwined with
wrought-iron scrolls. The mellow yet brilliant scheme of colour must be
seen to be appreciated. This triptych shows amongst other things, the
great difference there is between Japanese and European enamelling for,
although the enamels are of the Limoges class, they differ from the usual
run, in that [they] are almost entirely worked in transparent enamel, by
which means the great brilliancy of colour has been achieved. This latest
addition to the art collection, of which but a feeble idea can be given by
pen and ink, should prove an immense attraction, for the work is excellent
throughout both in design and execution, for the blacksmith and the
silversmith, as well as the enamels, are superb.

The arts and crafts shown in the Museum are far from exhausted, but the
glass and many more things must be left for another visit. The special
Japanese collection from the Imperial Museum at Tokio requires an article
to itself....

2. To Director from S. C. Stirling, Museum of South Australia, 29 January, 1907, received  birds sent on 15th January, sending by S.S. Grantala 5 cases of Diprotodon cast, the documents sent direct by shipping agents, 2 p.
3. To Director from S. C. Stirling, Museum of South Australia, 13 March, 1907, sending case of specimens by S.S. Tarcoola, 3 p.
4. To Woodward from S. C. Stirling, Museum of South Australia, 13 March, 1907, official letter, 1p.
5. To Curator from Australian Museum, Sydney, list of specimens wanted, 23 March, 1907, 4 p.`
6. To Curator from S. Sinclair, Australian Museum, Sydney, 28 March, 1907, sent case of specimens by S.S. Kanowna, 1 p.
7. To Woodward from S. C. Stirling, Museum of South Australia, 4 April, 1907, received Bird skins and thanks for Bower of Chlamydera nuchalis, 1 p.
8. To Director from E. Warren, Natal Government Museum, 25 May, 1907, sending Museum publications, 1 p.
9. To Woodward from T. Sheppard, Curator, Municipal Museum, Hull, 4 June, 1907, interested in exchange, pamphlet on Sibbald's Rorqual, 1 p.
10. To Director from A. Haylock, N.Z. Dept of Lands & Survey, asks about sea shell collecting, best book on West Australian shells, names for exchange for N.Z. shells, 2 p.
11. To Woodward from Charles J. Rooney, Stirling Estate, Capel, W.A., 6 June, 1907, asking for birds' eyes for specimens, offering to send anything in exchange, 1 p.
12. To Woodward from Charles J. Rooney, Stirling Estate, Capel River,W.A.,
11 June, 1907, offering to collect birds locally, received preservative, 2 p.
13. To Woodward from Henry N. Travers, Hamilton Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington, N. Z., 21 June, 1907, asking about exchanges of N. Z. bird skins, will send a list, 1 p.
14. To the Director from Louis Peringuey, South African Museum, 21 July, 1907, cramped for room, not possible to extend for foreign exhibits, 1 p.
15. To Woodward from Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, R. Istituto di Studi Superiori in Firenze, 2 August, 1907, thanking for box of bats, also letter 1 Jan., 1907, Happy New Year, asking for bats, 3 p.
16. To Director from A. Haylock, N.Z. Dept of Lands and Survey, 1 August, 1907, exchange of echinoderms, wanting Cypraea (7 specs.), saving Echinoderms, 3 p.
17. To W.A. Museum from Aristides Brezina, (1848-19-09), Vienna, Austria, asking for exact site, sending some Austrian obsidian, 3 p.
18. To Woodward from A. Haylock, N.Z. Dept. of Lands and Survey, 29 November, 1907, making a collection of Echinoderms in exchange for Molluscs, 2 p.
19. To le Directeur, from Dr. F. Guite, L'Universite de Rennes, 24 December, 1907, wanting examples of Gobiesocides, Australian clingfish, offering exchanges of samples of similar fish , 1 p.
20. To Director from R. Etheridge, Sydney Museum, 8 January, 1908, received Sphenura literalis, fish Hopleganthus woodwardi, next sending Pitchuri, send list of specimens wanted, 2 p.
