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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company. Original Correspondence. General, Folio 5001-5500 |
| Date | Aug-Sep 1841 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/19 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters to the New Zealand Company offices discussing employment of surveyors and surveyor cadets, asking for information on emigration and free passages, detailing lists of surveying instruments bought, letters of character, free passage forms, certificates of land allotment in the second settlement of the New Zealand Company and terms of purchase for land in Nelson, New Zealand. Includes a plan of the accommodations of the Southampton built ship, Richard Webb. |
| 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; Ireland |
| Country (to) | New Zealand; Australia |
| Places | Coventry, Bath, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Margate, Deal, England; Nelson, New Zealand; Dundee, Scotland; New South Wales, Australia |
| Ports | London, Liverpool, Dover, England |
| Nationality | English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh; European |
| Ships | Richard Webb; Lady Nugent; Clifton; Fifeshire; Mary Ann |
| People | Bell, Sir Francis Dillon; Alston, H F; Ward, John |
| Keywords | New Zealand Company, employment, surveying, shipping, advice literature, vaccination, surgeon, labourer, assisted emigration, agriculture, family, child migration, female emigration, Pacific Steamship Company, finance, steerage |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
