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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence from Associations. Canterbury Association, 1850-1851 |
| Author | Godley, John Robert |
| Date | Jan 1850 - Dec 1851 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Personal Account |
| Reference | CO 208/115 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc. |
| Description | Letters concerning the Canterbury Association, the purchase of land in New Zealand and encouragement of emigration. There are also extracts from the journal of John Robert Godley. |
| 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 | Otago, Wellington, Christchurch, Canterbury, Lyttleton, New Zealand |
| Ports | Port Nelson, New Zealand |
| People | Lord Howick (Grey, Henry) (1802-1894); Harington, Thomas Cudbert; Alston, H F; Thomas, Captain Joseph; Godley, John Robert |
| Keywords | emigration society, immigration association, finance, banking, money, New Zealand Company, emigration, colony, law, regulations, legislation, government, land, land sale, land price, religion, Christianity, Church of England, climate, natural resources, food, provisions, newspaper, family, education, surveying, employment, wages, debt |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
