Statistical Publications 1840–2000
Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources –
19th Century
This chapter provides the references to publications with statistical content for the period prior to
1853 and to other references for the period prior to 1900.
The Blue Books, Gazettes and Journals of the House of Representatives and of the Legislative
Councils contain statistical information as well as explanatory material.
The content of these books is, as one would expect, more descriptive. The publications quoted
are those that contain substantive numeric information or provide commentary that may illuminate
the available statistics of their period.
All newspapers of the early part of the period (to the mid 1870s) are listed, even though statistical
content in these is fragmented.
2.1
Blue Books and Other Statistical Publications
(For details of the content of the Blue Books, see chapter 3, section 3.1.)
2.1.1
Blue Book – Colony of New Zealand
1840, Colonial Secretary
1841, Colonial Secretary
1842, Colonial Secretary
1843, Colonial Secretary
1844, Colonial Secretary
1845, Colonial Secretary
1846, Colonial Secretary
1847, Colonial Secretary
2.1.2
Blue Book – Province of New Ulster
1848, Colonial Secretary
1849, Colonial Secretary
1850, Colonial Secretary
1851, Colonial Secretary
1852, Colonial Secretary
2.1.3
Blue Book – Statistics of New Munster, New Zealand from 1841 to 1848 Compiled from official
records in the Colonial Secretary’s Office. [Wellington, 1849]
2.1.4
Blue Book – Province of New Munster
1849, Colonial Secretary
1850, Colonial Secretary
1851, Colonial Secretary
1852, Colonial Secretary
2.1.5
Blue Book – Colony of New Zealand
1853, Colonial Secretary
1854, Colonial Secretary
1855, Colonial Secretary
2.1.6
Statistics of New Plymouth, New Zealand from 1853 to 1856 [New Plymouth, 1857]
2.1.7
Statistics of Nelson, New Zealand from 1843 to 1854 Compiled from official records. Laid
upon the table of the Provincial Council by the Superintendent. [Nelson, 1855]
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2.1.8
Statistics of the Province of Nelson, New Zealand for the Year 1855 Compiled from
official records by order of the Superintendent. [Nelson 1856]
2.1.9
Abstract Statement of the Income and Expenditure of New Zealand for the Years 1840,
1841 and 1842
Also, amount of population, number of ships and tonnage and amount of customs duties
and charges of collection in 1841 and 1842 (25/4/1844) 8pp
2.1.10 Table of Statistics 1841–1894 Appendix to the Journals House of Representatives V 1,
1895, pp 9, B–13b and B–15
2.1.11 Auckland’s First Census
A copy of the first census taken in the year 1841. Contents show that the returns were
carried on to 1846.
2.1.12 General Census of 1851
December 1851. (Reports appeared in Auckland Provincial Government Gazettes, 1853
and 1854.)
2.1.13 Statistics: Six States of Australia and New Zealand, by T A Coghlan
1861 to 1900 (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1901)
1861 to 1901 (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1902)
1861 to 1902 (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1903)
1861 to 1903 (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1904)
1861 to 1905 (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1907)
2.1.14 A Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia, by T A Coghlan
[1888]
(published Government Printer, Sydney, 1890)
[1889]
(published Government Printer, Sydney, 1891)
[1890]
(published Government Printer, Sydney, 1892)
[1891]
(published Government Printer, Sydney, 1893)
[1893]
(published Government Printer, Sydney, 1894)
1895–6
Sixth issue (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1896)
1897–8
Seventh issue (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1898)
1899–1900 Eighth issue (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1900)
1901–1902 Ninth issue (published Government Printer, Sydney, 1902)
2.1.15 Statistical Account of Australia and New Zealand, by T A Coghlan
1902–1903
2.1.16 Statistics of New Zealand for the Crown Colony Period 1840–1852 Compiled by
Department of Economics, Auckland University College [1954]
2.1.17 Progress in Official Statistics 1840–1967: A Personal History, G Wood (published 1976)
(203pp)
2.2
2.2.1
Gazettes
New Zealand Government Gazette
Kororareka. 30/12/1840 – 15/7/1841. No. 1 as Gazette Extraordinary, published at the
press of the Church Missionary Society, Paihia
2.2.2
New Zealand Government Gazette
Auckland. 7/7/1841–1847. Continued in two sections as the New Zealand Government
Gazette, Province of New Munster and New Zealand Government Gazette, Province of
New Ulster
2.2.3
New Zealand Gazette
Auckland; Wellington. 10/3/1853 (as New Zealand Government Gazette from 1854–
