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Acts and Proclamations, the signature of Canterbury founder
William Sefton Moorhouse mounted inside front cover also on pages
1 & 5, boards. (1850)[2]
$200 – $400
177. Wakefield Edward gibbon. A View of the Art of
Colonisation with a present reference to the British Empire:
in Letters between a Statesman and a Colonist (edited by one
of the writers). Octavo, brown cloth boards with title label, 6 p of
adverts. London J.W. Parker 1849
Bagnall 5818
$150 – $350
178. Wakefield Edward J. The Handbook for New
Zealand consisting of the most recent information for intending
colonists. By a Late Magistrate of the Colony. Octavo, original
grey cloth boards. London, John W Parker 1848. Written in
the excitement of Canterbury’s conception, although the site
uncertain. Bagnall 5823
$200 – $400
179. Wakefield Felix. Colonial Surveying with a View
to the Disposal of Waste Land: in a report to the New Zealand
Company. Octavo, no title wrappers, 89 pages. London, John W
Parker 1849. Prepared at the New Zealand Company’s request
by the youngest of the Wakefield brothers on the expectation
that the Government would grant them surveying and disposal
responsibilities for 55, 000, 000 acres. The first proof draft
formed instructions to Captain Thomas then surveying the
Canterbury block. Bagnall 5833
$300 – $600
180. (Ward John). Information Relative to New Zealand,
for the Use of Colonists. Octavo, brown printed title wrappers,
folding map. London, John W Parker, 1839. Ward was the first
Secretary to the New Zealand Company. The first published
guide for New Zealand colonists was issued a month after the
Tory’s departure for Port Nicholson. Rare. Bagnall 5864
$300 – $600
181. (Ward John). Supplementary Information Relative
to New Zealand Comprising Despatches and Journals of the
company’s officers of the first expedition. Small octavo, brown
printed title wrappers, book plate of Sir William Molesworth,
Colonial Secretary & Director of the New Zealand Company
mounted inside front cover. London, John W Parker 1840.
Hocken p91 Bagnall 3911. A nice association item.
$400 – $600
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Colonisation, Missionaries,
The Treaty of Waitangi
182. An Absentee Proprietor of Land in New
Zealand. (William Bryan Cooke?). British Colonial Policy.
Municipalities Confederated Under A Viceroy… Octavo.
London, John W Parker 1850. Bagnall 30, Fergusson 5256
$200 – $300
183. A Letter To The Right Reverend the Lord
Bishop of New Zealand from members of the Church
of England in the Colony. 15 pages of hand written foolscap
signed by prominent colonists from the North Island and Nelson
headed by G. Grey, Wm, Martin, Geo, D, Pitt, R.H. Wynyard
Lt.Col recommends a form of self government for members of the
Church. They include a General Convention to represent the whole
body of the Church to include both Clergy and Laity, Limitations
of its Powers and Regulations etc. (1850) The same letter was
later published as (Bagnall 3137). The proposals laid down the
basis of what became the Constitution of the Church in New
Zealand and were considered unique at the time. Served as a
model for Church constitutions in other parts of the British
Empire: Martin Sir William. A Series of Documents on the
Proposed Church Constitution in the Colonies. No1. Cover
title. Auckland, Williamson & Wilson 1854. Bagnall 3432 (2)
$500 – $1000
184. Barrett Alfred. The Life of the Rev. John Hewgill
Bumby. With a Brief History of the Commencement and
Progress of the Wesleyan Mission in New Zealand. Octavo,
decorated dark green cloth boards, frontispiece portrait, slight stain
on corner. Third edition, London 1859. Arrived in the Hokianga
in 1839 and travelled throughout the country, much valuable
information from his journals until he drowned in the river
Thames. Bagnall 323
$200 – $300
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