New Zealand Company, Original Correspondence. General, Folio 1-300 PDF Download

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Description: Letters sent to Directors of the New Zealand Company, mostly enquiring into opportunities to emigrate to New Zealand and the processes, expenses and possibility of obtaining free passage. There are various letters referring to the sale and transfer of Crown lands in New Zealand, as well as efforts made to revive the "Scotch Colony" in New Edinburgh. Printed advertisements can also be found listing details of sales to be held where colonial exports could be purchased, along with lists of company agents in the home counties. A petition of the merchants, bankers and traders of London to the British Parliament is included complaining about injustices drawn from a published report enquiring into "the state of New Zealand and the proceedings of the New Zealand Company."

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Description: Letters relating to the need for certain skills and labourers in New Zealand, including a number that concern land claims and litigation surrounding this. The use of ships also caused legal disputes between the Company and owners; some of these disputes are covered here. The majority of the letters concern the desire to emigrate to New Zealand.

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Description: Papers and correspondence refer to the New Plymouth transfer orders of tracts of land and applications to emigrate to colonies in New Zealand over those in Canada. There are letters sent enquiring whether titles of land purchased by emigrants on their arrival in New Zealand are guaranteed by the English government, and whether free passage is still being granted to labourers and mechanics. There are also several letters referring to reports and accounts of poor passenger conditions, insufficiency of water and bad treatment from the captain of emigrant vessel 'Ralph Bernal'. Other letters refer regularly to surveys, charts and maps made of Cooks Strait, Otago, and the publication of these. There are several letters referring to employment of medical staff and surgeons on board migrant vessels, with some asking the Company to grant a gratuity to all medical staff employed on future ships for cabin and living expenses. A list of "Specimens of Wood forwarded from New Zealand" is also enclosed amongst various letters discussing the colonial timber industry and decisions of timber brokers to use such wood for construction, particularly on railways. There is also a series of printed letters documenting approval of the "re-adjustment of the selection of Nelson lands", and copies of accommodation plans of the 'Ralph Bernal'. A copy of 'The London Gazette', no. 20729, dated 30 April 1847 is also included here in which there are articles relative to the Company and meetings arranged by them to consider "the adoption of certain very important arrangements for the future conduct of the Company's affairs."

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Description: Letters and applications sent to Directors of the New Zealand Company by those wishing to emigrate to New Zealand, principally to serve as surveyors of land, teachers and agriculturalists. There are letters and enclosed shipping orders relative to transporting British emigrants to the Canterbury settlement, land orders, titles, transfers and re-adjustments, along with printed copies of 'Assessed Tax' forms from 1853-1854. A copy of 'The Times', no. 20344, dated Tuesday 27 November 1849 is also included towards the end.

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Description: Letters to and from the New Zealand Company, with particular focus on applications for passage to New Zealand for medical staff, brick layers, farm labourers and other much-needed individuals. Towards the end a run of documents deal with the financial affairs of the company. The document also includes ship plans for the Ajax and the Bernicia. There is also a printed copy of the London Gazette, published on Tuesday 18 July 1848.

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Description: Letters mainly relating to the financial and business affairs of the New Zealand Company. Most are addressed to, or composed by, the directors. There are also printed items included here, such as multiple copies of company notices and forms to be completed by those desiring free passage to New Zealand and other colonies of British dependency. There are newspaper articles relating to bounty emigrant schemes to Australia and copies of company journals and reports. Other letters contain applications to emigrate, reflections of recent settlers, others refer to food shipments sent to New Plymouth and the high demand there for potatoes and maize. There are also letters referring to the town planning of Wellington and Auckland and the establishment of a Scottish settlement in Nelson. Others discuss land orders and organisation of allotments of Crown lands, with many including printed enclosures relating to the same. There are also lists of published books and pamphlets of advice literature giving guidance on all aspects of emigration and life in the New Zealand colonies.

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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.

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Description: Includes applications made to the directors of the New Zealand Company by those wishing to emigrate. Many seek employment abroad as surgeons or labourers, with several enquiring as to the procedures they must follow to emigrate, qualify for monetary aid or free passage, and the price of taking certain belongings such as livestock. There are letters sent between officials regarding town planning in the city of Wellington and the selection, sale and transfer of Crown lands in Nelson and Wellington. Many of these letters enclose lists of lands proposed for sale, extracts from land registers and advance slips from purchasers. The settlement of Otago, New Zealand becomes a common theme in the latter letters. There are also several printed items here relative to advertisements of the company published in newspapers such as The Daily News. A printed agreement with regulations made between the company and proprietor of the 'Madras' is also included, stipulating passenger conditions of voyage etc. Lists of goods exported from England to New Zealand in the year 1845 also feature.

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Description: Letters and papers relating to the New Zealand Company. Many of them are about land claims in New Zealand, in particular the sale and granting of land to emigrants. Most of these discuss how land is to be allocated, or how much it is worth financially. Several letters refer to reserving land for the indigenous population. Letters also concern emigration to New Zealand more generally.

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Description: A number of letters concerning emigration to New Zealand, including applications for free passage. There are also a series of documents about communication by steamship around New Zealand. A large number of documents also concern land sales and purchases in New Zealand, and legal contests relating to this.