21. To Woodward from A. W. Hughes, 25 January, 1908, leaving for England, later eggs list, 2 p.
22. To Curator from J. P. Rogers, Claremont, 26 July, 1908, advised G. M. Mathews of your offer to exchange skins of birds, his collection going to British Museum, mentions Bowdler Sharpe, 1 p.
23. To Woodward from Gregory M. Mathews, Langley Mount, Watford, 10 October, 1908, asking for all information on West Australian birds 4 p.
To Woodward from Richard Bowdler Sharpe, of British Museum, 27 July, 1908, recommending research by Gregory M. Mathews, asking for cooperation, 4 p.
24. List of skins forwarded from Perth to Curator, Australian Museum, Sydney, 21 July, 1908, 1 p.
25. To Director from R. Etheridge, Sydney Museum, 19 August, 1908, received case of skins 1 p.
26. From R. Etheridge: List of specimens wanted by Australian Museum, 15 September, 1908, 1 p.
27. To Curator from R. Etheridge, Australian Museum, Sydney, 15 September, 1908, sent revised list, need eggs for North's Catalogue, want loan of pair of Cinclosoma marginatus, Sharpe, 2 p.
28. To Director from R. Etheridge, Australia Museum, Sydney, 7 October, 1908,  List of animals specimens forewarded in exchange and birds'eggs from the Abrolhos Islands, 1 p.
29. To Director from R. Etheridge, Australian Museum, Sydney,29 October, 1908, wanting to borrow Cinclosoma marginatus, North wants eggs. 1 p.
30. To Director from Edward S. Simpson, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 6 January, 1909, about future exchange collection for Bankok, 1 p.
31. To Western Australian Museum from Konigl. Zoologisches Museum, 10 February, 1908, letter German text from A. Brauer, Director, 1 p.
32. To Woodward from A. J. Willianson, Bank of Victoria, Rushworth, 2 March, 1909, sending beautiful land shell Bulimus from Brazil to exchange for a Teredo navalis and a Cypraea Argus 1 p.
33. To Woodward from R. Strelitz, Mouat Street, Fremantle, 1 April, 1909, send parcel for steamer next week, hope you received the vases etc. 1 p.
34. To Woodward from R. Strelitz, Shipping Agents, Mouat St., Fremantle, 2 April, 1909, the Vienna Vase and 2 plates were manufactured about 5 years ago, finding out about Herculaneum Vases, 1 p.
35. To Woodward from R. Streliz,"Kindly hand bearer the collection of Native Weapons", 1 p.
36. To Curator from H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W., 18 April, 1909, Birds' eggs collector sends list of egg exchanges available, 1 p.
37. To Woodward from J. H. Maiden, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 22 February, 1909, asking for details for his "Critical revision of the genus Eucalypt", 1 p.
38.  To Woodward from J. H. Maiden, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 2 April, 1909, Specimens arrived in perfect order. 1 p.
39. To Woodward from J. H. Maiden, Sydney Botanic Gardens, 22 April, 1909, received Eucalyptus specimens safely returned, sent Eastern eucalyptus specimens, mentions research, 2 p.
40. To Director from Geo. E. Shepherd of "Malurus", Somerville, Victoria, 20 September, 1909, about acquiring Birds' eggs for collection. 2 p.
41. To Woodward from Gregory M. Mathews, Langley Mount, Watford, Herts.,28 January, 1909, asking about books of W.A. fauna, 2 p.
17 February, 1909, cases arrived, spare a Pehophassa rufipennis, 1 p.
2 April, 1909, thanks for W.A. emu skull and books, 1 p.
4 April, 1909, cousin Henry White, Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W. paying man Hill to buy W.A. eggs 1 p.
2 July, 1909, received P. rufipennis, thanks, 1 p.
8 July, 1909, wants a Synoecus, a Tuinisc castanonta (marked T olivei), 1 young Gallimala terebosa, a Prion young of Gabianus pacificus, 1 p.
