THE McNAB MANUSCRIPTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 215, 13 August 1918, Page 6

THE McNAB MANUSCRIPTS.

WORK FOR THE TURNBULL LIBRARY. |

Wellington, Aug. 13. The Minister of internal Affiairs has, received a notice from the public trustee that die approval of the beneficiaries has now been obtained to handing over to t ~e Board of Science and Art of historical manu scripts and other such matter be longurg io the estate of the late Dr. McNab. , "Arrangements will be made,” said die minister yesterday, "to have this done at an early date. This will enable the valuable mate rial gathered by the late Dr. McNab in ais reseaienes on the early history of New z.ealand, to be attached to die Turnbull library and the joint collection will be ot the greatest value to the Government in arranging for the preparation of the unwritten pages of the early’ history of New Zealand. In the course of his researches, as is well known, Dr. McNab visited several foreign countries, _ including Russia, France, America, .and Holland and has deft a quantity of the most valuable material which will provide ample employment for the staff of t-he Turnbull library in the years to come.”