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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence from Associations. Canterbury Association, 1852 |
| Date | Aug-Dec 1852 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal Papers; Financial Papers |
| Reference | CO 208/117 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Correspondence and papers relating to the finances and management of the Canterbury Association and New Zealand Company, the Colonial Office's relationship with the Canterbury Association, and legal disputes regarding money and the ownership of land in New Zealand. Includes copies of letters written by Lord Desart, Lord Lyttelton and Ross Donnelly Mangles MP. |
| Series Description | This series contains original correspondence and entry books of the New Zealand Company which were handed over to the Colonial Office after the surrender of the company's charters in 1850. Also included are minutes, accounts, registers of emigrants and land transfer records. |
| Biographical Note / History | The New Zealand Company was a chartered company formed in 1839 and incorporated in 1841 with power to buy, sell, settle and cultivate land in New Zealand. It did not prove a satisfactory agency for colonising New Zealand and was induced to surrender its charters in 1850. It was finally dissolved in 1858. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Places | Canterbury, New Zealand |
| People | Alston, H F; Lord Lyttelton (Lyttelton, George William); Wakefield, Edward Gibbon; Lord Howick (Grey, Henry); Pakington, Sir John; Duke of Newcastle (Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham); Merivale, Herman; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
| Keywords | administration, land, legislation, land sale, land grant, crown lands, land claim, money, finance, litigation |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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