Guide to the Pamphlet of an Ex-Canterbury Resident (as filmed by the AJCP)
M423
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Title
- Pamphlet of an Ex-Canterbury Resident (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- c. 1865
- Collection Number
- M423
- Extent
- 1 item
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Printed pamphlet entitled Letters from New Zealand by an ex-Canterbury resident, published in London, and dedicated to John Bull, Esq., Junior. It consists of ten letters and is mainly a philosophical comment on the New Zealand way of life but with important notes on particular features such as the importance of the discovery of gold, the need for railways, and Maori agitation. There is very little personal detail although the last letter on the botanic system of medicine relates his own experiences.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example:M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)
Archival History
Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1959. (AJCP reel M423). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Mr. K.A. Webster, London, England
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn348243] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Subjects
Canterbury, New Zealand; Maori; Medicine; Gold and goldfields: New Zealand; New Zealand; Railways: New Zealand
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry number 161, page 58.
Item Descriptions
Letters from New Zealand, 1865 (File)
Letters from New Zealand was written by an unidentified 'ex-Canterbury resident'. The pamphlet (56pp + 31pp appendices) was published in London by E. Buller in about 1865.It consists of the following sections:
Page 5: Who constitutes the reading public?
Page 9: A colonial view of the population of the United Kingdom
Page 13: The principle of 'honour' is lost in semi-republican colonies
Page 18: The desire of railroads and its origin
Page 21: The sanctity of money and the great demand for it
Page 25: On the great changes occasioned by the discovery of a goldfield
Page 29: On the influence of attorneys
Page 34: On the principles of the New Zealand war, leading to financial troubles
Page 41: On 'Would you advise me to emigrate?'
Page 51: On 'The botanic system of medicine'
Appendices
Page 1: Extracts from Sewell's The New Zealand native rebellion [1865]
Page 26: The finances of New Zealand from the Marlborough Times, c. 1863]
Page 30: Monthly summary from the press, Aug. 1864