Places

Date: 1876

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1876/Acc.6344

Description: Map with some survey markings of Ohau, Manawatu Kukutauaki no 4F, Waikawa, Waikawa River and Huritini. Shows an unnamed Crown grant near Takapu o kai Ngarara. Southernmost points on map are Waitohu government trig and Pukehou. Shows the site of Te Rauparaha's Pa adjoining the Waikawa River, and a pa on the Ohau River. Stamped 'Buck collection' on verso. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:15 840], 108.6 x 75.4 cm.

Date: 1872

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/1872/Acc.6364

Description: Topographic map of 2559 acres of the Taupo Swamp includes part of the coastline and the land behind. Adjoining areas are marked as Crown Land, Motuhara and Haukopua East, both of which were surveyed by Wyles and Buck. An area has been pencilled as Native Reserve. Streams are marked, Taupo and Hokiku Creeks are named. Bearings have been checked, some added, while discrepancies have been noted. The Motuhara Plan is referred to in connection with boundaries. Note adjacent to title states: S.O.W. 509 [Survey of Wellington 509] Numerous statements of certification include the signatures and names of the following: W.S. Buck, I Rogan, Mr. Jackson, Mr Kensington for Inspector of Surveys, Mr Dickey, Percy Frasi. Number at bottom right of map: 3134 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, coloured, 100.3 x 67.2 cm.

Date: 1890

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1890/Acc.6384

Description: Survey map with cadastral information, of part section 9, Block 12, Belmont Survey District, (Porirua County District), which was designated a Native (Maori) reserve. The section runs east of the old Porirua Road, southeast of Johnsonville and includes part of the old course of the Upper Ngauranga River. A road runs through the middle of the section. A long thin area of 29 acres running across the middle of the section is highlighted, with the name 'Enoka Hohepa and others (including roads)' written on it. This area has been skewed slightly (the previous highlight is faintly shown). North of the highlighted area is named part section number 9, 'Mere Pawa and others'. The remaining part of the section below the highlighted area bears no name. The faintly highlighted area includes the note: subdivision number 3 of section numbers 7 and 9. Government trigs and government blocks are identified in the survey. Stamped Survey Office Wellington 4793/7; 24 February 1890. Note on map states map meets regulations of the Survey of Native lands, and that the map has been forwarded to the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. Map examined and signed by Edward Briscoe, authorised surveyor. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [ca. 1:7 920], 45 x 41 cm.

Date: 1873

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1873/Acc.10333

Description: Survey map of Hakeri no. 6F (corrected in pencil to no. 4F), Waikawa showing the property claimed by James and Robert Ranfield as 361-2-0 acres (corrected in red ink to 363-2-0 acres). Distinguishable features of the property include the sea in the west, the Waikawa River, Hakeri, the Okaka swamp, Ngata Rata stream and Pukahu. Original title: 'Hakeri no. 6F ...' changed by pencil annotation. Several manuscript corrections to map, as per note on map 'NB: BF corrected in terms with Wairawa surveys - WIB'. Several of the survey measurements have been corrected in red ink. Several pencil markings of calculations. Other Titles - Hakeri no. 6F ... Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, scale [1:7 920], 69.3 x 53.1 cm.

Date: 1890

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1890/Acc.6410

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of Pito-one (Petone) no. 1, consisting of 1a, 1b, 1c, Block 13, Belmont District, Lower Hutt, bounded by Jackson Street, Gear Street and the Hutt Road. Names of Maori owners written on sections are: Hana Te Puni, Taniora Anaru, Mawene Hohua, Matene Tauwhare. The section 1D (four acres) has buildings on it. Survey certified and signed by Edward V Briscoe, 4 June 1890, according to the Survey of Native lands. See also second copy (Acc.6413), shelved at 832.4796gbbd/1890, (ink and watercolour on card, linen backed) Includes pencil annotations on map, such as calculations, and some Maori names Other Titles - Subdivision 1D of Section number 3, Hutt District, Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Stamped Survey Office, Wellington, 4409/19 ; 5.6.90.; Verso - top right - Edward V Briscoe, authorised surveyor Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [ca 1:792], 48.2 x 39.6 cm.

Date: 1872

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/1872/Acc.6402

Description: Topographic map of 2559 acres of the Taupo Swamp includes part of the coastline and the land behind. Adjoining areas are marked as Crown Land, Motuhara and Haukopua East, both of which were surveyed by Wyles and Buck. Streams are marked, Taupo and Hokiku Creeks are named. Handwritten note on map states: Produced before the Court at Gisborne this 11th day of August 1875 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on linen, card backed and covered with mylar, coloured, scale [1:7 920], 89.5 x 66 cm. on backing 94.4 x 68.9 cm.

