PRI-RUT, 21 July 1821-1889

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File Volume 22

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ff.44-45 T.S. Ralph (Wellington) to Owen; Election of Owen as member of New Zealand Society. [05 April 1852]

ff.46-47 T.S. Ralph (London) to Owen; Requests introduction to Sir George Grey; seeks scientific position in New Zealand. [n.d.]

ff.48-49 E.P. Ramsay (Sydney) to Owen; Receipt of last number of Fossil mammals of Australia; interest in fossil fauna; sends marsupial found in Queensland. [09 March 1877]

ff.50-105 E.P. Ramsay (Sydney) to Owen; (23 letters) Subjects include: exploration of Dawson River; interest in a Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society; despatch of fossils; exploration of Wellington Caves; receipt of papers; S. Sinclair; skull of gigantic echidna; despatch of skull of Tasmanian wolf; lists of casts; bones received from Lord Howe Island. [1880-1889]

f.174 W. Rayner (Uxbridge) to Owen; Appointment of brother as surgeon on H.M.S. Herald; offers his services for scientific research. [10 April 1852]

ff.191-192 G. Reece (Worcester) to Owen; Loan of Australian fossils. [13 April 1858]

ff.263-273 Sir John Richardson (Haslar) to Owen; Receipt and dissection of Tasmanian wolf sent by Sir John Franklin listing of New Zealand fish; New Zealand bird bones. (6 letters) [1841-1843]

ff.324-325 A. Roberts (Sydney) to Owen; Fund for widow and children of S.R. Pittard; seeks new curator. [19 Dec 1862]

f.343 J. Robertson (Sydney) to Owen; £200 voted by N.S.W. Government for exploration of Wellington Valley caves. (copy) [16 June 1869]

ff.344-345 Owen to J. Robertson; Undertakes to study and describe any specimens sent from Wellington Valley. (copy) [18 Aug 1869]

f.370 J. Rooke to Owen; Unable to take part in Australian Exhibition. [26 Feb 1855]

ff.407-420 G.D. Rowley (Chichester) to Owen; History of moa egg in Rowley's collection; arrangements for making plate of egg; Owen's publications on wingless birds. (10 letter) [1876-1878]

f.444a J. Rule to Owen; Sends femur of New Zealand bird. [18 Oct 1839]

f.444c J.W. Harris (Sydney) to J. Rule; New Zealand clubs, carved box, and bones of extinct bird. (copy) [28 Feb 1837]

f.444d J. Rule to W. Buckland; Owen's paper on bone of New Zealand bird. [01 July 1843]

ff.447-448 G.J. Rumling to Owen; Platypus in captivity and its eggs. [25 Sept 1864]

ff.449-450 G.W. Rusden to Owen; References to Owen and moa in Rusden's book on New Zealand; effects of poison spur of platypus. [23 Jan 1883]

f.451 G.W. Rusden to Owen; Sir George Macleay. [26 Sept 1886]

f.452 G.W. Rusden to Owen; Sir George Macleay; platypus. [27 Jan (1883)]

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