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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence from Land and Emigration Commissioners |
| Author | Walcott, Stephen; Walpole, John; Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton |
| Date | 1841-1858 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Financial Papers; Report |
| Reference | CO 208/129 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Correspondence from the Land and Emigration Commissioners to the New Zealand Company, accompanied by a number of copy out-letters and printed documents. The contents of the file are largely related to eligibility for free passage, victualling, healthcare, the tender of shipping and the disposal of land. Includes a copy of Colonisation Circular No. 8, August 1848. |
| 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; Ships and Shipping Lines; Journey Conditions; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | New Zealand |
| Places | Otago, New Zealand |
| Ports | New Plymouth, Wellington, Port Nelson, New Zealand; Plymouth, England |
| Nationality | English; European |
| Ships | Duke of Roxburghe; Clifton; Burman; Lloyds; Essex; Blenheim; George Fyfe; Prince of Wales; Louisa Campbell; Protector |
| People | Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Pakington, Sir John |
| Keywords | surgeon, eligibility, female emigration, child migration, emigration, artisan, assisted emigration, land, legislation, land sale, land grant, crown lands, land claim, money, finance, regulations, agent, administration, victualling, food, surgeon, health and sickness |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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