Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903

Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department

Very few of the people shown are identified

Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm