Historical Records of New Zealand, Volume 1Covers the period 1642-1842. V.1. consists of references to New Zealand contained in the printed and unprinted Records of New South Wales. V.2 consists of Tasman and Cook papers and transcripts of navigators' logs in New Zealand waters. |
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Page 295 - Belle,' whereof is master, for this present voyage, Tillman, and now riding at anchor in the river Hooghley, and bound for London, that is to say, twelve bales of silk, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned...
Page 474 - In witness whereof the Said William Hauser, Emanuel Hauser, Elisha Harper & his wife Mary & Alexander Hauser have hereunto Set their hands and affixed their Seals the day and year first above written.
Page 79 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Page 74 - YOU will please to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Page 295 - Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date ; the one of which Bills being accomplished, the others to stand void.
Page vii - ON the 26th of January 1857, the Master of the Rolls submitted to the Treasury a proposal for the publication of materials for the History of this Country from the Invasion of the Romans to the Reign of Henry VIII.
Page 24 - By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord " High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.
Page 70 - The laws of this country will, of course, be introduced in [New] South Wales, and there is one that I would wish to take place from the moment His Majesty's forces take possession of the country : That there can be no slavery in a free land, and consequently no slaves.
Page 54 - ... be employed in conveying to the new settlement a further number of women from the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia, etc., which are contiguous thereto, and from whence any number may be procured without difficulty ; and without a sufficient proportion of that sex it is well known that it would be impossible to preserve the settlement from gross irregularities and disorders.
Page xi - But for the active search made in London by Mr. James Bonwick, FRGS, the early Records of New South Wales would have been little better than a blank. The despatches sent to England by the Governors, as well as the despatches and letters transmitted to them, have been preserved, if not as completely as could have been wished, yet to a very large extent, in the Departments of State. These departments have been thrown open to the Government, and the transcriptions that have been made repair, so far...