Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1301 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters relating to the New Zealand Company. Some ask for information or positions on ships bound for New Zealand, others include financial information and statements. Many deal with applications for positions, such as medical officers. Includes a printed treatise on harbours and plans for improvements of harbours in south-east England. There is also a report of the sub-committee appointed to consider the regulations on the sale of land and a printed booklet called 'Instructions to Surgeons of Emigrant Ships Sailing Under Government Superintendence'.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 901 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Principally business correspondence of the New Zealand Company discussing company stock, shares and land orders. Much of the correspondence here reflects the financial difficulties that the Company encountered as a balance between labouring emigrants and those of the upper classes was not achieved. There are also letters of application to emigrate to the Australasian colonies enquiring into ship departures and accommodation. Other letters seek information relative to the welfare and whereabouts of family members having emigrated to the colonies in previous years. There are also several letters referring to the transfer of land titles, passage funds and company shares in addition to those discussing the expanding agricultural industry. Passenger lists and an array of information relative to the 'Louisa Campbell' ship are also enclosed. Copies of London newspapers from this time also feature at the end of this item and refer to "the division of new Zealand provinces" and legislation passed to financially assist the New Zealand Company "to make further provision for the Government of the New Zealand Islands."

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 7001 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters mainly relaying applications made to emigrate to colonies in New Zealand, as well as embarkation orders to the directors of the New Zealand Company. Some of the initial letters discuss the introduction and cultivation of tobacco in New Zealand with "the view of making it an article of export". Many letters here also refer to land orders and sales of allotments in New Zealand settlements such as Nelson. Some letters advise against allowing certain passengers to make the journey, owing to illness and impending confinement prior to childbirth. Other letters refer directly to the payment of money to company share holders and several demonstrate attempts to contact news rooms and libraries throughout Britain in order to circulate advice literature about the colonies. There are also printed embarkation orders signed by company agent Joseph Phipson. There is a printed copy of an advert issued by the New Zealand Company for "Free Passage", listing all those eligible and the relative regulations. At the end of this item there is also a manuscript report listing and then describing in detail the character and culture of the indigenous populations in New Zealand.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 801 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters and papers relating to the work of the New Zealand Company. There are copies of the London Gazette from Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 12 November 1845. Also includes shipping papers for the 'Ralph Bernal', owned by Henry Willis & Co., and chartered to run passengers for the New Zealand Company from Britain to New Zealand. Later there are lists of land orders in New Zealand.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 3501 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters relating to the development of New Zealand Company colonies. Several deal with attempts to set up a steamship communication network in New Zealand. Others are about the development of agriculture and manufacturing in the colony. Further letters and papers concern land purchasing in New Zealand, including compensation claims and litigation caused by land disputes.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 301 800 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters concerning the New Zealand Company and settlers in New Zealand and Australia. Includes a letter appointing the mediator between the company and the settlers of New Plymouth. There is also a printed item called 'Propositions on the subject of the Land System of Australia', and copies of the London Gazette dated 14 January and 13 May 1845. A plan of the accommodation available on the Mary Catherine is also included, together with documents relating to its use by the New Zealand Company.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1 373 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters and applications sent to Directors of the New Zealand Company by those wishing to emigrate to New Zealand, principally to serve as surveyors of land, teachers and agriculturalists. There are letters and enclosed shipping orders relative to transporting British emigrants to the Canterbury settlement, land orders, titles, transfers and re-adjustments, along with printed copies of 'Assessed Tax' forms from 1853-1854. A copy of 'The Times', no. 20344, dated Tuesday 27 November 1849 is also included towards the end.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1201 1600 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters to and from the New Zealand Company, with particular focus on applications for passage to New Zealand for medical staff, brick layers, farm labourers and other much-needed individuals. Towards the end a run of documents deal with the financial affairs of the company. The document also includes ship plans for the Ajax and the Bernicia. There is also a printed copy of the London Gazette, published on Tuesday 18 July 1848.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 501 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Documents relating to emigration to New Zealand, as well as compensation claims following the collapse of the New Zealand Company. The opening letters concern the death of large numbers of livestock and the financial implications of this. Later in the document there is a printed notice promoting the advantages of emigrating to New Zealand. It contains statistics of emigration to various places in North America, Southern Africa and Australia and notes that New Zealand falls below all of these, despite displaying several advantages over them. This document was produced shortly after the dissolution of the New Zealand Company.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1501 2100 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters mainly relating to the financial and business affairs of the New Zealand Company. Most are addressed to, or composed by, the directors. There are also printed items included here, such as multiple copies of company notices and forms to be completed by those desiring free passage to New Zealand and other colonies of British dependency. There are newspaper articles relating to bounty emigrant schemes to Australia and copies of company journals and reports. Other letters contain applications to emigrate, reflections of recent settlers, others refer to food shipments sent to New Plymouth and the high demand there for potatoes and maize. There are also letters referring to the town planning of Wellington and Auckland and the establishment of a Scottish settlement in Nelson. Others discuss land orders and organisation of allotments of Crown lands, with many including printed enclosures relating to the same. There are also lists of published books and pamphlets of advice literature giving guidance on all aspects of emigration and life in the New Zealand colonies.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 2101 end written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Lists and letters referring to land orders and deposits placed on lots of land in Nelson and other settlements of New Zealand. Mainly consisting of papers relative to the financial accounts and business affairs of the New Zealand Company, there are also several letters applying and enquiring into emigration opportunities, free passage schemes and employment vacancies in settlements such as New Plymouth and New Edinburgh (Dunedin). There are letters referring to legal cases brought against the company for compensation upon accounts of systematic frauds and reports of deaths of passengers on board emigrant vessels. Letters relative to land surveys are also included. Some printed items are included, such as copies of the Colonization Circular issued by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, draft copies of 'Certificates of Final Departure', memorandums of charter agreements, regulations of the Government Emigration Office regarding selecting and furnishing emigrants, and papers documenting the dietary schedule of emigrant voyages. There is also a printed pamphlet entitled "Instructions to Surgeons of Emigrant Ships sailing under Government Superintendence."