8/9/1857. Nos. 1–26 published in Wellington; No. 27, December 1853–6 February 1865
published in Auckland; from 17/2/1865 published in Wellington)
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2.2.4
The New Zealand Government Gazette of the Province of New Ulster
Auckland. 1/1/1848–2/4/1853
2.2.5
The New Zealand Government Gazette of the Province of New Munster
Wellington. 17/8/1847–28/2/1853
2.2.6
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette
6/9/1853–1/10/1876
2.2.7
The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Hawke’s Bay)
Napier. 23/4/1859–31/10/1876
2.2.8
The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Taranaki)
New Plymouth. V1, No. 2, 15/10/1853–7/10/1875
2.2.9
The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Wellington)
Wellington. 21/9/1853–31/10/1876
2.2.10 The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Canterbury)
Christchurch. V1, No. 2, 18/11/1853–30/10/1876
2.2.11 The Otago Provincial Government Gazette
Dunedin 26/12/1853–31/10/1876
2.2.12 The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Nelson)
Nelson. 22/7/1853–26/10/1876
2.2.13 The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Marlborough)
Blenheim. 11/5/1860–14/9/1876
2.2.14
The County of Westland Gazette
Hokitika. 11/2/1868–16/12/1873
2.2.15 The Province of Westland Gazette
Hokitika. 30/12/1873
2.2.16 The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Westland)
Hokitika. 30/1/1874–30/10/1876
2.2.17 Southland Provincial Government Gazette
Invercargill. 3/8/1861–12/2/1867
2.2.18 The New Zealand Government Gazette (Province of Southland)
Invercargill. 13/2/1867–5/10/1870
2.3
2.3.1
Journals of the House of Representatives and Legislative Council from 1854
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1854–
(1854–1856 as Votes and Proceedings; no issue in 1857, 1859).
Examples: Table of Statistics 1841–1894 9pp, B–13B and B–15.
Report of the Government Statistician on the Statistics of New Zealand – H.12A, 1914.
Centralisation of Statistics 6pp, H–14, 1915
2.3.2
Appendix to the Journals, House of Representatives 1858
2.3.3
Journals of the Legislative Council 1854–1950
2.3.4
Appendix to the Journals, Legislative Council 1867–1914
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2.4
Newspapers
(Occasional sources of early statistics.)
The National Library of New Zealand holds, as at December 2002, the following historic
newspapers on its website at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
The Bay of Plenty Times and Tauranga, Opotiki, Katikati, and Rotorua Advertiser
The Bush Advocate
The Clutha Leader
The Daily Southern Cross
Fair Play
The Hawke’s Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate
The Hawke’s Bay Weekly Times
The Inangahua Times
The Mataura Ensign
The Nelson Evening Mail
New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser
The New Zealand Observer and Free Lance
The New Zealander
North Otago Times
The Northern Advocate and Whangarei County Gazette
Otago Witness
The Poverty Bay Herald
The Star
Taranaki Herald
Te Aroha & Ohinemuri News
The Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette
The Waimate Advertiser
Wanganui Chronicle and Patea–Rangitikei Advertiser
The Wanganui Herald
The Wellington Independent
2.4.1
Auckland
Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist
8 November 1841–45. Suspended December 1841–12 November 1842 and
July–October 1843.
The Auckland Examiner
11 December 1856–21 March 1861. Suspended 25 July 1860–October 1860.
The Auckland Independent
3 October 1859–2 January 1860.
The Auckland Register
7 February 1857–27 January 1862.
Auckland Standard
1842–28 August 1842.
Auckland Times
29 August 1842–17 January 1846. Suspended 13 April 1843–7 November 1843.
Te Karere o Nui Tireni
1 January 1842– 5 January 1846 (replaced by the Maori Messenger).
The Maori Messenger = Ko te Karere Maori
4 January 1849–4 May 1854.
The Maori Messenger = Te Karere Maori
January 1855–28 February 1861 (replaced by Te Manuhiri Tuarengi).
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New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette
10 July 1841–6 April 1842.
The New Zealander
7 June 1845 – 5 December 1865.
The Southern Cross
22 April 1843 (as Southern Cross, New Zealand Guardian, etc) – December 1876
(incorporated into New Zealand Herald.) Suspended 26 April 1845–10 July 1847.
2.4.2
Christchurch
Canterbury Standard
June 1854–1866.
Christchurch Times
11 January 1851 (as Lyttelton Times 11 January 1851–31 July 1929)–29 June 1935.
The Guardian and Canterbury Advertiser
3 June 1852–16 September 1852.
2.4.3
Dunedin
The Colonist
26 December 1856 (as the Otago Colonist, the title changed June 1862)–1 January 1863
(incorporated in Daily Telegraph).
