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.
"Less crowded with articles of furniture than the apartments of ladies of quality in England, the decorations of a bedchamber and boudoir in China are not less costly or complete - a suite of rooms being appropriated to the females of the mandarin's…
On sketchbook mount in ink: Brothers Tytlers, in the Waimea, Nelson. Aldowrie, afterwards - E.W. Staffords [?“Brothers Tytlers” and “afterwards” added later?]; verso mount: In Wiararapa Valley; verso in pencil: vignette on title page; on…
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.) with brush: J.T.T. 1878; on mount in pencil: Burial place of the Thomsons of Earnslaw Lennel. 19 Aug 78. The Tweed - where Lennels convent closed their march (There now is left but one frail arch. See Marmion Canto IV. 17
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1878; on mount in pencil: Burial place of the Turnbulls of Abbey St Bathans. 16 Aug 78. 3 2 1. [key provided with transcript of tombstones]