MANUSCRIPT
Official letter book (Land purchase)
- Date
- 27 Feb-23 May 1849
- By
- Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901; Dillon, Constantine Augustus, 1813-1853; Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861; Scroggs, Sydney Malet, 1825-1893; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Durie, David Stark, 1804-1874
- Reference
- qMS-1211
- Description
Contains copies of letters relating to Maori affairs and purchase of land at Wanganui, Turakina, Rangitikei and Manawatu. Many include `Inspector of Police'in the signature. Includes chronological index listing name of correspondent and subject matter of each letter. Also includes schedule, referred to in his dispatch to the Colonial Secretary, 21 May 1849. It contains a list of payments made listed in 3 columns headed `Place of residence', `Hapu', `Name of native receiving payment' and `No of bags each containing ten pounds in silver'.
Arrangement: qMS-1206-1212 are boxed together
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Mss
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers / Police and Native Land Purchase Departments - Letter books
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Manuscripts, Mss
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