Centre (c.) in pencil: Toi-Toi (or any other man) or woman; l.l. - l.r. in pencil: Defence force Taranaki. 12 stone 30 June 64; verso: [pencil sketch inscribed: Mahoetai - 20 June]
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 23 June; verso a: [watercolour sketch of the Sugar Loaves 75/163 ai]; verso b: [watercolour sketch 75/163 bi titled:] Henoi Bridge, Taranaki 23 June
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 3. A stroll on the beach - M.t Egmont in the distance - 16 Feb.y 65 Daybreak after marching all Night Wanganui Campaign; on sketchbook mount: this is the only time I myself ever saw troops marching…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: M.t Egmont from Oakura 28 June 1864; on original mount: Oakura stream on the Coast near Taranaki. Capt. Trajet & Surgeon Hope 57 Reg.t were shot here in an ambush early in 1863. This began the war -
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: M.t Egmont and the Waitara Plain; verso: 29; on mount: Visited some natives with Col. Warre in … 1864 June. This gives a very fair idea of Mount Egmont from the Waitara Plains. The sea is behind Spectator. The scene of…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Manutahi EW [mongram]; verso in ink: The village, Manutahi. M.t Egmont 30 miles distant 89 [pencil sketches]; on original sketchbook mount: M.t Egmont - from Manutahi on the Wanganui coast. Feb.y - 65
Left - right in pencil: Fort Robert 28 June 1864. Coast of New Zealand. Taranaki; a. verso: [unfinished pencil sketch] b. verso: [watercolour titled:] Oakura 28 June.
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 8 a.m. a winter’s morning. Buggins’s Clearing - Taranaki. July 1864. Burnt by natives; verso in ink: Ellen J. Burnside; on mount in pencil: This is meant for a view of mount Egmont on a fine…
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Engagement at Okutuku; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sketch of the second attack on Otukutu, 7th Nov. 1868, drawn by a soldier who was present. The fight, which took place about 8 miles east of Patea, is sometimes…
Margin below image l. - r. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Copied from Parkinson View of the Great Peak &c. For history of this see my copy of Parkinson. It is Mount Egmont taken about 50 miles south & off Cape Egmont. T.M.H.
Margin below image in ink: 1. Kauau Pa. 2. Patuha Range. 3. St Maryís School Room. 4. Hotel - Marsland Hill - 5. Clockey Woodís. 6. John Gilmourís store. 7. Yemís Store - Brougham Street. 8. Ryanís store. [ditto marks] 9. W. Blackís and co.…
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: E.M.H.; l.l. - l.r. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr Spain investigating the land claims at New Plymouth, Mt Eliot, June 1844 from the original pencil sketch by Mr Lewis, one of the NZ Company’s surveyors in the…