A file containing memoranda, lists, ledgers and letters relating to Repairs to Māori Dwellings and the Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund. The cover is stamped with the number 49 and is titled: Repairs to Māori Dwellings.

The documents include:

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wairoa, and Head Office, dated 3 September 1932 - 6 December 1932, regarding: repairs to dwellings; repairs to Māori dwellings, Wairoa.

Letter from W Ormond, Wairoa, to the District Public Trustee, Napier, dated 30 August 1932, regarding: Money allocated to M M Lewis deferred to Haraki.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wairoa, and Head Office, dated 11 July 1932 - 1 August 1932, regarding: relief for Māori, claim by Mr S Carroll; repairs to Māori dwellings.

Receipt, to the District Manager, Public Trust Office, Wairoa, signed by Sydney Carroll, 11 July 1932.

Memorandum from the Public Trustee, Executive Officer, Central Committee, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, to the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Native Department, Wellington, dated 16 June 1932, regarding: repairs for Māori. Two pages.

Copy of a letter dated 1 June 1932 to the Honourable the Native Minister from W Ormond, Chairman, Relief Funds, Wairoa.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wairoa, and Head Office, dated 30 May 1932 - 8 June 1932, regarding: relief for Māori, claim by Mr S Carroll.

Copy of a letter from Sydney Carroll, 42 Carroll Street, Wairoa, to the District Manager, Public Trust Office, Wairoa, 6 June 1932, regarding: claim against Earthquake Māori Relief Committee, referred disputed amount to Native Department.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wairoa, and Head Office, dated 8 April 1932 - 30 May 1932, regarding: relief for Māori, claim by Mr S Carroll; repairs to dwellings.

Copy of a letter from Sydney Carroll, 42 Carroll Street, Wairoa, to the District Manager, Public Trust Office, Wairoa, 15 February 1932, regarding: claim against Earthquake Māori Relief Committee.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier and Wairoa, dated 14 February 1932 - 4 March 1932, regarding: Māori Relief; S Carroll's claim; repairs to Māori dwellings.

Memorandum from R Trevor Smith, Resident Engineer, Public Works Department Wairoa, to the District Engineer, Public Trust Office, Wairoa, dated 23 February 1932, regarding: nothing outstanding besides Māori residences at Mohaka.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier and Wairoa, dated 25 February 1932, regarding: General report, Māori Dwellings, Deferred Applications.

Memo for file, dated 11 February 1932, regarding: Sydney Carroll claim, further grant of £100, general fund.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 20 February 1932, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings: Wairoa.

Statement, Wages paid to D McGregor and R A McGregor.

List, handwritten, undated.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier, dated 20 February 1932, regarding: T J Hayes; repairs to Māori dwellings .

Memo for file, from the Chief Inspector to the Public Trustee, dated 25 February 1932, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings, Wairoa.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wellington and Wairoa; dated 16 - 19 February 1932, regarding: Sydney Carroll claim.

Copy of a letter from Sydney Carroll, 42 Carroll Street, Wairoa, to the District Manager, Public Trust Office, Wairoa, 15 February 1932, regarding: claim against Earthquake Māori Relief Committee.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Wellington and Wairoa; dated 19 November 1931 - 7 December 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings: Wairoa; Rent and Wages payable to Sydney Carroll, Williams and Kettle's Claims, Waikaremoana Stores Limited, N Boyd; Messrs Martin and Swain.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 19 November 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings: Wairoa: food accounts, food supplied to workmen, building materials, transport charges, further outstanding accounts, payment of accounts, vouchers. Three pages.

Letter from J H Flowers, Native Department, Hastings, to A R Coad, Chief Inspector, Public Trust Office, Napier, dated 17 November 1931, regarding: Māori Re-habilitation Wairoa: Mohaka Round House, Te Reinga Meeting House, Waihua Meeting House, Food for workmen; List of accounts. Three pages.

Ledger, Māori Relief Fund, (Wairoa District), Summary of Expenditure; Summary of Amounts received by the Wairoa Māori Earthquake Relief Committee of Wairoa for relief and reconstruction work etcetera; and Summary of Houses and Chimneys as at 13 November 1931. Includes lists of names and places and amounts.

Ledger, handwritten, undated, two pages.

Ledger, Summary of Expenditure; Summary of Amounts received by the Wairoa Māori Earthquake Relief Committee of Wairoa for relief and reconstruction work etcetera; and Summary of Houses and Chimneys as at 9 September 1931.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices Napier and Head Office, dated 28 October 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings.