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 6501 7000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters mainly relaying applications made to emigrate to colonies in New Zealand, as well as embarkation orders to the directors of the New Zealand Company. Many make enquiries into the availability of steerage accommodation and timings of vessels due to embark for the New Zealand colonies. Most applications here are made by young families and agricultural labourers, farmers and shepherds. Some letters also shed light on journey conditions on board the migrant vessels, discussing over-loading, the lack of food and common diseases suffered by children in particular. Other letters refer to the financial state and banking affairs of the New Zealand company, including details relative to the surveying, price and sale of Crown lands in New Zealand settlements such as Nelson. Some printed material is also included here, such as a copy of forms to be filled out by farmers seeking free passage to New Zealand and adverts for a ball hosted by the New Zealand Company in Plymouth to both celebrate the first anniversary of the first settlers' departure for New Plymouth, but also increase the fund reserved for free passage and clothing distributed amongst the "Labouring Classes" wishing to emigrate.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1 500 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters relating to the need for certain skills and labourers in New Zealand, including a number that concern land claims and litigation surrounding this. The use of ships also caused legal disputes between the Company and owners; some of these disputes are covered here. The majority of the letters concern the desire to emigrate to New Zealand.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1 300 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters sent to Directors of the New Zealand Company, mostly enquiring into opportunities to emigrate to New Zealand and the processes, expenses and possibility of obtaining free passage. There are various letters referring to the sale and transfer of Crown lands in New Zealand, as well as efforts made to revive the "Scotch Colony" in New Edinburgh. Printed advertisements can also be found listing details of sales to be held where colonial exports could be purchased, along with lists of company agents in the home counties. A petition of the merchants, bankers and traders of London to the British Parliament is included complaining about injustices drawn from a published report enquiring into "the state of New Zealand and the proceedings of the New Zealand Company."

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 2501 3000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: A number of letters concerning emigration to New Zealand, including applications for free passage. There are also a series of documents about communication by steamship around New Zealand. A large number of documents also concern land sales and purchases in New Zealand, and legal contests relating to this.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1501 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters to and from the New Zealand Company about emigration, free passage, land purchases and shipping. The item also includes a printed booklet from the College for Civil Engineers, which was sent with a letter to Francis Dillon Bell recommending working with the college in order to supply New Zealand with necessary numbers of qualified civil engineers.

Download or read book New Zealand Company Original Correspondence General Folio 1001 1500 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Letters to and from the New Zealand Company. This item is mostly made up of letters sent to the New Zealand Company from people applying for passage to New Zealand. Many state their reasons for wanting to travel, which family members they intend to bring with them, and the skills that they can offer once in New Zealand. Certain professions, such as those of surveyor, carpenter, mason, mechanic, shepherd and surgeon were particularly desirable. There is also brief mention of some land sales and purchases, the state of the company's stocks and an appeal from Dartmouth Harbour for the company to let its ships stop there before setting off for New Zealand.