| 168 | Colenso, William, M.H.R., Napier.
| 1. | 6 Vols. Flora Antarctica. |
| 2. | 9 Vols. Government Edition, Cook's Voyages, 8 vols. 4[unclear: to] and 1 Vol. Atlas, Maps, and Plates. |
| 3. | 1 Vol folio, Raoul's Plantes, Middle Island. |
| 4. | 1 Vol. Forster's Generum Plantarum. |
| 5. | 1 Vol. Owen's Monograph Moa. |
| 6. | 1 Vol. Owen's Monograph Apteryx. |
Books Feinted in New Zealand,
| 7. | 1 New Testament, Bay of Islands, 1837. |
| 8. | 1 Common Prayer, complete, (Church of England), Bay of Islands, 1840. |
| 9. | First Book printed in New Zealand—Epistles to Ephesians and Philippians, 12mo., February 1835. |
| 10. | First English Book printed in New Zealand—Report of the Temperance Society, Bay of Islands, 1836. |
| 11. | First English Sermon printed in New Zealand, A.D., 1842. |
| 12. | Two Maori Almanacs, 1841 and 1843—first ones were published in 1839 and 1840. |
| 13. | Ten of the Earliest Printed Public Papers, in covers, A.D., 1835-1840, including Treaty of Waitangi, (original Maori); tie N, Maori declaration of United Independence, A.D., 1835. |
| 14. | The first "Government Gazette," A.D., 1840. |
Books Relative to New Zealand, but Printed in Sydney and Hobort Town.
| 15 | First Book Printed for New Zealanders: Viscount Goderich's Letter, &c., English and Maori, A.D., 1833. |
| 16 | 1 Vol., "Journey of a Naturalist in New Zealand, A.D., 1842, (by Exhibitor.) |
| 17 | 1 Vol., Felices Novœ of New Zealand, by Exhibitor. |
| 18 | 1 Vol., Murray on Phormium Tenax, &c, the paper of the book being manufactured from Phormium Tenax (New Zealand Rax). |
| 19 | 1, A few sheets of said Paper, 1838. |
| 20 | 3 Specimens of Volcanic Sulphur, from Islands in B.y of Plenty. |
| 21 | 1 Bordered Maori Mat, E. Capg, 1844.page 18.gif) |
| 22 | 1 Black-String Mat, Bay of Islands, 1842. |
| 23 | 1 Carved Tinder Box, Native Wood, Po. (Decarpus Spicata), from Rotorua, 1839. |
| 24 | 1 New Zealand Carved Wooden Spoon, A.D., 1836. |
| 25 | 6 New Zealand Stone Axes, from different parts. |
| 26 | 6 Moa Bones, from near Poverty Bay, A.D., 1864, found in situ, viz.—2 Tarsi, 2 Tibiæ and 2 Femora. |
| 27 | 1 Saw, of Sharks' (?) Teeth, from Byron's Island. Lat., about 2 degrees S.; obtained in 1837. |
| 28 | 1 Fancy Maori Basket, of Ph. Tenax, from the Thames. |
| 29 | 1 Antique Bell. This interesting relic was obtained in the interior by the Exhibitor, in 1837. The inscription, which has been sent to England for translation's believed to be Javanese. It had been in the hands of the Maoris for several generations. Its history—which I have somewhere written—is long and interesting. |
| 30 | 2 Whales' Teeth, (Sperm Whale); from a whale taken in Hawke's Bay, and the largest of the kind ever taken here. A capital article of export with the islanders of the Pacific, and the Chinese. |
| 31 | Lot of Bitumen, from the East Coast. |
| 32 | 1 Pair Helices Helix Busbyi 8 land shells. |
| 33 | 2 Paire Bulimus Antipodarum (?) 8 land shells. |
| 34 | 1 Pair B. Fibratus (?) 8 land shells. |
| 35 | 1 Gold Seal, having an Engraved New Zealand Stone set in it (1836). |
| 36 | 1 Specimen of Crystallized Tui, from the Thames. |
| 37 to 39. | 3 Geological Specimens of Southernmost Antarctic Land: interesting, and very valuable. |
| 40 | 1 Geological Specimen of Auckland Island. |
| 41 | 20 Specimens Cornelian, Red and White. |
| 42 | 1 Specimen, contorted, West Coast. |
| 43 | 2 New Zealand Fish-hooks of the Olden Time: the shaft of Moa bone, the barb of human bone. Obtained at the East Capo in 1837. |
| 44 | 1 Specimen Calcite (?), Stalact. Tufa, from caves, Hawke's Bay. |
| 45 | 1 Reel, having a peculiar cord wound on it, ingeniously made by Maoris from N.Z. flax (for particular purposes), and rare, A.D. 1837. |
| 46 | 1 Axe, of Slate, from the Island of Mangaia, A.D., 1837, made by the Natives there, without iron, and carried in state before their Principal Chiefs. |
| 47 | 1 Large Tapa, or Cloth, made of the Paper Mulberry tree (Broussonetia Payyrifera), by Pacific Islanders. |
| 48 | 1 Specimen, in spirits, of the large and scarce New Zealand Guana-Lizard, Hatterea Punctata, from the Bay of Plenty, 1839. |
| 49 | 1 Specimen, in spirits, of the large and scarce Wetn Punga, (Deinacrida gigantea, Col.), from Bay of Islands. |
| 50 | 1 bottle Ambergris, from a Whale taken in H. Bay, 1851. |
| 51. | 1 Bottle Raw Kokowai, Red Oxide of Iron (?), used by Natives, when prepared, as rouge, &c., from Bay of Islands.page 19.gif) |
| 52 | 40 Cones, Pinus Pinaster, from trees raised by Exhibitor at H. Bay, from seed sown in 1845. |
| 53 | 1 Mat (old) sent to shew size and quality of the Best Mats of former days, wholly indigenous production, made in 1835, and very often washed. Border (for Pattern, the regal Pattern), often greatly admired by Maoris. One of the few best the writer has ever seen. |
| 54 | 14 Specimens of Copper Ores from Cornwall, Great Britain. |
| 55 | 26 Specimens of Ores of Tin, Lead, Iron, Antimony, Manganese, Blende, Uranite, and Mundic, from Cornwall, Great Britain. |
| 56 | 12 Volcanic Specimens from North Island, New Zealand. |
| 57 |
90 Geological, Mineralogical, and Fossil Specimens from North Island, New Zealand.
All the Maori Specimens, i.e. New Zealand, were collected by the exhibitor.
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