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Series
New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc.
Catalogue reference: CO 208
What's it about?
CO 208
This series contains original correspondence and entry books of the New Zealand Company which were handed over to the Colonial Office after the surrender of the company's charters in 1850. Also included are minutes, accounts, registers of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 208
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Title (The name of the record)
- New Zealand Company Original Correspondence, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence and entry books of the New Zealand Company which were handed over to the Colonial Office after the surrender of the company's charters in 1850. Also included are minutes, accounts, registers of emigrants and land transfers records.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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These records are arranged in the following catagories: original correspondence, reference books to in-letters and to out-letters, minutes, accounts, and three subseries of miscellanea arranged under the headings local records, land, and persons.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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for other correspondence relating to New Zealand see CO 209
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- New Zealand Company, 1839-1858
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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309 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of original correspondence in this series see CO 326.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The New Zealand Company was a chartered company formed in 1839 and incorporated in 1841 with power to buy, sell, settle and cultivate land in New Zealand. It did not prove a satisfactory agency for colonising New Zealand and was induced to surrender its charters in 1850. It was finally dissolved in 1858.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4399/
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