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Map

[Creator unknown] :Contract No 2 [land blocks near Lake Tuakitoto, Clutha River] [copy ...

Date: 1847

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834.52bje/1847/Acc.46985-8

Description: Shows numbered land sections along coastline between Matau Branch of Clutha River and Tokomairiro River and inland between Matau Branch and Lake Tuakitoto, not far from Balclutha, Otago. Some topography shown but little else. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 4 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [1:7 920], 64 x 93 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Stewart, William, fl 1806-1809 :Southern port Stewart's Island, New Zealand [copy of ms...

Date: 1809 - 1842

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Stewart, William, active 1806-1809; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: MapColl-835aj/[1809?]/Acc.46972

Description: Hydrographic chart of Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, showing depth soundings and some place names around harbour. Dated from a New Zealand Company stamp on the map and with Charles Heaphys signature in bottom right hand corner this is possibly a copy by Heaphy of a survey by William Smith in 1809. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca.1:190 080], 33 x 24 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Wills, Alfred, fl 1842-1852 :Sketch map of native reserve no. 14 at Parakaunui near Ota...

Date: 1848

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: New Zealand Company; National Archives (Great Britain); Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1848/Acc.46989

Description: Shows Purakanui Bay and inlet and the boundaries of the Maori reserve adjoining these. Gives topographic details such as 'fine beach', 'sandy flat', 'wooded land'. Several areas are marked as 'native gardens' and a pa site and burial grounds are shown. Some Maori placenames are noted. The estimated acreage of the reserve is given. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - New Zealand Company Jan .. 7..50 [stamp] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca.1:7 920], 52 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Original stamped 'New Zealand Company'. Handed over to the Colonial Office upon the surrendering of the Company's charter in 1850. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

[Creator unknown] :[Sketch map of the southern portion of Middle Island and Stewart's I...

Date: 1848

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834a/1848/Acc.46960-1

Description: Copy of hand-drawn map of the South Island from Kaiapoi south to Stewart Island, drawn in 1848. Some topographic features and placenames, several Maori tracks inland and the southern boundary of the New Zealand Company's southern purchase. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1: 1 045 440], 78 x 44 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862 :Chart of the harbour of Otakou [copy of ms map]. Surv...

Date: 1846

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862

Reference: MapColl-834.52aj/1846/Acc.46973-6

Description: Copy of a manuscript map that shows the Otago Harbour from the heads to Sawyers Bay, Port Chalmers. Port Chalmers marked as 'Port town of Dunedin'. Gives detailed soundings and channels and some shoreline features and topography. Includes coastal view of harbour and sailing instructions. Has what looks like a New Zealand Company stamp top left corner Charles Kettle was appointed New Zealand Company surveyor for the Otago Settlement Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 4 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [1:15 840], 94 x 62.5 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

[Creator unknown] :Map of the settlement of Otakou New Zealand [copy of ms map]. 1847

Date: 1847

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1847/Acc.46977-84

Description: Copy of a manuscript map which covers the coastal area from Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula to Nugget Point and including Dunedin, Mosgiel, Milton, Balclutha areas. Shows unnumbered land blocks and basic topography. Has stamp of New Zealand Company with date 11 Mar 1848 Relationship complexity - The Alexander Turnbull Library has a New Zealand Company lithographed map that is likely to have been based on this map. Reference - MapColl 834.52a/1847/Acc.474, National Library Catalogue Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 8 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [1:63 360], 90 x 190 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

Date: 1840 - 1871

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Great Britain. Colonial Office

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Colonial_Office

Description: Copies of some of the maps originally held within the records of the British Colonial Office relating to New Zealand and includes both published and unpublished maps. The maps generally relate to exploration and settlement and include some created for the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 14 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Finding Aids: Collection contains a copy of a published map which is catalogued on the National Library Catalogue: 'Map of the province of Otago: compiled from official surveys and explorations' Additions to 1871. Otago Survey Lithographic Press, 1871. Reference - MapColl 834.5a/1871/Acc.46990-3.

Map

Smith, Wiliam Mein, 1799-1869 :Sketch shewing the relative positions of Port William, P...

