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Archbishop of Canterbury, Addington - 22 Sep 1840 - establishing a Bishopric in New Zealand
General Post Office - 8 Dec 1840 - Re sending Despatches to the Governor of New Zealand
The New Zealand Church Society, c/o Lord Devon, Charterhouse - 30 Oct 1840 - establishing an English Epsicopate at Port Nicholson



Richard ATTWOOD, Fareham, Hampshire - 19 Jan 1842 - asks how to contact Mr Spain, Land Claims Commissioner



Robert H. BAILEY, Veterinary Surgeon late 1st Reina Isabel Lancers, 33 Theberton, Islington - 16 Jun 1840
Served under Colonel William Wakefield at San Sebastian 1837

Joseph Plura BARTRUM, 2 Sim Hill, Bath, Somerset - 9 Nov 1842 - responds to the allowance of German emigrants into New Zealand

Sydney Hughes BASSAN, 6 Upper Wharton Street, Lloyd Square, Clerkenwell, London - 9 Jun 1841 - asks on behalf of a friend in Devon for confirmation of the appointment of Felton Mathew as Surveyor General of New Zealand

Joseph BATEMAN, Excise Office - 16 Jul 1840 - refers to Francis White of Hokianga

John BEECHAM, Wesleyan Mission House, 77 Hatton Garden - 29 Jun 1840 - Re the injury the Society has experienced by the proceedings of the Agent of the New Zealand Land Company at Port Nicholson

John Wood BEILBY, 57 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh - 8 Jan 1840 - re security of land purchased from NZ Land Company
Johann Nicholas BEIT, 29 Surrey Street, Strand, London - 26 Apr 1842 - asks about sending German emigrants to the Chatham Islands
George BLACKBURN Jnr, No.6 Palace Street, Manchester - 30 Jun 1840 - re security of land purchased from Natives & NZ Land Co.
John Elijah BLUNT, Lincoln's Inn - 10 Jul 1840 - recommends Mr Martin for a judicial office in New Zealand
William BOLLAND, Barmouth, North Wales - 16 Aug 1841 - requests information about New Zealand

Alfred de Bathe BRANDON - Memorial received 1 Dec 1842 - requests modification of ordinances relating to conveyancing and to the establishment of a Supreme Court and County Courts. As they stand they exclude him from practising his profession.

John Edward BRIGHT, 37 Bruton Street, London - 4 Jan 1842 - provides comments relating to the Chatham Islands
William S. BRIGGS, Liverpool - 6 Jun 1840 - suggests Steamers may be efficienty and economically employed in New Zealand
Edward H. BURGESS, c/o Messrs Filby & Major, 157 Fenchurch Street, City - 28 Sep 1840 - applies to purchase land in New Zealand

James BUSBY, British Residency at New Zealand, Bay of Islands
13 Jan 1840 - refers to false statements made about himself
30 Mar 1842 - regarding a certain Bill respecting titles to land in New Zealand
30 Apr 1842 - discusses Petition against the Land Claims Bill
17 May 1842 - re the unfortunate omission that the limits of the Colony should not be extended to include the Chatham Islands
17 May 1842 and 4 Jul 1842 - transmits correspondence relating to his own land claims at Wangarei and Waipu
20 Aug 1842 - re Captain Hobson's resignation

George Frederick BUSH, 27 Rivers Street, Bath - 6 Aug 1841 - Surgeon on the ship Lloyds


John CAMPBELL, Major Unattached, 6 ½ Waterloo Place, Regent Street, Edinburgh
2 Nov 1840 - Manakou and Waitemata Company; New Zealand Emigration Society; includes a Chart of the New Zealand Islands
28 Sep 1841 - letter with enclosures of printed copies of previous correspondence
1 Nov 1841 - refers to Auckland land sales and offers to organize an expedition to send emigrants to Auckland from the Clyde

Robert CAMPBELL, Counting House of R. Brooks Esq., St Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, London - 7 Oct 1841 - asking for information about the arrangements of Government in relation to land claims

Thomas CASS, 15 Stafford Row, Pimlico - 1 Apr 1841 - Acknowledging his appointment as Assistant Surveyor in New Zealand
George CLARKE - 20 Apr 1840 - Protector General to the Aborigines of New Zealand

John Chitty CLENDON, 42 Conduit Street
20 Feb 1841 - Asks about sale of James Reddy Clendon's property to Captain Hobson
14 Dec 1842 - Asks if a document relating to an executorship can be forwarded to James Reddy Clendon via the Colonial Office

James COLQUHOUN, St James's Place
9 Oct 1841 (date of receipt) - Requesting a meeting with James Stephen re Hanseatic objects
15 Oct 1841 - seeking to purchase the Chatham Islands

George Edward COOK, Latymer Cottage, Hammersmith - 20 Apr 1840
As a Descendant of the firstly celebrated man that first planted the Standard of England in New Zealand - expresses concern that land already given by the New Zealand Company may be questioned in light of the assurance of Sovereignty in New Zealand.

