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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 1301-end |
| Date | Oct-Dec 1847 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/55 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters relating to the New Zealand Company. Some ask for information or positions on ships bound for New Zealand, others include financial information and statements. Many deal with applications for positions, such as medical officers. Includes a printed treatise on harbours and plans for improvements of harbours in south-east England. There is also a report of the sub-committee appointed to consider the regulations on the sale of land and a printed booklet called 'Instructions to Surgeons of Emigrant Ships Sailing Under Government Superintendence'. |
| 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 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Ports | Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; Glasgow, Scotland; Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | Scottish; English; European |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, shipping, emigration, emigrant, free passage, land, land sale, surgeon, medical staff, health and sickness, journey conditions, harbour, finance |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
