Tronson, Fairlie Harold fl 1883 :Island of Kapiti [copy of ms map]. Compiled from surveys of Messrs Wyles and Buck, by F. Harold Tronson, 1880

Topographic and cadastral map, with some survey information, of Kapiti Island showing six subdivisions. These are named as Waiorua - Kapiti No. 5, Rangatira - Kapiti No. 4, Kapiti No 4a, Kaiwharawhara - Kapiti No. 3 - 375 [acres], Maraetakororo - Kapiti No. 2 - 757 [acres], Te Mengi - Kapiti No. 1 - 34.1.9 [acres], Grant to Mr A. Brown - Special Grant No. 10 - 617 [acres]. A public reserve is marked in the Rangatira section with an added note - The Kapiti Island Public Reserve Act, 1897

Kapiti Island includes numerous Maori placenames and named streams. Pa sites and former Maori settlements are marked, as are whaling stations and a cavern, formerly a burial ground. Fields and sites of mutton birds are marked

Tokumapuna Island, 1.2.21 [acres] includes the site of the main whaling station and named rocks.

Motungarara Island, 3.2.0 [acres] includes the site of a former whaling station

Tahoramaurea Island, 3.3.21 [acres] includes the site of Mayhew's store

Stamps on bottom right corner: O.C. WD 484

Handwritten note on bottom left states: Mounted: St.J.C. Feb 1935

Quantity: 1 map(s).

Physical Description: Negative photostatic copy, scale [1:15 840], 44.5 x 44.1 cm.