Large Collection of Maritime Ephemera of the Late Capt G. P. Hall in 1912 Capt Hall was involved in sperm whaling off Stewart Island, he entered the Marine Dept and became first officer on the lighthouse ship Hinemoa. He was an officer of The Knight Commander when she was captured and sunk by the Russian Fleet off Yokohama in 1904, He was later Superintendent of Mercantile Marine In Wellington The collection includes his sextant, a personal diary/sketch book of lighthouses, landings and anchorages in New Zealand an early album of sepia photographs showing whaling on the Hananui II in and around Whangamumu and Campbell Island, catching albatross, and numerous others, various personal letters and documents, clippings, whale tooth, booklet on Maori Whaling, etc.