Places

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1869/Acc.1185

Description: Copy of a topographic map of the area in the Murimotu District from the Kaiiwi River and the Ohura River across to Lake Taupo, the Kaimanawa Ranges and the Rangitikei River. Cut road lines, proposed lines and native tracks are referred to in a reference key. Some tracks are routes proposed by Mr. Hogg and Mr. Booth, also an old war track described by natives is marked. Plantations, mountain peaks, rivers and streams are named. Relief features are described. Major Marshall's and Birch's Station are marked. Handwritten note on bottom right of map: The lake and mountains are from Hochstetter's map corrected by the Auckland Trig Survey: the Wanganui River from Brewer's survey, and the Upper Turakina and Rangitikei from Swainson's map corrected by Monro's survey. Map published in: Copy of the report by the late Mr. H.C. Field on the discovery of Field's track, Wanganui, 1869. Shelf reference qMS-0726, Field Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:506 880], 60.5 x 38.7 cm.

Date: 1870

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmbd/[ca.1870]/Acc.2781-2782

Description: Copy of a map of the proposed road from Murimotu to Wanganui following the Wangaehu, Mangawhero and Wanganui Rivers. Land blocks and settlements are named. Native tracks are marked, also the railway line at Wanganui. Believed to be surveyed by H.C. Field Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photocopies, linen backed, scale [1:63 360], 122 x 36.7 cm., sheets 76.2 x 36.7 cm.

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: qMS-0726

Description: Includes copy of report by Field to William Fox re track between Wanganui and Taupo (31 Dec 1869); `Map of country between Wanganui and Taupo from prismatic bearings and best authorities' by H C Field CE Wanganui (1869); and cadastral map (nd) showing much the same area Copied by D Matheson from a draft of the original document in the possession of Mrs R J Sewell, Aramoho Quantity: 1 volume(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm, ½ green calf, green linen) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by D Matheson, 1924 Map by Field inserted, `Map of the country between Wanganui and Taupo from prismatic bearings and best authorities'; also cadastral map (nd, but pre-1924)

Date: 1878

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912; Willis, Annie, active 1906

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/1878/Acc.36726

Description: Cadastral map of the subdivisions in the Country Section no. 164, left bank, Wanganui District alongside the Whanganui River. Shows river bank and Upokongaro-Mangawhero roads, a redoubt, Upokongaro and Makirikiri Streams, the Waipakura Maori Reserve and the subsections 1-8 which include acreage. Pencil annotations on map include some names (hard to decipher) relating to land blocks including George Wilks, Agnes Alcock, George Allen, Brookes, Henry Allen. Other Titles - showing Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, part coloured, linen backed, scale [ca. 1: 2 376], 49.4 x 59.8 cm. Provenance: Written on reverse: '1906 Annie Willis papers'.

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1869/Acc.1193

Description: Topographic map of the area from Kaiwaka, between the Mangawhero and Wangaehu Rivers, to the Murimotu Plain and Ruapehu. The proposed road is marked and the lowest and highest alternative lines. Includes named tracks, rivers and written descriptions of the vegetation and some relief features. Signature of H.C. Field under title on bottom left of map. Note on bottom left states: f7 Note on cataloguing card states: To accompany: Misc Mss. H8, Report on the practicability of constructing a road from Wanganui to Taupo, 1869. Misc. MS H8 is written in pencil on top right of map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour wash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:126 720], 55 x 29.1 cm.

Date: [1896-1933]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-212

Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to the estate of Charles Edward Field and estate of Henry Claylands Field and his wife Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes map of Tutahiheka, Wanganui