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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence from Associations. Canterbury Association, 1848-1849 |
| Date | Mar 1848 - Dec 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 208/114 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters relating to the establishment of a colony by the Canterbury Association. They concern the setting up of the company, including its charter of incorporation, the surveying and purchase of lands for the colony in New Zealand and the terms under which the land was to be sold on. Several documents concern the requirements that those wishing to purchase land and emigrate had to meet. The association's focus on Christianity and education is also expressed through these documents, although many of them focus on the financial aspects of the business. |
| 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 | New Plymouth, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| People | Carrington, Frederic Alonzo; Lord Howick (Grey, Henry) (1802-1894); Alston, H F; Harington, Thomas Cudbert |
| Keywords | emigration society, immigration association, religion, Christianity, Church of England, education, clergy, colony, land, land sale, regulations, administration, finance, money, surveying, natural resources, water, timber, emigrant selection, construction, public services, town planning, land price, missionaries, transportation, road, business, charter |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
