Places

Date: 1848 - 1850

By: Great Britain. Admiralty; Hamilton, William John Warburton, 1825-1883

Reference: MapColl-834atc/[1849-50]/Acc.1379

Description: Map of South Island, south of Kaikoura and including Stewart Island, and not drawn to scale. Shows harbours, rivers, lakes, Maori tracks, boundaries of the New Zealand Company's land purchase of the Canterbury Region; includes descriptive notes on areas of land such as 'very extensive grass plains'. Note on map before copying: 'Kaiapoi is the southern boundary of the Nelson Block'. Includes many Maori placenames. Written below map: Copy of charts in custody of Admiralty, 1- Canterbury-Otago explorations (1848), 2- Nelson explorations (1846) Title from catalogue card Written on catalogue card: Shows New Zealand Company's purchase of land. See also annotated copy, redrawn by Department of Survey and Land Information, 1989, entitled Map of part of the Middle Island by Charles H Kettle, ca. 1848, shelved at MapColl-834atu/[1849-50]1989/Acc.21689 Inscriptions: top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, 31 Oct 1848 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, glued to paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 53.4 x 31.5 cm Provenance: Photocopy from chart held in custody of the Admiralty

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

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: MapColl-834.48gbbh/1848/Acc.6041

Description: Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, scale 1:316 800, 27 x 38 cm.

Date: 1848 - 1989 - 1990

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Reference: C-123-011

Description: Shows 2 figures in foreground looking down at inlet and small settlement, with one ship in the bay. Exhibited in 'Putting the Land on the Map (Exhibition)', touring exhibition, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, March 1989-November 1990. Produced for "Putting the land on the map" touring exhibition, March 1989-November 1990; by Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. Other Titles - New Zealand Company drawing no. 268. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome print, 385 x 507 mm.

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.

Date: Apr 1842-Feb 1848

By: Greaves, Joseph, 1813-

Reference: Micro-MS-0704

Description: Chiefly concern land transactions in his capacity as solicitor to the New Zealand Company in Nelson; some personal letters Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 102 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 24 Apr 1848-3 Jul 1850

By: Cargill, William, 1784-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-0795

Description: Six letters to Cargill (1) from E J Eyre, referring to the removal of Customs Dept to Port Chalmers and requesting Cargill to report upon Macarthy's character after his arrival (17 Jun 1848); (2) C H L Pelichet, receipt for 17 pounds; (3) John Cargill aboard `John Wycliffe' re provisions for NZ Company emigrants; and (4) three letters from E G Wakefield, referring Messrs Whitaker, Ogg and Weston Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1848

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-043-009

Description: Panorama in two halves.Shows profile of coastline with entrance to a bay at centre of right half. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - (on both sides): [New Zealand Company stamp] 21 Sep 1848. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings 55 x 260 mm, 78 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased London, 1915, by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards, part of the New Zealand Company Collection. Alexander Turnbull has written a note on the mount.

Date: 1848

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-043-008

Description: Shows mountainous coastline from the sea, with some peaks wreathed in cloud. Possibly by C H Kettle. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - [Stamp]: New Zealand Company 21 Sep 1848; Recto - above image - 2 in 48/2078 1 In 48/2078 right; Note by A H Turnbull on mount. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches 77 x 254 mm, 76 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards, London, with other New Zealand Company material.

Date: 1848

By: New Zealand Company; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Great Britain. Admiralty

Reference: MapColl-834.1at/1848/Acc.25967-8

Description: Topographical, exploratory map of the western part of the North Island from Taranaki southwards to Wellington, Cook Stait, and the northern part of the South Island, to Hokitika and Banks Peninsula. Shows the Taranaki, Wellington, Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough regions, with placenames, contours, coloured shading and some nautical information. Includes detailed notes about the exploration at the bottom of the map, however this text is not legible. Includes 14 aerial insets on the map, including the harbour of Otago, Port Nicholson, Nelson Haven, Waitohi Bay, D'Urville Harbour, ?West Harbour, Victoria Haven (some illegible), and 14 cross-section insets of coastline areas. See also second copy of map, MapColl-834.1at/1848/Acc.116 (photographic copy, 34.8 x 42.7 cm), of the middle third of the map only, from Wellington to the Tasman and Marlborough Districts only, with accompanying typed notes entitled 'Key to 1848 exploration of the Nelson District'. Other Titles - Chart of Cook Strait and the recent exploratory routes at the northern end of the Middle Island, New Zealand Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, coloured, scale indeterminable, 31 x 21.5 cm on sheets 17 x 25.2 cm

Date: 1848-1853

By: Fraser-Tytler, James Stuart, 1820-1891

Reference: Micro-MS-0525

Description: Letters from Alexander Blair and other correspondence concerning negotiations over liability of New Zealand Company to Nelson Trust Board Funds. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 24 frames).