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LETTERS
FROM
SETTLERS & LABOURING EMIGRANTS,
IN THE
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY'S
SETTLEMENTS OF
WELLINGTON, NELSON, & NEW PLYMOUTH.
From February, 1842, to January, 1843.
LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER AND Co., 65, CORNHILL.
1843.
Price, One Shilling.
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[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS.
WELLINGTON (including WANGANUI, &c.):--
No. 1. Letter from Mr. F.Bradey.....1
2. " J.M.Taylor .... 4
3. " a gentleman at Wellington . . 6
4. " G. Fellingham ... 8
5. " Messrs. Wait and Tyser . .10
6. " Mr. H. S. Tiffen .... 10
7. " Mr. John Wallace .... 12
8. " a Settler at Wanganui ... 15
9. " a Settler at Wellington . . .17
10. " Alexander Perry, Esq. . . 20
11. " Thomas Lockyer . . . .22
12. " a resident in Wellington . . 23
13. Report on Valleys of the Hutt. Ruamahanga, and Manewatu........25
14. Letter from George Beavan .... 27
15. " a Settler at Wanganui . . .28
16. " to H. S. Chapman, Esq. ... 29
17. " from a Settler at Wellington . . .31
18. " Ditto ditto . . 32
19. " a "Producer".....34
20. " William Dew .... 35
21. " Mr. R.Stokes . . . . . 38
22. " Charles Brown .... 44
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No. 23. Letter from W. Ferguson.....46
24. " Dr. George Rees .... 49
25. " David Harris.....52
26. " J- Philps.....54
27. " Joseph White . . . .55
28. " William Dew .... 58
29. " a Devonshire Farmer . . .61
30. " an Officer of the Surveying staff 61
NELSON:--
No. 31. Letter from Mr. Tuckett.....64
32. " Thomas Dodson .... 65
33. " J. C, Esq......60
34. Account of the Waimea Valley, by W.Barnicoat 69
35. " " by J. S. Cotterill 72
36. Letter from Mr. Thomas Bremner ... 73
37. " Mr. William Cullen ... 76
38. " James Harper .... 80
39. Description of the Climate and resources of the Settlement.......82
40. Letter from Captain A. Wakefield, R. N. . 84
41. " a gentleman at Nelson . . 85
42. " Mr. Robert Boddington . . .87
43. Letter received by Mrs. C. Torlesse ... 90
44. Letter from Mr. Francis Jollie . . . .90
45. " Mr. D. Moore . . . . 93
46. Account of the Waimea Valley, by W. . . 96
47. Letter from Mr. William Cullen ... 99
48. " James Barton ... . . 103
49. " Rev. C. W. Saxton . .105
50. Letter received by Mr. W. Little . . . 110
51. Letter from Captain A. Wakefield, R. N. .111
52. " William Dent . . . .114
53. " James Barton . . . .115
54. " Mr. Francis Jollie ... 116
55. " Mr. William Cullen . . .117
56. " Samuel Newport . . . .119
57. " Robert Ross . . . .120
58. " Mr. Francis Jollie . . .122
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NEW PLYMOUTH (Taranaki):--
No. 59. Letter from Jane Crocker . . . .130
60. Letter to Mr. Samuel Crocker . . .131
61. Letter from S. and W. Curtis . . . .133
62. " James Thomas Shaw . . .134
63. " A. and E. Hoskin . . . 135
64. " Jane Crocker . . . .138
65. " F. A. Carrington, Esq. . . 139
66. " Mr. John Perry .... 139
67. " John and Ann French . . 140
68. " Mr. William Bayly . . .143
69. " F. A. Carrington, Esq. . . 148
70. " William Henwood . . . 149
71. " Arthur Hoskin.... 150
72. " Paul Inch.....152
73. " Mr. S. Gillingham ... 153
74. " Simon and Jane Andrews . .155
75. " H. R. A.--------, Esq. . . 157
76. " Henry Weekes, Esq. . . .159
77. " John George Cooke, Esq. . 161
78. " Alexander Aubrey, Esq. . . 167
79. " the Messrs. Halse ... 169
80. " H. R. Aubrey, Esq. . . .173
81. " the Messrs. Aubrey . . . 176
82. " Mr. Charles Palmer . . .177
83 " Captain Liardet, E.N. . . 179
84. Extracts from Letters from some of the principal Settlers to T. Woollcombe, Esq......182
85. Letter from Mr. S. Gillingham ... 189
86. " Captain L. H. Davy . . .192
87. " J. T. Wicksteed, Esq. . . 192
88. " P. F. Hoskin .... 199
89. Letters received by T. Woollcombe, Esq. . 201
90. Description of the Scenery at Taranaki . 210
