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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 1-500 |
| Date | Dec 1848 - Dec 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/62 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters relating to the need for certain skills and labourers in New Zealand, including a number that concern land claims and litigation surrounding this. The use of ships also caused legal disputes between the Company and owners; some of these disputes are covered here. The majority of the letters concern the desire to emigrate to New Zealand. |
| 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) | Colonisation Companies and Emigration Societies |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | New Zealand |
| Places | New Plymouth, Nelson, New Zealand |
| Ports | Wellington, New Zealand; London, Plymouth, Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | Scottish; English; European |
| Ships | Mariner; John Wickliffe |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, banking, agriculture, livestock, regulations, emigration, emigrant, free passage, land, land sale, land grant, mechanics, carpenter, labour, dockyard, harbour, agent, law, pull factors |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
