Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Lyttelton; vertically through image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Gate of emigrantsí barracks/ well/ wharf/ sample of V hut; through image in ink: Dr Donaldís house/ Ellis grocer/ grocer & butcher/ custom house;…
Through image in ink in unknown hand: Seccomb’s Brewery, Outhwaite’s Carleton Gore, Bishopscourt, St Marys, Capt Cook Htl, Dr Kinder, Motu Tapu, Ch. of England Grammar School, Okahu P.t, Waihiki, Motu Ihi; u.l. in pencil in unknown hand: Royal…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Hotere: u.l.-l.r. in pencil: green purple blue red orangy yellow red yellow orange green blue violet purple too cramped [numerals].
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Almost the only way in the early days of reaching the Legislative Council at Auckland. Captain Cargill takes it. Circa 1854. T.M.H.; on label in ink: The only way in the early days of reaching the…
Margin below image in iron gall ink: Blewitt’s Redoubt, Rangiawhia [page of Diary 20 March 1864]; margin below image in pencil: Col. Blewitt 69 Reg.t Q.s 65th; l.r. in pencil: 53; u.l. in pencil: 2; watermark: A. Cowan & Sons 1858.
Margin below image in iron gall ink: The “Blue Nose” Sawmills. [page of Diary]; margin left of image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; chop (blindprint): Superfine; l.r. in pencil: 45; verso on other half of folded page: [78/142].
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: The Bluff Stockade on the Waikato River; margin below image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; margin left of image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; chop (blindprint): Superfine; l.r. in pencil: 21.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: Charles, Xmas 1951; l.l. in pencil: M.T. Woollaston 1948; l.r. in pencil: Joe at Mapua; verso: [ink sketch crossed out] M.T. Woollaston Boy washing his feet
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: [illeg]; on original mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Burcham’s House, River Hutt. These beautiful sketches were done by William Swainson FRS, the celebrated naturalist and extensive writer on natural history. He was…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: J. Brown, 18; l.c. in pencil: 10; on label in ink: Captain Cargill addresses a meeting. Napier is close to barrel. Buchanan, an elder, near him. Manning is at left
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 11; l.c. in pencil: 11; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: John de la Condamine Carnegie. 2. Captain Cargill. 3. W.B.D. Mantell. 4. Dr Williams. -1853.