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History of the NZ Company Archives and Diagram of the structure of the NZ Company

New Zealand Company Records Inventory
Including those of the Colonial Office (CO 208) that were microfilmed as part of the Australasian Joint Copying Project. The films can be viewed at Archives New Zealand and National Library. The originals are held at the National Archives UK. These can now be viewed via the National Library of Australia.

NZ Company Correspondence Finding Aid - to images hosted by Trove

[1] Alphabetical Index to Applications for free passage - provides Application and Embarkation Order Numbers

[2] Transcript: Register of emigrants applying for free passage Jul 1839 to 29 Nov 1843 and 1 Jan 1847 to 4 Jul 1850
Records Date, Name, Calling, Residence, Ages of spouse and children and various remarks (Trove Link)

[3] Maintenance Costs of Emigrants by Ship
Index to Ships at front: Adelaide, Arab, Aurora, Birman, Bolton (1st & 2nd voyages), Clifford, Clifton, Coromandel, Duke of Roxburgh, Fifeshire, Gertrude, Katharine Stewart Forbes, Lady Nugent, Lloyds, London (1st & 2nd voyages), London (Gibson), Lord Auckland, Lord William Bentinck, Martha Ridgway, Mary Anne, Olympus, Oriental (1st & 2nd voyages), Prince Rupert, Slains Castle, Tyne, Whitby, Will Watch - provides page numbers - Records when received at the Depot, Name, Ages, Cost of Maintenance

Numerical Register of Preliminary Land Orders
New Zealand Company's List of Landholders in the Settlement of Wellington 1839, 1840 & 1841
Wellington: Register of Choice 1841
NZ Company Agents by Place

NZ Company Correspondence Groups
Agency: England, Kent, Dover Nathaniel Kettle
Agency: England, Yorkshire, Bradford Greenwood Brothers
Agency: Scotland Glasgow Committee
Agency: Scotland, Angus, Dundee McEwen and Miller
Surnames: Biggs--Dean--Gillespie

Nelson Census 1843 undertaken by the New Zealand Company - A Summary

NZC 1 Inwards letters from British Government Departments
NZC 1/1-13 Inventory

NZC 3 Inwards despatches from the Principal Agent, Wellington
NZC 3/1/1 folios 1-229 & 241 Colonel Wakefield's Journal 17 Aug 1839 to 04 Mar 1840
NZC 3/1/1 folio 198 Return of Maori Population 22 Nov 1839
NZC 3/1/1 folios 242-249 Unloading cargo from the 'Aurora' January 1840
NZC 3/1/1 folios 521-530 Comments about NZ Company selected emigrants 25 Apr 1841
NZC 3/1/1 folio 563 Report on Dr Dieffenbach and Mr Heaphy 01 May 1841

NZC 3/2/2 Despatches from the Principal Agent Wellington 05 Feb 1842 to 21 Dec 1842
NZC 3/2/2 folios 430-455 1842 Port Nicholson Maori Census
NZC 3/6/6 Despatches from the Principal Agent Wellington 1846 - some transcripts
NZC 3/13/18 Report relating to the creation of a Town in connexion with the Wairau 1848

NZC 18 New Zealand Company Correspondence
NZC 18/15 Inventory & notes of letters received by the NZ Company 1837-1843
NZC 18/16 Copies of Inwards Miscellaneous Correspondence 1844

NZC 31 Director's Office Papers
NZC 31/1/1 Index to Minutes of NZ Company Directors meetings 1839-1844
NZC 31/21/34 Copies of Petitions presented to Parliament 1839-1846
NZC 31/22/40 Early Miscellaneous Papers

NZC 32 Accountant's Office Papers
NZC 32/4/4 Register of Applications for New Shares 1841-1842
NZC 32/4/6 Alphabetical List of Shareholders
NZC 32/11/27 Vouchers D-H
NZC 32/12/28 Vouchers I-M
NZC 32/12/29 Vouchers N-S Joseph Phipson Emigration Agent Birmingham 1841
NZC 32/12/30 Vouchers T-Z (partial)
NZC 32/16/42 West of England Vouchers Rough Inventory
NZC 32/34/79 Name index to Parcel Books 1842-1844 and 1849-1856

