Creator unknown :Plan of the Wairarapa from the sea [ms map]. [1861?]

Cadastral map with topographical features, of the Wairarapa District showing land blocks and runholders, Maori lands and reserves, and some Maori placenames.

Many sections indicate acreage and owner's name. These include: AJ Skinner, R Woodham, W Berger, JH & RP Wallace, RH Pembroke, Fairweather, RF Pemberton, W Welch, Campbell, W Bowle, Paul, R Collins, Williams, Dorset, W Bowler, Toomath, Wi Waka, W Bowler, Te Ropiha, Cravae, Dagge, Prentice, M Moses, B Buck, J Roy, J Woodward, B Boys, JEJ Boys, P Trotter, T Reid, J Aked, J Leyden, D Dick, J Kidd, G Cox, S Page, GR Carter, HY Wisham, Salvador Cimino, J Vile, Strang, Thomas Henry Clapham, Buck & Kemble, H St Hill, W L Lucerne, A Gillies, T Roberts, T Webb, W Bennet, Wilkinson, Hayward, Tollemarche, R Yule, Bidwill, Bidwell, T Worsley, Benton, Barnet, Williams, Joseph, E Jeffries, Morrison, Smith & Revans, WM Smith, Meredith, Manihera, A Gillies, McMaster, Kelly, Russell, R Rufsell, Hume, C Sharpe, J Northward, R Collins.

Also shown is Crown land, Native (Maori) land, Rangiumau Block, Raniera's Reserve, Kopuaranga Block, Kahutara Block, Manohawea Reserve, Wangaehu Block, Otahuro Block.

Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets.

Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, losses filled with a wove paper, the whole backed with silicon paper, 96 x 88.5 and 101.8 x 89 cm.

Provenance: Presented to the Carterton Library by Charles Rooking Carter in 1896.

Processing information: Many names on the map are hard to decipher. Clarification by viewing the map may be required.

Loosely encapsulated in mylar.

Alternative form available: Two colour transparencies of each sheet; Two colour transparencies of southern area only, from Featherston to Okorewa.