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Copying of Manuscript. The papers of Bishops William and William Leonard Williams, formerly in the possession of the late F. W. Williams, have formed a most valuable addition to the manuscript resources of the library. These diaries and letters are most numerous for the period from 1860 onwards, and provide much detail on the troubled years of East Coast history from. 1865 70, besides containing much of interest to the biographer and student of Church history. Through the courtesy of Mr. Algar Williams a start has been made in copying the important material in his possession relating to Archdeacon Henry Williams. A practically complete series of letters to the Church Missionary Society from his arrival in New Zealand in 1823 has been so far transcribed. The Christchurch Diocesan Office kindly permitted some of the papers in their possession relating to early Canterbury to be copied. Through the good offices of Mr. Brad ney Williams, of Tauranga, the copying of the letters of Archdeacon Brown has also been commenced. Most interesting sidelights on New Zealand life during the first ten years of its history as a British colony are afforded by the letters of Miss Mary Swainson, the only daughter of Wm. Swainson, F.R.S., to her grandparents in England. These letters have been copied and donated to the library by Miss M . K. Marshall, of Marton, who has also permitted copies to be made of Miss Swainson's account of the voyage to New Zealand in 1840-41. A highly important series of letters received by James Edward Fitzgerald from such men as Gladstone, E. G. Wakefield, Grey, Lords Norton and Lyttelton, and Walter Savage Landor has been donated by the Rev. 0. Fitzgerald, of Christchurch. Selections from the Landor correspondence have already been published in the Turnbull Library Record. The copying of the McLean papers continues. The arrangement of these papers in some provisional order has now been completed, and it is possible to refer to and assess material not yet transcribed. Indexes. Indexes have been made of Buick's " Old Marlborough," Nicholas's " A Voyage to New Zealand," and Polack's " A Residence in New Zealand." The index to the " New Zealand Journal " has been carried down to the year 1844, and much of the manuscript copied has been similarly covered. More than half the McLean typescript has been indexed. Donations and Exchanges. ; -Vf This year finds our record of gifts no less extensive or significant than others. To all donors the library has reason to be grateful. Some of the more important items are of sufficient interest to notice. From Harvard University Library was received a complete series of " Harvard Library Notes," full of excellent bibliographical and technical material. Mrs. J. Moffat, of Taupo, sent an almost complete set of Te Walca Karaitiana, a little journal circulating among the Maoris. In the January, 1941, issue of the Record was reported more fully the diary and sketches by Chevalier and his wife in New Zealand. These were given by Mrs. E. Laing and Mr. N. Chevalier, of England. Most magnificent of all is the noble first edition of T. E. Lawrence's " Sevein Pillars of Wisdonij" 1926, presented by an anonymous friend in the South Island. A. fuller note of this appears also in the Record. Of interest for its printing also is the extremely-well-produced " History of Printing in New Zealand," the joint effort of the printing trade, collaborating through the Wellington Club of Printing House Craftsmen. A sumptuously bound copy was presented by the club. " The Legend of Maui," privately printed by S. B. Maclennan, deserves notide for its interesting and admirable quality. Through the courtesy of the printer the library received one of the few copies. From a regular benefactor, Mr. Carl Pforzheimer, of New York, whose private library is famous among literary scholars, came the most recent, and what must be a complete and definitive, work on P. B. Shelley, by Newman I. White, in two large fine volumes which for their splendid production were placed by the Society of Graphic Arts among the fifty best books of the year in the United States. This is additional to his gifts of last year. To botanists, an extremely important item is the large group of over two hundred engravings of New Zealand plants made from drawings by Banks, Solander, and Forster, associated with Cook's first and second voyages. These have been transferred from the Education Department for deposit here, where they will be more accessible to students. Through the mediation of Mr. A. B. Taylor, of the Treasury, the library received from the Netherlands Indies Tourist Bureau a set of their superb publications descriptive of the Dutch colonies. These are excellent reference works and welcome to the Pacific collection. Some interesting pictures by Barraud and one by H. S. Chapman were presented by Dr. Silvia Chapman. Sister Brandon, of Wellington, presented two carved Maori statuettes, and a Samoan kava bowl formerly the property of R. L. Stevenson. From Mr. Albert Morris was received the sextant of the " Jewess " and a lithograph of Gilfillan's picture " The Interior of a Native Village." The former was from Captain Moore's ship (his journal is already in the library) and the latter was lithographed at Captain Moore's expense. Other donations of an appreciated nature have been received from friends who have interested themselves in the library. It is scarcely necessary to repeat that no donation is accepted unless it is of definite value in the collections. These are W. Juriss, Christchurch ; Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California; Australian Council for Educational Research, Melbourne; New Zealand University Students' Association, Wellington ; S. Wright, Khandallah ; Miss M. Greig, Wanganui ; Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co., Wellington ; T. W. Brown, Wellington ; Dr. A. H. Webb, Waipukurau ; estate of Geo. Lambert, C.5.8., Wellington ; New Zealand Shipping Co., Wellington ; A. G. Stevenson, Auckland ; Sir Arthur Du Cros, Craigwell-on-Sea, Sussex ; T. I). Taylor, Wellington ; Union Steam

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