NZC 33 Land Office papers
NZC 33/1/1 Register of Applications for Land Orders 05 June to 15 July 1839
NZC 33/2/2 Applications for Special Land orders 1840-1841
NZC 33/2/7 Alphabetical & Numerical Lists of Holders of Land Orders
NZC 33/4/11 New Zealand Company Certificates for Passage Allowance 1841-1843
NZC 33/5/10 Daily Register of Notices of Transfers of Land Orders Aug 1839 to Dec 1858

NZC 34 Emigration Department Office papers
NZC 34/7/8 Emigration Passages etc 1839-1850
NZC 34/9/10 Ship Timandra 1842 Log-book
NZC 34/9/10 Ship Blundell 1848 Position Pressure Temperature Log
NZC 34/13/18 Applications for passages to New Zealand 1839-1841 Items 1-54

NZC 36 Shipping Department office papers
NZC 36/13/10b Ship's papers 'Timandra' 1842 including embarkation passenger lists

NZC 38 Miscellaneous papers and legal documents
NZC 38/2/1/194 Indenture 24 Feb 1849 between Louis Marie Cuzon and the NZ Company - List of purchasers
NZC 38/3/1 Hutt Section 25 Conveyance 1848 Edward Daniell to George Augustus Selwyn
NZC 38/4/1 Duplicate Mortgage NZ Company to C. E. Trevelyan and another 12 Feb 1847
NZC 38/5/1/80 Agreement 12 Sep 1841 for the Purchase of the Chatham Islands
NZC 38/11/3 Chatham Islands Deed of Sale May 1840

NZC 102 Inward Despatches from the Secretary (London) to the Principal Agent (Wellington)
NZC 102/16/22 Private Letters 1840-1845
NZC 102/17/25 Some transcripts 1849-1850

NZC 104 Inwards Despatches from the Resident Agent, Nelson
NZC 104/2/4 some transcripts 1846 and 1848

NZC 106 Inwards Despatches from the Resident Agent, Otago
NZC 106/1 Letter Inventory Charles Henry Kettle to Colonel William Wakefield 1846-1847

NZC 107 Despatches from from the Resident Agent, Canterbury
NZC 107/1 Letter Inventory Captain Joseph Thomas to William Fox 1848-1850

NZC 108 Local and General Inwards Letters
NZC 108/1/1-4,6-11 Letter Inventory Received by Principal Agent, NZ Co., Wellington 1839-1850
NZC 108/1/2 Letter transcripts 1841
NZC 108/1/5 Letter transcripts 06 Jan 1844 to 21 Dec 1844 items 1-33
NZC 108/2/7 Letter transcripts 1846

NZC 110 Inwards letters from the Survey staff
NZC 110/1/1 Letter transcripts 06 Jan 1840 to 19 Jun 1848 items 2-158
NZC 110/1/1/38a Expedition: Manawatu-Wairarapa-Hutt May-Jun 1842 - Report of Charles Kettle
NZC 110/1/1/112 Land Order Transfers Oct 1841 to Mar 1849
NZC 110/1/1/148 List of NZ Company Surveyors discharged due to Reductions of 1843
NZC 110/2/2 Letter Inventory Tuckett and Davisons Expedition to Otago 1844-1845

NZC 131 Principal Agent's Office papers
NZC 131/1/1-7, 11, 13-14 Letter Inventory
NZC 131/3/14 Miscellaneous papers

NZC 132 Accountant's office papers
NZC 132/1/1 List of Labourers as at May 1840
NZC 132/3/6 Letter Book containing details of accounts paid 1842
NZC 132/4/8 NZ Company Duplicate Receipts 1842-1846
NZC 132/5/9/1 Wellington Accounts for quarter ending 31 March 1850
NZC 132/5/11 Miscellaneous letters 1842-1850

NZC 133 Land Office papers
NZC 133/2/6 General Register of the Selection of Town Sections in Wellington 1840
NZC 133/3/21/5 Alphabetical list of holders of compensation scrip & a list in order of ballot number
NZC 133/3/21/12 Letter re Major Hornbrook's Claim dated 20 Nov 1848 - Porirua/Upper Hutt
NZC 133/3/21/14 Isaac Earl Featherston 28 Dec 1850 re Land Order 42 - Rangitikei/Wainuiomata

