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Date: 1877 - 1889

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/1877-89/Acc.10637

Description: Cadastral map of Evans Bay to Kilbirnie, also to Constable and Owen streets, Newtown, Wellington. The area includes the coastline with Patent Slip and proposed jetties near Belvedere Road to Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie. Numbered sections include acreages and some sites of houses. Roads are named and a stream with a bridge is marked. A note states 'right to water' at Busaco Road. A track to Lyell [sic] Bay is noted, as is a road to the Pilot Station. The town belt is marked. The lithographer is named as Lyon & Blair. Additions to the map are prominently marked sections at Evans Bay with various dates and names of Short, Williams, Ferguson, Harcourt, B. Smith, Rhodes, Rae, McCarthy, Boon, Earl, Knowles, Barber, Tait, White, Edw. Barton. The name of Lyon is marked in sections at Kilbirnie. Coloured sections are listed in key and refer to sections transferred by Mr. Pearce to various purchasers, which include Lot numbers, names and dates. Names include Sarah Ann Rhodes, W. Kemp, Ann Compton, McCarthy, Easby, McLennan, P. Farr, Moody & Smith, Adams, Jens Peter Jorgeson, Jane Compton, Geo. Zannin, M. Alexander, William Hayman, Ellen Stafford, Whitcombe, Church Trustees, T. Ladd, H. Green, Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Salmon, Wm. Salmon, E. O. Gibbs, Keasbury, Margaret Price, E. H. Hurst, W. J. L. Travers, Marion Orr, Andrew Orr, C. L. Zohrab, John Earl, J Lockhead, A. J. Bredahl, Baker, J. B. Harcourt, W. K. Williams, Lyon, J. Bradbury, H. Alexander, McAllister, Travers, W. M. Muir, H. J. Whircher, Brandon & Sons, McDermott, Mary Love, J. Dransfield, Ella Rollison, E. W. Lowe, Pedgen, Crease, J. Wagg, J. Knowles, Cath Rae, J. Mills, J. Higginbottom, Murray, John Vine, Richardson, Short. Scale of original: [1:3 168] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on duplicate plan, coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71 x 50.1 cm.

Date: 1888

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1888/Acc.14441

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map, showing Karori subdivision of Section 34, bounded by MacDonald Street (now Messines Road), Karori Road, Vera Street, and Duthie Street. Numbered lots show acreage, and some owners, including Riddiford's land (to later become site of Marsden College), McBell's property, Chas Johnston's property, some annotations difficult to decipher. Some sections are marked sold. Pencilled note on map: 'For subdivision of this block see plan 109'. Another reads 'See plan 66' and 'See 649' Measurements in links Marks a brick store and a church Title in square brackets supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured on paper, encapsulated in transparent paper, scale indeterminable, 50.2 x 66 cm

Date: 1885

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Be/[ca.1885]/Acc.14377

Description: Cadastral map showing numbered sections, with boundary measurements, between Adelaide Road, Lavaud Street and South Road (now Rintoul). Blythe Road, Pitt (now Chatham) and Dawson streets are named. Includes a school reserve. Similar to DP 787, Wellington Land District, held by Land Information New Zealand Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, backed, scale not given, 25.8 x 21.9 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: 1878 - 1925

By: W B Chennells & Company; Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Chennells

Description: Contains both published and unpublished maps, mostly land subdivision plans and mainly of the Wairarapa area but a number of the plans relate to Wellington, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Horowhenua, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taumarunui, Pahiatua, Ohuka, Auckland and Motueka Quantity: 84 manuscript map(s). 91 map(s) published. Physical Description: Lithographs and works on paper Finding Aids: Some of the published maps are catalogued on National Library Catalogue; the rest are still awaiting cataloguing - contact staff for details. Processing information: Maps were originally held in a folio

Date: 1873

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47983gbbd/1873/Acc.23012

Description: Cadastral map of one subdivision of 37 acres of land granted to William Couper. Boundaries include part of the Porirua Harbour and a stream. A gully is marked adjoining part of the stream. The site of a house is marked as well as two tracks to the water's edge and to the stream. Other Titles - True copy of plan on grant to William Couper Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:3 960], 23.6 x 19.5 cm.

Date: 1850 - 1859

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[185-?]/Acc.25539

Description: Cadastral map depicting numbered land blocks surrounding Kaiwharawhara and Ngauranga, on the western coast of the Wellington Harbour. Most of the blocks are 100 acres; numbers range from 1-12. Several blocks have the names of the property owners, including: H Taylor, Sims, Reves, Bowles, Cameron, Hobbs, Andrews, Clifford, Hamond, J Hurley, Casey, J ?Bidmead, Fox, G Curtis, E Daniell. Shows a Native (Maori) reserve. Streams and proposed roads are marked. Written on map: 'Plan ... with Chas L Wallace'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 44 x 72.4 cm.

