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Until Mr W. J. Whinray, Lower Hutt, sent in two £5 notes issued by Captain Read in Gisborne's earliest days, it was not known that notes of this denomination existed.

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A fine Maori fish-hook sent in by Mr Jock Rennie, Tolaga Bay.

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A rare Tautau or curved greenstone pendant, was sent in by Mr A. R. Atkins, Gisborne, He found it in a shovelful of Waipaoa shingle with which he was filling a pot-hole in Massey Road.

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A fine specimen of an early travelling clock brought to N.Z. in 1880.

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A canoe prow ornament from the Solomon Islands sent in by Mr W. Riddell.

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Also from Mr Whinray is this ticket-book for passages on Capt. Read's ships. Awanui was the wharf inlet at Tokomaru Bay. The trip oost £2/10/- return.