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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 3501-end |
| Date | Nov-Dec 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/69 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters relating to the development of New Zealand Company colonies. Several deal with attempts to set up a steamship communication network in New Zealand. Others are about the development of agriculture and manufacturing in the colony. Further letters and papers concern land purchasing in New Zealand, including compensation claims and litigation caused by land disputes. |
| 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 | Canterbury, New Plymouth, Otago, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Ports | Aberdeen, Scotland; Port Cooper, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand; London, England |
| Nationality | Scottish; English; European |
| Ships | Berkshire; Mary Ann; Mary |
| People | Harington, Thomas Cudbert; ; Lord Howick (Grey, Henry) (1802-1894); Wakefield, Edward Gibbon |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, transportation, communication, steamboat, art, harbour, shipping, ship owner, ship building, land, land grant, land sale, agriculture, farming, labour, labourer, finance, surgeon, emigrant, surveying, journey conditions, food, provisions, trade, livestock, railway, compensation, clergy, Church of England, manufacturing |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
