Surveyor, explorer, administrator. Surveyor-General and Secretary of Lands and Mines in 1879 (see An Encyclopaedia of NZ Vol 2, p 367-368)
McKerrow, James, 1834-1919
Correspondence
Date: Sep 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-04/2
Description: Mainly telegrams (some with coded words). Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1-7 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-04/3
Description: Nearly all are telegrams (some are coded). Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research notes on New Zealand surveyors
Date: [ca 1840-1900]
From: Easdale, Nola, fl 1984-1998 : Papers
Reference: 90-143-2
Description: Includes surnames J to S Quantity: 1 box(es).
Paske, Edward Lake 1857-1886 : Documents relating to the death of E L Paske
Date: 1885-1886
By: Paske, Edward Lake, 1857-1886
Reference: qMS-1633
Description: Comprises diary or report of a surveying expedition 27 Oct-21 Dec (nd) which left Nelson for the Marlborough Sounds via the Boulder Bank, Croiselles, Anakiwa, the Rai and Whangamoa in which Paske (presumably the writer) mentions meeting settlers and local Maori, food collected and eaten (including fuschia berries), records the death of Simon (a Maori) and the Maori reaction to it and other details. Letters from Lucy Jervois, possibly Paske's aunt, to her sister and brother re Paske's death (12 Jun 1886), and to her sister-in-law Amelia re same (19 Jun 1886); letter from Mr Jervois probably to Paske (snr). Includes court record re Paske being intestate. Also contains `Report on the surveys of New Zealand 1885-1886', by James McKerrow, referring to the death of Paske on a surveying expedition. Maps of the Clarence-Waiau-Spenser region where Paske died: (1) track on day of snow storm marked red; (2) Map of Canterbury and Westland with inset of survey area; (3) one copied from an original (very fine condition), `Portion of the Rainbow Survey District', copy C P Carrington, Feb 1887 Photographs of the region, portrait of Paske and photographs of the church and cemetery where he was bured and his tombstone Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (34 cm; marbled end papers, ½ brown calf, brown linen)
James McKerrow - Journal
Date: 1864
From: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0148-125
Description: Journal kept during a reconnaissance survey of the lake districts of Otago and Southland (Transactions of Royal Geographical Society, Vol 34, 1864) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Creator unknown] :[Old New Plymouth trenches, 1860-61] [map with ms annotations].
Date: 1860 - 1880 - 1861
By: McKerrow, James, 1834-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office
Reference: MapColl-832.295a/ca.1880/Acc.464
Description: A base cadastral map of New Plymouth has been used to denote the old New Plymouth trench line which is outlined in red. This encloses 68 acres and extends from Mt. Eliot (Harbour Board) to Devon Street, Lemon Street, around the Church and Military Reserves and Marsland Hill, along Liardet Street to the edge of Kawau Pa, adjacent to which is an area of reclaimed land. Rivers, camps and the railway line are marked and streets are named. The Hospital, Gaol, Borough, Harbour and General Reserves are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer from handwritten notes on the map Base map: New Plymouth / James McKerrow. [Wellington, N.Z.] : New Zealand Survey, [1880?] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:6336], 33.2 x 29.7 cm. Provenance: Note mounted on bottom right states: -Line of trenches 1860-'61-
New Zealand. General Survey Office: The Central Thermal Springs Country, North Island, ...
Date: 1902
From: Cowan family: Collection
By: New Zealand. General Survey Office; Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920; McKerrow, James, 1834-1919
Reference: MapColl-Cowan-family-18/Acc.55483
Description: Printed map photolithographed at the General Survey Office, Wellington, under James McKerrow, Surveyor General, drawn by W Deverell, printed in 1902. Annotated "Taupo & Rotorua articles". Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper with pencil annotations, 59.5 x 47 cm. Processing information: Originally with scrapbook.
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1880
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-03/2
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1882
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-06/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Feb 1896
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-217
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; plans for Parak TErrace house renovations Quantity: 1 folder(s). House plan renovations for Park Terrace house by N Martin
Correspondence
Date: 1887
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-07/4
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: 1890
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-08/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered in in the Name field. Includes copy of Halswell supplementary electoral roll, 1890. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Falkner, A, fl 1880-1885 :Carterton, surveyed by E.R. Foster, A. Dundas and J. Kelleher...
Date: 1866 - 1880
By: Dundas, Alexander, 1841-1891; Falkner, A, active 1880-1885; Foster, Erasmus Robert, 1838-1915; Kelleher, John, -1880; Marchant, John William Allman, 1841-1920; McKerrow, James, 1834-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-832.4592bje/1869/Acc.5799
Description: Shows Carterton borough and surrounding area (manuscript additions define the boundary of Carterton borough); also shows Maori reserves to the southeast of Carterton borough Extended Title - Wellington: New Zealand Survey, 1880? Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Carterton Boro; Recto - top left - James McKerrow, Surveyor General Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Part coloured. 39 x 38 cm. Scale 1:7 920
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Jun 1885
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-07/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Sep-Dec 1878
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-089
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes clippings on railways and local issues and papers relating to the Lakes Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Bill Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jul 1889
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-157
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; includes an instruction sheet on steps to be taken with regard to a parcel mail from India on arrival in London, at the Albert Docks, and at the General Post Office, St Martins-Le-Grand Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - London Missionary Society, J McKerrow, Donald McLean, H N McLeod, robe...
Date: 1862, 1890-1921
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-265
Description: Contains correspondence with the London Missionary Society 1913-1915 (10), a letter from J McKerrow 1916, a letter from Donald McLean 1862, a letter from H N McLeod 1909, correspondence with Robert McNab 1909-1916 (33), inwards letters from Gilbert Mair 1890-1921 (15). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Mar 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-01/3
Description: Identified correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Aug 1890
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-167
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: May-Aug 1891
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-08/3
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).