Folder, labelled 5, containing letters, authorisation slips, train tickets, and permits relating to permission for people to travel to and from Napier, authorised by the Napier Citizen's Control Committee and other earthquake related departments, as well as District Police and Fire Stations. Some papers have permit numbers and others do not, as listed below. Many permits are handwritten and the writing difficult to read.

Included in the folder are permit slips from the Earthquake Relief Organisation, which read:
This will permit... a bona fide refugee from the earthquake area (whose signature appears in the margin), now authorized to return home, to travel from ... to ...
Important Notice. This permit can be exchanged for a railway ticket at the commencing station shown hereon without charge to the holder. The railway ticket given in exchange therefore will entitle the holder to travel by rail and will serve as a permit to enter the earthquake area. The railway ticket will be collected by the guard before completion of the journey. If the holder desires to travel by any other means than the rail he (or she) will require to himself (or herself) meet the cost of transport, and must carry this permit with him (or her), and must produce the same when demanded before entering the earthquake area, otherwise he (or she) will be prevented from entering the area. An ink stamp reads: For and on behalf of the Napier Citizens' Control Committee, with a stamped signature of C O Morse.

Permit from Napier Harbour Board, issued to Mr C G Thomas.

Permit from County Clerk, Hawke's Bay County Council, issued to T Glouster

Five passes from J Balter, Constable, Waipukurau, issued to: J Silson; E S Williams, F Dixon, A Manning, B Manning; E Limbrick, Mrs Limbrick and son, Miss Limbrick, G Gay, R Brook; Constable Balter, Mrs Balter and daughter, Miss Hartly; A Moore, wife and two children.

Permit from Constable, New Zealand Police, Bulls Police Station, issued to: Robert Kemp.

Two permits from J O'Halloran, Constable, Police Station Waipawa, issued to: Mr and Mrs Hansen and daughter and son, and Mrs Pepperwell; Mr and Mrs Hunter and Miss Fannin.

Two permits from Senior Sergeant, Police Station, Wanganui, issued to: H J W Brown; A Sharpe, J Haycock, W Jones.

Twenty-eight permits from various Constables, for Senior Sergeant of Police, Police Station Palmerston North, issued to: R Andrew and letter from Department of Labour, Palmerston North to the Superintendent of Police, Palmerston North, dated 23 February 1931, regarding: permit for Reginald Andrew; Mr P H Coley; Miss C M Earl; Mr A B Hodgson; Mr and Mrs Swindell; Mr L Sutcliffe; Mr E J Millington; Mr C P Lindergreen; Mr A Hancock; Mr and Mrs Rees; Mr R Parnell; Mr C Hewett; Mrs D Joblin; Mr F Jackson and L K Jackson; Mr A A Langley; Mr B F Mitchell; Mr F C Colbert and his wife and three children; Mr W L B Turner; Mrs Huggett; Mr J Strange; Mr W S Long; Mr J Beattie; Mr W Sullivan; Mr C Hounsell; Mr and Mrs J T Harrison; Mr A Clark and C F Russell; Mr W Taylor and A H Burrogh; Mr A L Turner, Miss D Turner.

Five permits from Senior Sergeant, Central Police Station, Wellington, issued to: Mr Ross, Alex Ross; T C Thompson; W F Butcher and son; Mr J Duff; Arthur B Duff.

Two permits from the Officer in Charge, Police Station, Onga Onga, issued to: Mr R Ross; Mr M Rasmussen.

Permit from the Senior Sergeant of Police, Police Station, Gisborne, issued to: Mrs Alice G Sherrett

Two permits from the Sergeant of Police, Police Station Dannevirke, issued to: Messrs Edwin Clarence Dearman, and Phillip Charlton; Mr and Mrs Gundersen.

Permit from Senior Sergeant, Police Station Petone, issued to: Mr James Carter and wife.

Permit from Senior Sergeant, Police Station Eketahuna, issued to: Mr and Mrs Richardson.

Permit from Constable, Police Station Napier, issued to: E Carrington.

Fifteen permits to proceed to Napier issued by the Waipukurau Borough Council, issued to: Mr and Mrs J Sullivan and child; Mrs Locat and two children; K Farnie; Mr and Mrs Hopkinson and son; Mrs M Ujdur; W D Coughlan, wife and two children; Mr M C Wylie; L Lincoln; H H Crabb; Mr Noble, Mrs Noble, Miss Noble, Mrs Pah; Messrs T and M Fergusson; Miss Sinclair; Mr and Mrs Ferguson; R Buist; L C Fear.

Two permits from the Hastings Citizens' Committee, issued to: Mr Webster; Mr O'Brein and W Keith.

Two permits from the Hastings Registration Department, issued to: J Delacy; J Tattersall.