Frederick Fox COOPER, 11 Prospect Place, Newington - 10 Sep 1841 - circumstances behind the establishment of the Nelson Examiner - includes the first number, published in London, of the Nelson Advertiser and Echo with a sketch of Thorndon and a table of thermometer measurements covering the period April 1840 to April 1841. There are also copies of several letters from emigrants.

John CRAIG, 7 Villafield Place, Glasgow - 7 May 1842 - regarding his proposal of making a survey of the coal fields of New Zealand

John CRAWFORD, 24 Queen Street, Glasgow - 9 Nov 1840 - Seeks compensation for promoting the British Colonization of New Zealand. Includes background information about the New Zealand Company of Scotland, New Zealand Bank and Colonization Company, New Zealand Banking Company and the dispatch of the First Scotch Colony in the Bengal Merchant.



Richard DAVIS, Waimate - 18 Nov 1839 - that he wishes to protect and support the Natives

George Francis DAWSON, Vicar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne near Whitchurch, Hants - 3 Mar 1841 - asks for confirmation that Gilbert Francis Dawson, his brother, has been appointed Chief Magistrate of Police in New Zealand

Robert Kearsley DAWSON, Tithe Office, 9 Somerset Place, Somerset House, London
13 Nov 1840 - re system of survey - includes report on surveying considered with reference to New Zealand 22 Dec 1840
29 Dec 1840 - theodolite and salary costs and copy of corrected report on surveying - includes Adelaide maps
20 Apr 1841 - List of additional items purchased by Mr Ligar on eve of his departure
5 Apr 1842 - reviews requisition made by Mr Ligar subsequent to the wreck of the Prince Rupert at the Cape of Good Hope

Richard DAY, Sunday's Well, Cork - 13 Nov 1840 - asks about status of land purchase at Kaipara

William DAY, c/o Messrs Frodsham & Son, 31 Gracechurch Street, London - 5 Nov 1842
seeking redress after being shipwrecked at the Cape of Good Hope

Charles DE THIERRY, c/o Edmund Halswell, Gore Lodge, Brompton - 29 Jul 1840 - provides biographical information
Ernest DIEFFENBACH, 4 Piccadilly - 7 Sep 1842 - does not recall having a report returned to him by Governor Hobson

Peter DILLON, 9 Great College Street, North Camden Town
8 and 11 Apr 1840 - describes events in New Zealand from 1825
30 Mar 1841 and 11 Dec 1841 - seeks Government appointment in New Zealand or a land grant

Lewis Weston DILLWYN, Mayor of Swansea, Skelty Hall - 14 Apr 1840 - re two New Zealanders now in Swansea

Michael Joseph John DONLAN, Rugeley, Staffordshire
9 May 1840, 12 Nov 1841, 2 Dec 1841, 10 Feb 1842, 3 May 1842, 25 Aug 1842
Re use of Phormium Tenax or New Zealand flax; includes letters to the New Zealand Company up to Dec 1844 and to Sir George Richard Farmer 1841

John DONOVAN, Kanturk, Cork, Ireland - 7 Aug 1842 - asks if a letter can be forwarded to his son Patrick Donovan in Auckland
Henry DOWERS, 36 Stamford Street, Black Friars Road - 23 Oct 1840 - seeking employment in New Zealand



Adam Wallace ELMSLIE, No.1 Henry Street, Vauxhall - 23 Apr 1840 - refers to Arthur Elmslie, his son



George Richard FARMER, Chester, Cheshire - 5 Mar 1842 - offers machinery and mechanical processes to prepare Phormium Tenax or New Zealand flax fit for manufacturing purposes; includes letters to the New Zealand Company up to April 1845

Michael FINN, Rosemary Lane, Galway, Ireland - 9 Jul 1842 - asks about the effects of his deceased son, Trooper Patrick Finn of the 28th Regiment serving in Auckland



William Albin GARRETT, Hampstead Heath - 8 Dec 1840 - legal opinion re Church Missionary Society lands
William GEORGE, Bradford, West Yorkshire - 24 Jun 1840 - seeking employment in New Zealand
James GILBERT, 41 Cirencester Place, Portland Place - 23 Aug 1841 - seeking employment as a surgeon

