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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 2001-2500 |
| Date | Jul-Sep 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/66 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters and papers relating to the New Zealand Company and migration to New Zealand. Also includes documents and letters produced by the British Ladies' Female Emigration Society. There is a copy of 'The Emigrant's Guide 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 |
| Ports | Port Nelson, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Nationality | Scottish; English; European |
| Ships | Pekin; Victory; Sultan |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, shipping, furniture, emigration society, emigrant, emigration, female emigration, free passage, food, ship building, carpenter, timber, finance, family, law, advice literature, customs, tax, land, medical staff, surgeon, health and sickness, literature |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