Four permits from the Hastings Transport Department, issued to: Mr Weaver and wife; Mrs Connor and daughter; Albert Burgess; W Duff and four passengers.

Four cases for travel from Commissioner of Transport, Police, Dannevirke, issued to: Mr Peterson and E Rough; Mr T H Bates, Mr A Boon and Mr J Mannix; R Girvon; W Lyman.

Permit from the Mayor of Dannevirke, Dannevirke Borough Council, issued to Mr Hector Chakwick and Mr Vernon Richardson.

Permit from District Inspector, Department of Labour, Palmerston North, issued to: Basil Way.

Permit from Dannevirke Borough Council, issued to: Mr R Ayres and party; Mr P C Smith and family; Mrs F G Couper, Mr and Mrs Cooper, and Mrs A H Wilson.

Permit from Walter Malenow, J P, Otane, issued to: Mr L Lion.

Permit from Constable, Police Station Hastings, issued to: A W Griffin.

Letter from E G Norman, Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Queen Street, Masterton, to whom it may concern, dated 13 March 1931, regarding: Mr H Cracknell returning to home in Paki Paki; Letter from E G Norman, Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Queen Street, Masterton, to whom it may concern, dated 13 March 1931, regarding: Mr A Farley returning to home in Hastings; Letter from E G Norman, Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Queen Street, Masterton, to whom it may concern, dated 13 March 1931, regarding: Mr L Haywood returning to home in Hastings; Letter from E G Norman, Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Queen Street, Masterton, to whom it may concern, dated 13 March 1931, regarding: Mr R Beckett returning to home in Hastings.

Two permits from the Honourable Secretary, Takapau Earthquake Relief Committee, issued to: Rev J Baker; Mr and Mrs McLeod and family.

Letter from Hawera Borough Council to whom it may concern, dated 12 March 1931, regarding: Mr H A Morgan visiting Hawke's Bay.

Thirteen permits from the Waipawa Borough Council, signed by Geo Hunt, Mayor, issued to: Mr and Mrs Larner; Mr McGriffin; Mr McGreeny; Mr Cheese and party; Mr Smith, Mr Boyd-Turner; Mr Wheeler and party; Mr Murton; Mr Robertson; Mr Firth; Mrs Millender and two daughters; F Limbrick; Mrs Clark, Mr Lusk and party; Nurse Aitkinson.

One permit from E M Finlayson, Nelson Park issued to E R Lloyd.

Copy of a telegram from C O Morse, Repatriation Officer, to Nelson regarding: permit to return to Napier.

Permit for G Calming to leave and return to Napier.

Permit from E M Finlayson, Evacuation, issued to E E Carrington.

Earthquake Relief Organisation permits:
Permit E 3281, Mrs Stewart
Permit E 1595, Mr W H Dallison
Permit E 1596, Mrs Dallison and four children
Permit E 1500, W C Sproule and daughter
Permit E 2682, E Goldwater
Permit E 2683, Ken Davey
Permit E 3294, Molly Frank
Permit E 2402, Miss R Turner
Permit E 2401, Mrs W Turner
Permit E 799, J E Marshall
Permit E 1303, C Atwell
Permit E 2935, Miss Proffith
Permit E 2933, Miss Sarah Proffith
Permit E 1503, Mrs and Miss Bull
Permit E 2712, Mrs Antoine Bourgeois
Permit E 2711, Mr Antoine Bourgeois
Permit E 788, Mr M L Corder
Permit E 701, M M Bourgeois
Permit E 258, Horace Bourgeois
Permit E 3050, Mrs G P Lawlor and children
Permit E 3114, Mrs W G Hay and son

Forty two permits from Napier Citizens' Control Committee to leave and return to Napier, issued to: C Surrens; C L Hall; W Whittaker and son; P L Wright; E Wills; F G Bath; S Sullivan; W Apperley; W Apperley; T E Tyver; Mr Jack Hawke; F H Winstanley; Mrs J Farley; O White; A C Gannaway; Mr W Fletcher; Mr Broadbent and Mrs Connor; Mr R C Peach and family of five; W Mausner; Mrs A J Driver; A E Hansen, wife and child; Mr L J Morris and child; A E Gannaway; Fred Cantell; Mr W G Slade; E E Nicholls; Mrs Spackman and Mr Bevan; J Williams; W Kinross White; Mr J White; Mrs Slayer and four children; Mr and Mrs Taylor; B Player; Mr and Mrs Dowick; D Arnott; A S Driver; G R Simmonds and wife; Mr S Frederikson and wife and boy; Mrs Gleasold; Mrs Sotherwaite; F O Glerick; Mrs A Norrilacheif; Mr and Mrs Ken Clayton.

Four copies of Napier Citizens' Control Committee memorandum permitting the Fielding Salvation Army Band to proceed to Napier in a car.