George Oates GREENWOOD, Bradford, Yorkshire - 30 Sep 1842 - asks if Her Majesty's Government has prevented the New Zealand Company from fulfilling their contracts re purchases of land before the granting of the charter



John HAILE, Cottage Grove, Southsea, Portsea, Hampshire - 18 Apr 1842 - asks if his son, John Collingwood Haile, is still employed as an assistant surveyor

John Martin HANCHETT, 30 Cockspur Street, London - 9 May 1840 - offers his services

Thomas Charles HARRISON, Treasury - 9 Nov 1841 - asks for a letter of introduction for William Lawrence Lyne about to depart on the New Zealand Company ship London

Montague HAWTRY, Brading, Ryde, Isle of Wight
30 Dec 1840 - linked to the New Zealand Association
12 Feb 1841 - advocates that Native New Zealanders have an equality of position with their British fellow subjects
12 Mar 1842 - provides his opinions regarding the placement and use of Native Reserves for the betterment of the native inhabitants

Theophilus HEALE, 10 Grays Inn Square, London
Sep 1841 - requesting confirmation of Auckland as the capital of New Zealand
14 Jan 1842 - requests Her Majesty's Government to amend land sale practises in the New Zealand Settlements by removing the current inequalities that exist in the Government Settlement (Auckland) vs the New Zealand Company Settlements

John William HEINKE, 103 Great Portland Street, London - 7 Dec 1842 - seeks mitigation of the prison sentence of Captain Francis Owen Leathart who was found guilty of common assault

Samuel HEWLINGS, Tottenham - 27 Feb 1841 - accepting appointment as assistant surveyor

George Charles HORWOOD, 31 Belgrave Square, Saint George Hanover Square, London - 29 Mar 1842
Offers a proposition to establsih the vine and olive to New Zealand

William HUTT, New Zealand House, 9 Broad Street Buildings - 23 Apr 1840 - refutes idea that NZ Company would establish a system of Government in New Zealand



Frederick Maitland INNES, Secretary, Aborigines Protection Society - Dec 1840 - Memorial expressing concerns about Maori title to land



Alexander LANE, Surgeon, HMS Herald, Sydney, New South Wales - 27 Mar 1840 - observations from recent visit to New Zealand

William Stratton LARGE, Northam, Bideford, Devon - 21 May 1841 - asks for confirmation of the appointment of Felton Mathew as Surveyor General of New Zealand

James LEWIS, 24 Stockbridge Terrace, Lower Grosvenor Place - 8 Jul 1840 - seeks employment in Horse Police in New Zealand
Charles Whybrow LIGAR, 9 Somerset Place, Somerset House - 6 Apr 1841 - requests advance of salary



Francis Offley MARTIN, 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn - 23 Nov 1840 - seeks employment as Commissioner regarding land Titles in NZ
William MARTIN, 40 Chancery Lane - 31 Mar 1841 - asks question regarding half pay during voyage for himself and William Swainson
Thomas McDONNELL, c/o H. Hobhouse, Reform Club - 11 Jun 1840 - provides Minutes of Naval Services
Robert MEEK, Rector of Richmond Rectory, Yorkshire - 15 Feb 1840 - re appointment of a Church of England Bishop in New Zealand



John Bonfield O'MEALY, 95 London Road, Southwark - 3 Apr 1841 - giving thanks for appointment as assistant surveyor
John OWEN, Clyffe Hall near Devizes - 23 Dec 1841 - asks for letter of introduction for William Edward Parry



James PENNINGTON, London - 21 Jan 1841 - correspondence relating to investigation of the books and accounts of the New Zealand Company in answer to questions raised by Government

Henry James PERRY, St James Street, Bedford Row - 19 Nov 1841 - forwards extract of letter from Charles Barrington Robinson, Police Magistrate at Akaroa

Joel Samuel POLACK, 2 Macclesfield Street, Soho - 27 Jul 1840 - requests restitution of his rights to his purchased New Zealand land



John REID, Minister of Brownfield, Glasgow - 18 Mar 1841 - asks if Hugh McLiver of the Bay of Islands is alive
Joshua ROOKE, 17 Bath Street, Birmingham - 29 Jun 1840 - asks about safety of purchasing land from the NZ Company

Roy, Blunt, Duncan & Co., 19 Great George Street, Westminster - 20 Sep 1841 - presenting an argument in support of Governor Hobson's choice of Auckland as the capital of New Zealand. Richard Roy, Joseph Blunt (Senior and/or Junior) and John Duncan are also professionally concerned with the Manakou and Waitemata Company.