Date: 1873

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1873/Acc.10334

Description: Survey map of Waikawa, Otaki, from the sea, southwards to Waitohu government trig, westwards to Pukehou government trig and Hanawera, and northwards of the Waikawa River to an unnamed pa site near Okau. Depicts Te Rauparaha's Pa (68 acres) next to the Waikawa River, Te Kotai (13 acres), and three Crown land grants - Huritini (1024 acres) to Manahi, an unspecified grant to Rawiri Wanui, as well as Hakeri No. 6F, granted to J and R Ransfield. Several Maori place names are shown, including Wakahoro and Ketemaringi. Contains several pencil annotations regarding numerical survey detail, including a circumference of figures around an unnamed point near Te Motu peak. Includes a reference chart of 191 lines with bearings and distances. Note on map 'I certify ... Buck - S I N L Act, Wellington 1873 transmitted to the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Wellington ... 1874, Wyles & Buck' top left hand corner. 'Ketemaringi' written in pencil on map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, part coloured, scale [1:15 840], 69.8 x 102.2 cm.

Date: 1886

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9420

Description: Cadastral map of the Pito-one Town Board district, showing sections 1-8 and 79, street layout, property boundaries, numbered residential sections, dwellings, railways, businesses and cemeteries. The town is bounded by sections 19, 78, 16, 17, 9 and 10 and a Native (Maori) reserve. The area west of the Wellington - Napier railway is shaded as hill country. The map includes a large Public Works Department, the Pito-one Station, brewery, timber yard, the Gear Company Works and wharf, Marine Retreat Hotel, woollen factory, schools, Wainuiomata waterworks main, Waltonville, the Working Men's Club, Oddfellows Hall, churches, and two Maori cemeteries (urupa) along the esplanade. Names on the map include: Te Ahi Parara, Te Upoko o te Poaka, Mr Tyer, Mr Kelly (shoemaker), Matene Tauwhare, Mr Reston, Mr Manning, Mr Ridler, Mr Chapman, Dr Hector, and Mr E Barber. This map is an annotated manuscript copy and is uncompleted. See also the completed version, shelved at MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9419. Other Titles - Plan of Pito-one Town Board district [ms map]. Compiled from official sources by Messrs Wyles & Buck, civil engineers, Wellington, 1886. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on paper, linen backed, scale [1:3 960], 55.5 x 96 cm.

Date: 1886

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9419

Description: Cadastral map of the Pito-one Town Board, showing sections 1-8 and 79, street layout, property boundaries, numbered residential sections, dwellings, railways, businesses and cemeteries. The town is divided into the west and north east wards, and is bounded by sections 19, 78 (Te Raho Kapawai), 16, 17, 9 and 10 and the Maungaraki Native (Maori) reserve. The map includes a large Public Works Department, the Pito-one Station, a brewery, timber yard, the Gear Company Works and wharf, Marine Retreat Hotel, woollen factory, schools, Wainuiomata waterworks main, Waltonville, the Working Men's Club, Oddfellows Hall, churches, and two Maori cemeteries (urupa) along the esplanade. Names on the map include: Te Ahi Parara, Te Upoko o te Poaka, Mr Tyer, Mr Kelly (shoemaker), Matene Tauwhare, Mr Reston, Mr Manning, Mr Ridler, Mr Chapman, Dr Hector and Mr E Barber. See also similar uncompleted map shelved at MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9420 Other Titles - Plan of Pito-one Town Board [ms map]. Compiled and drawn from official sources by Wyles & Buck, civil engineers, Wellington, 1886. Inscriptions: Stamped Petone Working Men's Club and Literary Insitute. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 68.5 x 89.8 cm.

Date: 1847

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/1847/Acc.23666

Description: Cadastral map of a Maori township called Takapuahia (Takapuwahia), Porirua, showing mostly unnumbered sections, numbered rather than named streets, the water's edge. Named sections include the Wesleyan Church, a reserve for the Church of England and Te Hiko's house. Names added to the sections at a later date include Tanihana Te Rauparaha, Hoani Okoro, and some have crosses or prices on them. Swamp and bush are indicated. Note beside map refers to width of the streets. Written under the title in pencil is 'Sep 1847'. Other Titles - Native town Takapuwahia, Porirua Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 45.4 x 50.4 cm.