NZC 135 Survey Office papers
NZC 135/2/3 Principal Surveyor's Outwards Letterbook 1840-1843

NZC 137 Storekeeper's Office papers
NZC 137/4/6 Statement of arms rendered to the Government 1843-1847
Includes list of men who had not yet returned arms to the NZ Co. in Sep 1847
NZC 137/4/7 Miscellaneous papers 1840-1848
NZC 137/4/8 Stock Book 1840-1842

NZC 202-203 Nelson related inwards despatches from the Secretary (London)
NZC 202/2/3 Numbers 1-29 (1843)
NZC 203/3/10 Inventory of unidentified enclosures 1841-1850

NZC 232 Accountant's Office papers - Nelson
NZC 232/8/8/1 & 2 Vouchers 1 to 2300 1841-1844

NZC 233 Land Office papers - Nelson
NZC 233/7/15 Nelson Accomodation Sections - Motueka District

NZC 235 Survey Office papers
NZC 235/1/2 Weekly Reports from Assistant Surveyors Aug 1841 to Jul 1843
NZC 235/1/3 Nelson State of Surveys Reports Aug 1841 to Jul 1843
NZC 235/1/4 Surveyor Contract Specifications 1842 to 1850 - Wairau, Waitohi, Maitai Bridge & Waimea Road
NZC 235/1/5 Survey Office Papers Dec 1842 to Jun 1850 Nelson

NZC 308 Resident Agent New Plymouth Inwards Letters
NZC 308/3 Inventory/Transcripts 1841-1846

NZC 331 Office Papers of the Resident Agent, New Plymouth
NZC 331/1/1 Inventory of miscellaneous papers 1841-1849

NZC 332 Accountant's office papers
NZC 332/4/7 Counterfoils to Bills of Exchange 03 Mar 1844 to 30 Sep 1850
NZC 332/4/8 Vouchers &c, New Plymouth 23 Mar 1841 to 06 Nov 1850

NZC 333 Land office papers from the Resident Agent, New Plymouth
NZC 333/2/8 New Plymouth Settlement - Register of Land Orders 1840-1843
NZC 333/3/10 Land Sales Ledger Index
NZC 333/3/11 New Plymouth miscellaneous papers 1842-1849 Items 1-105 of 215

NZC 335 Survey Office papers
NZC 335/1/1 New Plymouth: Survey reports written to John Tylston Wicksteed
NZC 335/1/1/19 Table of Distances Wellington to Patea 01 Oct 1844

NZC 337 Storekeeper's office papers
NZC 337/1 New Plymouth: Accounts May 1841 to March 1844

CO 208 Original Correspondence
CO 208/1 Inventory 1839 Letters 1-500
CO 208/2 Inventory 1839 Letters 501-600 of 1000
CO 208/85 Nelson Correspondence 1843
CO 208/86 Nelson Correspondence 1844
CO 208/99 Inventory of letters from Wellington 1839-1841
CO 208/106 Some transcripts of letters from Wellington 1848
CO 208/192 General Cash Account 5 Jun 1839 to 10 Apr 1841
CO 208/134 Index to General Letters 1846-1848
CO 208/254 Register of Applications for Land Orders 05 to 15 Jul 1839 - Nos 1-1100
CO 208/254 Land Applications 1-460 and their orders of choice
CO 208/254 1841 NZ Company Register of Applications for Land in the Second Settlement
CO 208/285 Address Book of Land & Shareholders
CO 208/296 Petitions to Parliament 1840 - UK & NZ Signatories

CO 208/298 Ships Journals
[1] Blenheim from Plymouth to Port Nicholson and New Plymouth commencing 01 Jul 1842
[2] Indus David McKenzie, Master commencing 1 Oct 1842
[3] Lady Nugent Sick Journal, Capt. Sankay from Port of London to NZ began 17 Oct 1840
[4] London Journal of W. M. Turnbull MD from London to NZ commencing 31 Dec 1841
[5] Oriental Dr Fitzgerald's Medical Journal
[6] Pekin S. L. Muller Surgeon Superintendent
[7] Tory commencing 29 Apr 1839