George Augustus SELWYN, Farnborough Hill, Bagshot - 16 Aug 1841 - questions about land sales in Auckland and subsequent letters about suggested alterations to the Draft Patent for the Bishopric of New Zealand

Alexander SHEPHERD, Linton House near Cluny, Aberdeenshire - 30 Jun 1841 - regarding his appointment as Treasurer for the Colony of New Zealand

Dudley SINCLAIR, Wellington, Port Nicholson - 13 Feb 1841 - Encloses Memorial to Sir George Gipps requesting an investigation into lands reserved for officers of the Government in the Township of Auckland

James Lawson SMITH, Unicorn Street, Portsea - 30 Nov 1840 - seeks employment as a boat builder in New Zealand
Robert Vernon SMITH - 14 Oct 1840 - Re agreement between Her Majesty's Government and the New Zealand Company

William Proctor SMITH, Craven Hotel, London and Farindens near East Grinstead
19 Oct 1840 and 1 Feb 1841 - representing his son, William Mein Smith

Joseph SOMES, New Zealand House, Broad Street Buildings
22 Oct 1840 - requests general principles by which the Crown proposes to be guided regarding land purchases &c
19 Nov 1840 - acknowledges receipt of proposed Draft of Arrangement and advises re Draft of a Charter of Incorporation
4 Dec 1840 - thanks for receipt of the general principles by which the Crown proposes to be guided re colonization

William SPAIN, Sussex Hotel, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, London - 22 Jan 1841 - Re costs of proceeding to New Zealand and an account of the wreck of the Prince Rupert at Green Point, Cape of Good Hope

Thomas STILWELL, Arundel Street, Strand - 3 Apr 1841 - requests a Certificate of the period of commencement of Lieutenant Willoughby Shortland's salary as Colonial Secretary of New Zealand

William Hancock STYLES, Gravesend - 23 Feb 1841 - asks if the Government at Home will confirm the appointment, made by the Government of New South Wales, of Gilbert Francis Dawson as Magistrate in New Zealand



John TAYLOR, Crediton, Devon - 5 Jul 1841 - solicits employment of his son, Theophilus Edward Taylor, who is competent to undertake any situation in the land surveying department. Includes letters written by his employer John Pasley Luckraft.

John Matthew TAYLOR, Wellington - 26 Nov 1841 - raises concerns that the New Zealand Company is not meeting its obligations with regards to the terms of purchase under which he purchased land.

John THOMPSON, 11 Abchurch Lane, London - 26 Feb 1840 - requests Royal Charter for the proposed New Zealand Agricultural, Commercial and Banking Company - includes draft prospectus without naming parties

Elizabeth Howell TUCKER, 2 Whittakers Terrace, Maidstone Road, Chatham - 19 Apr 1841 - requests a passage to New Zealand for herself and two children to join her husband, Henry Tucker (ex purser HMS Buffalo), now Colonial Storekeeper



John WARD, 1 Adam Street, Adelphi, Secretary, New Zealand Company
22 Jan 1840 - offers little Book for the use of Settlers proceeding to New Zealand
20 Feb 1840 - forwards extract from Journal de Havre re intent to form a penal settlement at Akaroa

5 Mar 1840 - encloses copies of two despatches sent to the Principal Agent in New Zealand re Captain Hobson's House and the Board of Commissioners for Colonial Lands and Emigration

4 Dec 1840 - offers to deliver Despatches for Captain Hobson in New Zealand via the ship Olympus
10 Dec 1840 - advises that the schooner Balley will leave Gravesend for New Zealand on 19 December
12 Dec 1840 - advises that Lord John Russell's Dispatches are in the care of the Master of the Olympus
17 Dec 1840 - advises that the Balley will be held at Gravesend until the Colonial Office Despatches are received



Thomas WAUGH, Whitburn Parochial School near Sunderland - 16 Jul 1841 - seeks a schoolmaster position in New Zealand
George WEBSTER, Birmingham - 27 Jun 1840 - re how to get good title to land in New Zealand

David and John WILKIE, 52 Virginia Street, Glasgow - 6 Mar 1841 - requesting a Charter for a ship building company in New Zealand on behalf of Gentlemen resident in Glasgow

Thomas WOOLLCOMBE, Secretary, Plymouth Company of New Zealand, Kerr Street, Devonport - 25 Feb 1840 - Forwards Company Prospectus

William WRIGHT, Sydney, New South Wales - 8 Jun 1841 - forwards a petition to Her Majesty the Queen praying for the retention of Captain Hobson as Governor of New Zealand



Thomas William YATES, Late Captain 74th Regiment, 19 Trinity Lane, York - 27 May 1840 - settlement proposal for retired officers