Copy of a letter from the Chief Inspector, Public Trust Office, Tiffen Park House, to the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Native Department, Wellington, dated 28 October 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings. Two pages.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 24 October 1931, regarding: memo dated 9 October 1931.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 9 October 1931, regarding: Wairoa Committee: essential repair scheme, repairs up to £100, late applications, cards and accounts, green forms, repairs to Post and Telegraph officers' dwellings, dependants of person killed etcetera, personal losses, Hawke's Bay Motor Company's claim, minutes, Mayor's fund, repairs to Māori dwellings, and personal relief for Māori. Five pages.

Letter from McCulloch, Butler and Spence, Locke Street, Wairoa, to the Secretary of the Relief Committee, Napier, dated 21 October 1931, regarding: E A Kelly; Sharpe and Telford.

Phone message, Public Trust Office Napier, call from Mr Dobson, dated 19 October 1931.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier and Wairoa, dated 9 - 13 October 1931, regarding: Māori relief; repairs to Māori dwellings; Māori relief; Payments to Stewart and Taylor.

Ledger, Summary of Amounts received by the Wairoa Māori Earthquake Relief Committee of Wairoa for relief and reconstruction work, and summary of expenditure. Two pages.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 9 October 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings; repairs to Māori houses at Tangoio.

Handwritten notes, Māori Owners, Reimbursement, dated 3 September 1931, regarding: Wiremu Honetapu and 9 cases. Three pages.

Letter from J H Flowers, Officer in Charge of Native Relief in Hawke's Bay, Native Department, Drill Hall, Hastings, to A R Coad, Public Trust Office, Napier, dated 31 July 1931, regarding: Re-habilitation, Māori Dwellings.

Ledger, Accounts passed for payment by Hastings Relief Committee as at 27 July 1931.

Ledger, Summary of Houses and Chimneys as at 27 July 1931: a list of place names, numbers of houses, total number of chimneys, chimneys built and chimneys to build.

Memo for file, from Controller, Estates Division, dated 22 July 1931: matters discussed with Mr Coad, concerning repairs to Māori homes.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 7 - 10 July 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings; repairs to Māori houses at Tangoio.

Memo from the Secretary of the Hawke's Bay County Earthquake Relief Committee, Napier to Mr Coad, Napier, dated 10 July 1931: application of Te Teira Pow and others.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Napier and Head Office, dated 30 June 1931 - 7 July 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori houses at Tangoio.

Copy of a letter from the Chief Inspector, Public Trust Office, Tiffen Park House, to J H Flowers, Drill Hall, Hastings, dated 30 June 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori dwellings.

Letter from J H Flowers, Officer in Charge of Native Relief in Hawke's Bay, Native Department, Drill Hall, Hastings, to the Secretary of the Hawke's Bay County Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 25 June 1931, regarding: Houses at Tangoio: W Hona Tapu and Andrew Anaru.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Hastings and Napier, dated between 19 May 1931 - 12 June 1931, regarding: Māori Relief.

Memorandum from the Secretary of the Earthquake Relief Committee, Napier to the District Engineer, Public Works Department, Napier, dated 13 June 1931, regarding: repairs to Māori houses: all repairs should be effected by the workmen under the control of Mr Flowers.

Memorandum from the Secretary of the Earthquake Relief Committee, Napier to the Secretary of the Hawke's Bay County Committee, Napier, dated 13 June 1931: repairs to Māori houses: all repairs should be effected by the workmen under the control of Mr Flowers.

Notes of Telephone Conversation, from Assistant Controller, Estates Division, dated 2 June 1931.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Office Hastings and Head Office, dated 18 - 19 May 1931, regarding: Māori Relief.

Copy of a letter from J H Flowers, Native Relief Officer, Native Department, Drill Hall, Hastings, to the District Public Trustee, Hastings, dated 12 June 1931, regarding: form of undertaking to repay.

Draft form, Application by Native for Assistance for Restoration of Dwelling House Damaged by Earthquake.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Hastings and Head Office, dated between 16 - 25 May 1931, regarding: Māori Relief; Mr Playne's notes of 19th instant: The supply of rations; Restoration of Dwellings. Three pages.

Hastings Committee: Māori Relief Work.

Memo for file, dated 13 May 1931, regarding: Meeting with the Honourable Sir Apirana Ngata in connection with several matters concerning Māori relief work: a) Amounts outstanding in connection with repairs to houses in Wairoa; b) Position of Mr Fernandez; c) Personal relief and sustenance.

Correspondence between the Public Trust Offices in Napier, Hastings and Head Office, dated between 5 - 12 May 1931, regarding: Hastings Committee: Māori Relief Work.

Memorandum from the Public Trustee, Public Trust Office Wellington, to Mr A R Coad, Public Trust Office, Napier, dated 1 May 1931, regarding: Mr S V Fernandez of Hastings acting in place of Major Power, who retired.