Date: 1842

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: MapColl-835aj/1842/Acc.46970-1

Description: Copy of hand-drawn chart showing Port William / Potirepo, Port Somes (Paterson Inlet) and Port Adventure, Stewart Island. Gives some soundings in the harbours and contains comments about the features of the land as seen from the coast, such as the height, hills and timber. Has some place names. In 1842 William Mein Smith undertook a voyage to the Chatham Islands, Stewart Island and east coast of the South Island to investigate sites for further settlement by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1:63 360], 53.5 x 79.7 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Manuscript

Greece - Intelligence reports

Date: 1945

From: O'Sullivan, Vincent Gerard, 1937- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8612-135

Description: Photocopies of intelligence reports on Greek organisations, copied from the originals held at the Public Record Office Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Map

New Zealand Company :A chart of the coast on the northern side of Cook's Strait from Po...

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: New Zealand Company; National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-832.4aj/1840/Acc.46946

Description: Shows the western coast line from just above Oakura, Taranaki to the Porirua Harbour with Maori place names along coast. Shows main mountain ranges and some district boundaries. Original stamped New Zealand Company 12 Feb 1842. Handed over to the Colonial Office upon the surrendering of the Company's charter in 1850. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - New Zealand Company Feb 17 1842 [stamp] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale indeterminable, 41.5 x 60 cm.

Map

Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865? :Map of Waikouaiti near Otago [copy of ms map]; from t...

Date: 1845

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852; Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1845/Acc.46962-5

Description: Copy of hand-drawn map of the Waikouaiti area, Otago, from the Waikouaiti to Pleasant Rivers showing natural features and highlighting 3 blocks of land selected by John Jones from his claim at Waikaouaiti in 1845. Map signed by Alfred Wills, surveyor New Zealand Company accompanying [Land] Commissioner; W B Mantell, Commissioner; and John Jones 1 section of the map copied at smaller than original scale Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 4 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1: 253 440], 61 x 85 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

[Creator unknown] :[Part of the subn sections at Otago] [copy of ms map]. [184-?]

Date: 1840 - 1849

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/[184-?]/Acc.46968-9

Description: Copy of manuscript map showing land sections at Sawyers Bay between Dunedin and Port Chalmers. Sections are not numbered and no sizes are indicated. Unnamed roads are shown. Port Chalmers is marked as 'Port town' and one of the roads is labelled as 'Road leading to principal town'. No other information is shown.The Title taken from the catalogue of the National Archives, United Kingdom Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [1:7 920], 46.5 x 68 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Barnicoat, John Wallis, 1814-1905; Davison, William, fl 1840s-1850s :Survey of part of ...

Date: 1844

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: Barnicoat, John Wallis, 1814-1905; Davison, William, active 1840s-1850s; National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1844/Acc.46966-7

Description: Copy of hand-drawn map of the outer part of the Otago Harbour from Taiaroa Head to Port Chalmers. Shows a proposed reserve of land by Maori on the Taiaroa side of the harbour and a scattering of villages, the site of a flagstaff and the word 'settlement' in the middle of the reserve. No soundings are marked. John Barnicoat and William Davison were assistant surveyors on an expedition with Frederick Tuckett, the New Zealand Company's Chief Surveyor at Nelson, to find a suitable site for European settlement of Otago Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1:15 600], 56.6 x 71.7 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Map

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881, Brunner, Thomas, 1821?-1874 :[Sketch (No 2) of part of the ...

Date: 1846

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Brunner, Thomas, 1821?-1874

Reference: MapColl-834.1atc/[1846]/Acc.46954-9

Description: Copy of manuscript map showing the second part of Thomas Brunner and Charles Heaphy's trip down the west coast of the South Island. This map shows the section from the Waimangaroa River to just past the Arahura River. Has some place names and commentary on the rocks and vegetation of the surrounding land. Title taken from the catalogue of the National Archives, United Kingdom Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 6 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca. 1: 126 720], 120 x 69 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Online Map

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881, Brunner, Thomas, 1821?-1874 :[Sketch (No 1) of part of the ...

Date: 1846

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Brunner, Thomas, 1821?-1874

Reference: MapColl-834.1atc/[1846]/Acc.46948-53

Description: Copy of manuscript map showing the first part of Thomas Brunner and Charles Heaphy's trip down the west coast of the South Island. This map shows the section from Farewell Spit to the Mokihinui River. Has some place names and commentary on the rocks and vegetation of the surrounding land. Title taken from the catalogue of the National Archives, United Kingdom Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 6 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, 125 x 72 cm.

Online Manuscript

Copies of family papers

Date: 1916-1925

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-028

Description: Copies of papers and wills, collected by F R Chapman from the Public Record Office in London, mainly from the Chancery archives. The records date from 1552, and include a family tree of the early branches of the Chapman family. Included is a handwritten list of the contents and a brief account in the hand of F R Chapman of the search. Quantity: 1 folder(s).