Date: 1892 - 1902

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Is/[1897?]/Acc.14339

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of part Sections 28 to 35, Island Bay, Wellington, on Oku Terrace, Milne Terrace and Knoll Street. The part sections are numbered, individual lots are not. Part Sections 26-29 on Brook Street are shown but are not subdivided. Derwent Street is marked. Written on map in blue: 52 Written on reverse: 12 Written in pencil on map: 6 acres £4,000 the lot Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale [1:792], 39.7 x 42.8 cm

Date: 1895

By: Seaton & O'Donahoo (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47983gbbd/[ca.1895]/Acc.22964

Description: Cadastral map of the Whitireia Peninsula from Pikiriri peak. Ruratane, Titai [i.e. Titahi] Bay, Mt. Cooper. Rakatane, Koangaaumu and Kohako creeks are named, as is Rocky Bay, all of which are on the Cook Strait coastline. Blocks are named as Koangaaumu, Tom's Grant, Kahutea No. 1 and 2, Onepotu Claim, and include acreages. An old stake fence is marked and a lagoon. The Porirua Harbour is marked. Pencilled details are mainly surveying information Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7 920], 72.6 x 62.5 cm.

Date: 1879 - 1893

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Se/[1879-93]/Acc.35302

Description: Drawn on a published cadastral, surveyed map of sections in Seatoun, Worser Bay, Wellington, the annotations mark sections sold, with names of new owners: Beere, Colonial Bank, Mantell, National Bank, Plimmer, James, Levin, Mantell, Smith, McGuire, Bucholtz, Hodgins, Longhurst, A Barlow, Zoharb, Wrigg, Sidey, Bucholty (names difficult to decipher). The sections are part of the Seatoun Block, I-XXXI (1-31) on streets Marine Parade, Brandon, Stafford, Monro, Hector, Plimmer, Mantell, Pearce, Ludlam, Dundras, Forres, Church, Gore and part of Hay St. Some areas are reserved. Shows Oruaite Park, military reserve and Te Ure o Kupe River. Base map: Township of Seatoun, Watts peninsula [Wellington, N.Z. : R.J. Duncan, 1978]. Written on map: "Seatoun, three miles from Newtown Hotel." "The property of J C Crawford ... consisting of 100 acres" Lithograph by Lyon & Blair, steam litho. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on lithograph, scale [1:2 376], 58.4 x 44.5 cm

Date: 1881 - 1900

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/[1900?]/Acc.6350

Description: Plan of Trelissick Station, Ngaio, Wellington, highlighted and shown as 76 acres, the property of Major and Mrs Deane of Wellington. Shows outline of Kaiwharawhara Stream, unnamed roads, and Wadestown sections. Includes notes regarding distances to Post Office and routes to Wellington, Porirua and Kaiwharawhara. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale indeterminable, 41.7 x 41.7 cm

Date: 1880 - 1889

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[188-?]/Acc.25537

Description: Cadastral map showing numbered land blocks in the Kaiwharawhara District, some with acreage and some with land owner names. Native (Maori) reserves are shown, and some topographical information. Shows proposed line of new road, Kaiwharawhara and Ngauranga. Owner names on map include J Hurley, ?H Fox, C ?Cuntig, E Daniels, T H Fitzgerald, A H Pike, Revel, Sims, Taylor, Bould, Cameron, Hobbs, Andrews, Sharp, Bard, White. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 59.2 x 76.5 cm.

Date: 1890 - 1905

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[189-?]/Acc.24345

Description: Cadastral map of Kilbirnie, Wellington, including Coutts and Ross streets. Lesley Road, Courtney Street and Seatoun Road are named but are currently known as Mahora and Yule streets and Rongotai Road. Numbered sections include acreages and some boundary measurements. Owners' names are W.Martin and W. H. Phillips. A block of sections was sold to Thos. Taylor for 3000 pounds sterling in December 1905. Name of property owner in title has been altered from H. D. Crawford to A. D. Crawford Other Titles - Plan of building allotments, Kilbirnie. The property of H. D. Crawford Esq. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, paper backed, coloured, scale not given. 44.6 x 41.1 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Crawford Family papers.

Date: 1890 - 1899

From: McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1870s-1957 :Maps from papers

By: E H Beere & Son (Firm); McLeod, Hector Norman, 1872-

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ly/[189-?]/Acc.37577

Description: Cadastral map of the area between part of Sutherland Road and Queen's Drive, Lyall Bay, Wellington. Of the ten numbered sections, three are marked as sold and three include acreages. Capper's Refreshment Room, a roadway and Mr. Hayward's paddock are marked. Includes notes about the values of sections fronting Queen's Drive at two pounds sterling per foot and of those sections fronting Sutherland Road at one pound five shillings per foot. Written on verso: Maranui 52 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:4 752], 48.3 x 31 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1902-1927. Business papers. MS-Papers-0154.

