New Zealand Company: Original Correspondence, etc., 1837-1861

Component identifier:

Series CO 208

Extent:

309 items

Content Summary:

Original correspondence and entry books and minutes, accounts, registers of emigrants and land transfers and other records of the New Zealand Company. The records were handed over to the Colonial Office after the surrender of the company's charters in 1850.

Includes general correspondence of the New Zealand Company and letters from areas of New Zealand, individuals including agents, Colonial Governors and Land and Emigration Commissioners.

Also included are: indexes and registers of inward and outward mail; minutes of general meetings, Board of Directors 1839-1853, and committees, 1837-1850; account books, 1839-1861; local records of establishments; registers of land applications and transfers and other papers relating to land; miscellaneous papers including passenger lists, occupational lists, papers relating to the company, share registers and journal of Colonel William Wakefield.

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