23 July, 1909 sending Tinamus latifolius, T. solitarius and pair of Pterselis bicinchus 2 p.
25 August, 1909, birds who also visit Australia, 4 emus had arrived, 1 p.
24 September, 1909, please send some Amytornis megalurus, gigantura, striatus, woodwardi, textilis, 1 p.
4 November, 1909, Thanks for the Turnix and the Amytornis, sent over by Carter, send now no.403, fill box with bugs, 2 p.
25 November, 1909, thanking for sending skins, 1 p.
2 December, 1909, asking for skins from N. W. Australia, 1 p.
23 December, 1909, taken all notes for Amytornis, added whitei after cousin Harry White of Bellhus, Scone, N.S.W., letter from British Museum, 2 p.
1 January, 1910, returning cases of skins, lists of exchanges and duplicates,thanking. 3 p.
42. To Museum from W. Thorpe, 16 December, 1909, specimens, in exchange 2 Pteropus, Wyndham, on loan 2 Fish, Carnac Island, 1 p.
43. To Director from R. Etheridge, Australian Museum, Sydney, 4 January, 1910, are casts of fish brought by Thorpe available, what exchange wanted for the American bison, 1 p.
44. To Director from R. Etheridge, Australian Museum, Sydney, 4 January, 1910, return specimens casts of fish male and female Herring Cale, Olisthops cyanomelas, Rich., King George's Sound, Houtman Abrolhos, common in N.S.W., Victoria and Tasmania. Bats Pterpus funereus=Gouldii,1 p.
45. To Director from R. Etherington, Australian Museum, Sydney, 9 February, 1910, trustees glad to have the American Bison in exchange for information, received list of Moulds for Casts of Fish, are they priced for sale or offered as exchange, 3 p.
46. To Director from R. Etherington, Australian Museum, Sydney, 4 January, 1910, are these casts of the 2 fishes available, American Bison exchange valuation ? 1 p.
47. To Director from R. Etherington, Australian Museum, Sydney, 21 January, 1910, supply us duplicate specimens of fishes: Carcharias glaucus, Exocostus hillianus, Chilomycterus jaculiferus, Pseudorhombus muttimaculatus, P. monopus, Lycodontis mibilis, Therapon truriaccus, T. caudovittitus, Platyce3phalus bassensis, Triglia lucerna, offering Black King Fish Rachycentron canadus, Pilot fish Naucratis ductor, Garfish Hyporhamphus intermedius, 1 p.
48. To Director from National Museum of Ireland, Leinster House, 9 April, 1910, Shrine at Holy Cross and the High Cross of Monasterboice will be forwarded when ready for transit, 1 p.
49. To Curator from Sid. Wm. Jackson, Stratton, View St., Chatswood, Sydney, 13 April, 1910, asking about exchanges of collections of birds' eggs listed, 2 p.
50. To Woodward from H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W., 14 December, 1910, detailed lists of collected birds' eggs offered in exchange, 1 p.
51. From Woodward to R. Strelitz, 20 December, 1910, thanking for case of specimens from Dr. Michaelsen of Hamburg and  thanking Director Harms of Hamburg for sending it freight free 1 p.
52. From Woodward to Dr. Michaelsen of Hamburg, 20 December, 1910, thanking for specimens and naming Peripatopsis woodwardi, getting earthworms from North-West, news of friends, 1 p.
53. From Woodward to Direktor Harms at Deutsch Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft, Hamburg, 21 December, 1910, contents arrived safely, 1 p.
54. From Woodward to Gregory M. Mathews, Langley Mount, Watford, Herts., 22 December, 1910, case of Rhea arrived safely, also 2 cases of birds' skins, not yet received your book, 1 p.
55. From Woodward to E. F. Pittman, Department of Mines, Sydney, 23 December, 1910, not yet able to send Palaeozoic or Mesozoic fossils, sending a collector to get specimens next year, 1 p.
56. Specimens sent to Australian Museum, Sydney, 1910, 10 p.

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