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[Creator unknown] : [Map of tracks, taken from Native Land Court plans, Survey Office r...
Date: 1858 - 1892
By: New Zealand. Māori Land Court; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Cussen, Laurence Carroll, 1844-1903
Reference: MapColl-832.1gmbh/[1858-1892]/Acc.4484-4492
Description: A collection of map information from various sources from 1858-1892. The maps no. 1-6 and 8 contain information from Native Land Court plans of the 1880's, Survey Office road plans, Lands and Survey's first amendment (Mr Cussen's topographical survey), a map by S. Percy Smith, and the Sub-Atlas committee. The information has been added in different pens and hand writing eg "Plan marked from Hokianga" or "no track here shown by Mr Cussen". The map marked no. 7 shows military information from the New Zealand wars eg "Troops to be sent to Waikaremoana via Ahikereru - Ruatahuna Huiarau from Taupo". Shows some native tracks eg "from Heruiwi" and corrections or previous omissions. Map no. 9 shows tracks on N.L.C. plans, one of which "is away at the Court". The maps show very little signs of any settlement, except No. 3 and 6 "Tapuaeharuru Pa" and "Te Pueto Stn". A mission station, a native settlement and a school are also indicated. The maps cover the region from Hokianga, Kawhia Harbour, Mokau River, Waikato River, Tirau, Taupo to Rotorua on maps 1-6, 8 and Rotorua to Waikaremoana to Poverty Bay on maps 7 and [9]. All maps depict rivers. Map 7 and [9] are maps with annotations. They are on the published base map "Four-mile sheet, No. 10" (Wellington, New Zealand Lands and Surveys, 1935). The others no. 1-6 and 8 are tracings of an unknown map. Quantity: 9 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copies, scale indeterminable, various sizes.
Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922: Scene on the Mokau River, Jan. 7, 1858
Date: January 1859
By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922
Reference: A-137-005
Description: Shows men paddling in a canoe and a group of men on the edge of the river. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Scene on the Mokau River Jan 7 1858 | S P Smith Jan 59 [ink]; Recto - bottom right - S P Smith 59 [ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 215 x 255 mm.