Botany - New Zealand - West Coast Region

Date: 1882-1899

By: Brough, Jonathan, 1839-1927

Reference: qMS-0274

Description: Mainly daily accounts of government contract work on road-making, repairing and surveying. There are also notes on the geology and natural history of the area plus accounts of gold prospecting expeditions. Letters include several relating to contracts and one written to W L Buller on the flora and fauna of the Karamea River area Source of title - Supplied Brough was a contractor and naturalist, based in Nelson and the West Coast from 1866 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photoprint) (35 cm, ¼ green calf, green buckram case)

Date: 1863, 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-261

Description: Also includes some observations on the distribution of plants. Also a list of plants collected on the Rakaia journey