Date: 1880 - 1889

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[188-?]/Acc.25536

Description: Cadastral map with survey markings highlighting sections 11, 7 and 8 as land proposed to be leased, in Kaiwharawhara, adjacent to the Wellington-Manawatu Railway and surrounding the river called Silverstream. Also shows fence lines, Snowden's road peg, a Native (Maori) reserve, lots I and II, and part of sections 129, 57, 23, 24. Drawn on a survey template. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, scale [1:7 920], 26.6 x 40.9 cm.

Date: 1877 - 1889

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[1877-89]/Acc.10636

Description: Cadastral map of Evans Bay to Kilbirnie, also to Constable and Owen streets, Newtown, Wellington. The area includes the coastline with proposed jetties near Belvedere Road to Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie. Numbered sections include acreages and some sites of houses. Roads are named and a bridge is marked at the Waipapa Stream. The track to Lyall Bay and the road to Seatoun and the Pilot Station are marked. A new road to Kilbirnie is marked off Mein Street. Includes sites of churches, a school, trig station and the boundary between Sections 4 and 5. The town belt is marked. The name Moody is printed on the map. Additions to the map are prominently marked sections at Evans Bay. Handwritten notes refer to Lots conveyed to Harcourt on 1/9/1879 with various dates and names of R. C. Easby, A. J. Harris, Chegwin, J. Tasker, Albion (handwriting indecipherable), Jackson, Bishop Redwood, J. Bourke, J. O'Shea, Burton, McLean, McEwen, Henry Crawford, Alex Donald Crawford, J. Chegwin. A handwritten note next to the title states 'No 145 in Land Transfer Office'. Scale of original: [1:3 168] Printed at bottom right: Lyon & Blair, Litho. Note under title states: The portion edged on South Block will be submitted to auction on October 8th by R. J. Duncan Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on duplicate plan, coloured, encased in mylar, scale indeterminable, 64.2 x 48 cm.

Date: 1878

By: Moffat, Ann Margaret, active 1990-2010

Reference: MapColl-832.4799bje/Wa/1878/Acc.30943-4

Description: Cadastral map of Sections 9-12, 26-29 and 43, subdivided into Lots 1-44, with acreage, bounded by Elizabeth Street, Vautiers (Vautier) Avenue and Pitt Street, Wadestown, Wellington. Includes some land transfer numbers. Most lots in Sections 27, 28, 29, 43 and 60 are highlighted, and neighbouring sections including those in the path of the road from Wellington (Ladden Street), between George Street and Elizabeth Street, are indicated. When photocopied, image on sheet 1 has been slightly enlarged. Several handwritten notes on map before original photocopying, including [P]lan no. 81; 'Deposited in Registry Office 1st July 1878'. Quantity: 1 map(s) on two sheets. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 43.2 x 41.1 cm, sheets 27.8 x 42 cm

Date: 1885 - 1888

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[1885]/Acc.22907

Description: Cadastral map of Moxham Avenue, William Street and Hamilton Road in Hataitai, Wellington, in the early subdivision of Kilbirnie, Section 3 Evans Bay District. Nelson and James streets are named but are now known as Tapiri Road and Drake Street. Victoria Road is now known as Matai Road. Includes numbered sections with acreages and boundary measurements. The site of the town belt is noted. Pencilled names are Crease, Crewe, Moore, Barber. Map accompanied by copy of a telegram: The text of the telegram refers to Izard and Bell Willis, Wellington and is signed by W. M. Muir, Gisborne. The telegram form was printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, Printers, London Wall. Map accompanied by a copy of a telegram from Izard and Bell to W. M. Muir of Gisborne and dated 25 June 1885. Refers to Lots in Kilbirnie, Names Crease and Barbers. Refers to transfer of land from Pearce. The telegram form was printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, Printers, London wall Letter on headed paper from E. H. Crease, Coffee and Spice Manufacturer, PO Box 23, telephone No. 90. Address Old Custom House Street, Wellington, June 24th 1885. Names E. Pearce, Muir, Barber Pencilled note on bottom right: Dep. Plan 168 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:792], 54.1 x 55.8 cm.

Date: 1890

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

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1890/Acc.6368-9

Description: Survey map with cadastral information, of part sections 8 and 9, adjacent to the southern side of the old course of the Ngauranga River, Harbour District, and the Wellington-Hutt railway. In total, four land blocks, and five smaller sections are shown, surveyed, and stating acreage. Includes some survey annotations in pencil. Second map, MapColl-832.47gbbd/1890/Acc.6369 is similar with slightly different annotations. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale [ca. 1:1 584], 66 x 51 cm.

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Hopper, P W, active 1993

Reference: MapColl-832.47bje/[188-?]/Acc.26337

Description: Cadastral map of sections, some numbered. Names include Port Nicholson, Port Nicholson Survey District and Belmont Survey District. Totara Ridge is marked. Note on bottom right states: (4) Reduced to 40 chains Other Titles - Port Nicholson survey district Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink paper, scale indeterminable, 54.8 x 73.5 cm.