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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 301-800 |
| Date | Apr-Sep 1845 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/47 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters concerning the New Zealand Company and settlers in New Zealand and Australia. Includes a letter appointing the mediator between the company and the settlers of New Plymouth. There is also a printed item called 'Propositions on the subject of the Land System of Australia', and copies of the London Gazette dated 14 January and 13 May 1845. A plan of the accommodation available on the Mary Catherine is also included, together with documents relating to its use by the New Zealand Company. |
| 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 | New Plymouth, Wellington, Port Nelson, New Zealand; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Scottish; English; European |
| Ships | Victoria; Maria; Mary Catherine |
| People | Halse, W; Harington, Thomas Cudbert |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, finance, emigration, emigrant, medical staff, health and sickness, agent, livestock, food, land grant, land, land sale, regulations, newspaper, shipping, company shares, petition |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
