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Date: 1896

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-042

Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs in 1896

Date: 1864-1896

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-055

Description: Notebook containing handwritten research notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings tipped in. Contains notes and clippings relating to the Ōrākau battle of 1864 and King Tawhiao, waiata, karakia, and a poem by Thomas Bracken about Ōrākau. Also includes notes from an interview with Tamati Hapimana, of Mokoia Island, which includes a karakia for planting kumara. The photographs include images of Ōrākau (one dated 1870 located at page 52 of the notebook, and one undated), and one of Ngāti Raukawa chief Hitiri Te Paerata located at page 39 of the notebook. Language - Some material in Maori including waiata and karakia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Notebook containing holographs, photographs, printed material Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).

Date: 1896

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B018

Description: Contains whakapapa and cosmological notes about the creation of the universe, including the origin of all stones and winds and various other items and practices Also contains notes about the introduction of greenstone to New Zealand and notes about Ruaumoko and his marriage to a human woman Also contains notes about Wairarapa Moana, including a draft testimony about Wairarapa Moana and related geographical features, foods gathered, hapu that gathered food, pa and mahinga kai, politics associated with the ownership and sale of the lake, sale of adjacent land, minutes of a meeting about the lake and notes about the administration of lake-related issues Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; marbled paper cover)

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1837-1850, 1896, 1933

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: qMS-2016

Description: Biographical notes on Thompson compiled by L H Sheat, 1933 (5 pages); typescript notes on John Wallis Barnicoat and Frank Ward (with ms annotations); letter to Thompson from J W Barnicoat on occasion of Thompson's Golden Wedding, 6 Jul 1896; Thompson's British Museum reader's ticket; letter to Thompson from C S Dubourg, Jul 1844; his surveyor's certificate, Dec 1879. Diary 1837 (written during a tour from London to Switzerland and back via France); diary, 1840-1841 before embarkation; letter-diary dated 26 Jan 1841, and diary re his voyage to New Zealand on the Lord Auckland, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; diary, 1848-1850 (Richmond, Nelson); Mrs L H Sheat's transcript of 1840-1841 diary (all diaries and transcript are in back pocket) Thompson was surveyor for the Waimea Road Board and subsequently MPC Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; blue boards)

Date: Jan 1896

By: Graham, William Australia, 1841-1916

Reference: MS-Papers-4983

Description: Northern district Supreme Court Charging Order between William Australia Graham and others and Nukuhia Tatana and others, dated Jan 1896. The order states that if the Maori owners of the Maukoro Number 1 and 2 blocks sell they have to pay survey costs out of any money they receive. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) Provenance: Donor's husband is descendant of Graham.

Date: 1896

By: Fleming, Charles Colville, 1837-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-2059

Description: Lecture, probably to Methodist Church group in Auckland, expresses immigrant's view of Maori migration, and of New Zealand and some account of early Auckland especially Onehunga and Remuera Fleming settled in Onehunga ca 1857, later becoming Deputy Mayor Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: 1896

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891

Reference: E-393-035

Description: Shows a road leading to a port with hills on one side and vegetation on the other Possibly the road leading to Gore Bay or Port Robinson, near Cheviot north Canterbury. Another work by Smith 'At Cheviot' (showing Gore Bay, B-072-001) is dated January 22 1896 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and date in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-009

Description: Shows a rocky foreshore at Onoke, with a woman standing amongst the rocks. To her left is a shed surrounded by a fence and a large basket on the beach in the forefront. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1896

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1896-1898, 1904]

Reference: E-120-q-2-016

Description: Shows the Dyer's Pass road on the left and Sugar Loaf in the Port Hills, Canterbury, on the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title & date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 207 x 284 mm

Date: 1896-1915

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04C

Description: Includes Notes on Maori origins, by Mr Ferguson of Hokianga; Time and a generation, by Hare Hongi; Ruatapu, Whiro and Toi, by Hare Hongi; He korero mo Wairangi raua ko tana wahine ko Parawhete, by Matenga Hori; He karakia patu ngarara, ana kai i te maara kumara, and other notes, by Hare Hongi; On the survivals of ancient customs in Oceania; Ngati Kahungunu materials from T W Downes; Maori kitchen middens, by Taylor White; Ko te korero mo nga pa e toru i te puke, by Tarakawa Also contains a brief essay about Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1848 - 1896

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Field family

Reference: A-169-027

Description: View of the Acheron in some detail taken from description of a crew member to Dunedin artist William Hodgkins, 48 years after the event. Colour notes and technical details about the ship and its rigging and engine are included Inscriptions: Recto - title, dates and monogram below image; colour and technical notes surrounding image Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 225 x 284 mm Provenance: Field family, descendants of the artist. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Field family papers MS group 60; ex MS Papers 113, donated ca 1951 (MS ac. no. 73-128; rearranged ca 1988; transferred to Drawings & Prints loose in Dunedin sketchbook of W.M.Hodgkins, 1895 (E-391).

Date: 1896

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: B-072-006

Description: Looking past large trees towards Pauatahanui Inlet Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - On paper label, glued to mount, in ink: Pauatahanui M C Smith 1 [guinea]. On verso: title, signature and price in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 355 mm

Date: 30 Dec 1896-13 Oct 1920

By: Kapiti (N.Z.). Borough Council

Reference: MSY-2899

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres.

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-015

Description: Several buildings in the foreground, a harbour and tall hills, one with a signalling station on top. May show a view of Mt Victoria and Wellington Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1896

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-017

Description: A rural scene showing two homesteads, surrounded by trees and fenced paddocks, with a river and hills in the distance. The view probably looks east across the Ruamahanga River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - View from my bedroom window May 23rd 1896. Masterton Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1896 - 1898

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1896-1898, 1904]

Reference: E-120-q-2-020

Description: Untitled drawing showing hills and bays on the north side of Lyttelton Harbour. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 207 x 284 mm

Date: 1896

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891

Reference: E-393-039

Description: A view on Cheviot Hills Station close to hills possibly including the Hurunui River. Other Titles - South North North East Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and date in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 17 Sep 1893-10 Mar 1896

By: Avoca Special Settlement Association

Reference: MS-0114

Description: Minutes of business and correspondence relative to the Avoca Special Settlement at Tangowahine Creek, Northland; the last few pages deal with the naming of the post office Source of title - Transcribed Variations in title - Spine title: Avoea [sic] special settlement Quantity: 1 volume(s) (56 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (23 cm; ¼ red morocco, red boards)