Places

Date: 1848

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: New Zealand Company; National Archives (Great Britain); Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1848/Acc.46989

Description: Shows Purakanui Bay and inlet and the boundaries of the Maori reserve adjoining these. Gives topographic details such as 'fine beach', 'sandy flat', 'wooded land'. Several areas are marked as 'native gardens' and a pa site and burial grounds are shown. Some Maori placenames are noted. The estimated acreage of the reserve is given. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - New Zealand Company Jan .. 7..50 [stamp] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca.1:7 920], 52 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Original stamped 'New Zealand Company'. Handed over to the Colonial Office upon the surrendering of the Company's charter in 1850. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Date: 1848

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834a/1848/Acc.46960-1

Description: Copy of hand-drawn map of the South Island from Kaiapoi south to Stewart Island, drawn in 1848. Some topographic features and placenames, several Maori tracks inland and the southern boundary of the New Zealand Company's southern purchase. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1: 1 045 440], 78 x 44 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.