Otago News
13 December 1848–21 December 1850.
The Otago Witness
8 February 1851–28 June 1932.
2.4.4
Edinburgh
The Otago Journal
January 1848–August 1852.
2.4.5
London
Colonial Gazette
1 December 1838–16 January 1847.
The Colonial Intelligencer or Aborigines’ Friend
1847 (as Aborigines’ Friend and Colonial Intelligencer 1855–1856)–1866.
Nelson Advertiser and Echo of New Zealand
6 September 1841.
New Zealand Journal
8 February 1840–6 November 1852 (incorporated in Australian and New Zealand
Gazette).
2.4.6
Napier
Hawke’s Bay Herald
24 September 1857 (as Hawke’s Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate) 16 January 1937
(incorporated in Hawke’s Bay Herald–Tribune).
2.4.7
Nelson
The Colonist
23 October 1857–1 May 1920 (incorporated in Nelson Evening Mail).
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle
12 March 1842–15 January 1874.
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2.4.8
New Plymouth
Taranaki Herald
4 August 1852-1989. (Merged with Daily News, formerly Taranaki News established 14
May 1857, in 1962).
2.4.9
Russell (formerly Kororareka)
The Bay of Islands Advocate
November 1843–January 1844.
The Bay of Islands Observer
24 February 1842–27 October 1842.
New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette
15 June 1840–10 December 1840.
2.4.10 Wanganui
Wanganui Chronicle
(Title varies slightly.) 18 September 1856–current.
The Wanganui Record
16 November 1853–28 December 1853.
2.4.11 Wellington
New Zealand Advertiser
13 April 1859–11 September 1867 (incorporated in New Zealand Times). Revived 1 June
1868. Ceased December 1868.
New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser
2 August 1842–2 August 1843.
New Zealand Gazette and Britannia Spectator
21 August 1839 (Title changed to New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator)–25
September 1844.
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian
12 October 1844–5 August 1865 (incorporated in Wellington Independent).
Wellington Independent. 2 April 1845–30 May 1874 (incorporated in New Zealand
Times).
2.5
Other Publications
As well as textual descriptions, the following publications contain statistical information
on New Zealand from European settlement through to the early 20th century.
Adam J (1857). Emigration to New Zealand: Description of the Province of Otago, New Zealand,
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh. Many statistical tables.
Adam J (1858). Emigration to New Zealand: Description of the Province of Otago, New Zealand,
2nd ed, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh. Many statistical tables.
Adams P W T (1977). Fatal Necessity: British Intervention in New Zealand, 1830–1847, Auckland
University Press, Auckland. Includes, pp21-29, discussion on the extent of the European
population in 1820s and 1830s, and on pp249-250 tables showing New Zealand exports to
Tasmania and New South Wales, 1830–40.
Allan R M (1954). The History of Port Nelson, Whitcombe and Tombs, Wellington.
Andersen J C (1916). Jubilee History of South Canterbury, Whitcombe and Tombs, Auckland.
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Andersen J C (1999). Jubilee History of South Canterbury, Cadsonbury Publications,
Christchurch.
Bagnall A G (1953). Old Greytown: The Story of the First Hundred Years of Greytown’s
settlement, 1854–1954, Greytown Borough Council through the Greytown Centennial Book
Committee, Greytown.
Bagnall A G (1954). Masterton’s First Hundred Years, Masterton Centennial Committee,
Masterton.
Bagnall A G (1957). A History of Carterton: The Story of the First Hundred Years of the
Settlement of Carterton, 1857–1957, Carterton Borough Council, Carterton.
Bannister C (1940). Early History of the Wairarapa (Masterton), Times-Age Print, Masterton.
Bannister C (1999). Early history of the Wairarapa (Masterton), New ed. with index, Cadsonbury
Publications, Christchurch.
Barr J (1922). The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840 – 1920, Whitcombe and Tombs,
Auckland.
Beaglehole J C (1928). Captain Hobson and the New Zealand Company: A Study in Colonial
Administration, Smith College Studies in History, 13:1–3, Dept of History of Smith College,
Northampton, Mass.
Broad L (1892). Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842 to 1892, Bond, Finney, Nelson.
Broad L (1976). Jubilee History of Nelson from 1842 to 1892, Christchurch, Capper Press.
Broad L (1995). Jubilee History of Nelson from 1842 to 1892, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Bruce A S (1932). The Early days of Canterbury: A Miscellaneous Collection of Interesting Facts
Dealing with the Settlement’s First 30 Years of Colonisation, 1850–1880, Simpson and Williams,
Christchurch.
Bruce A S (1995). The Early Days of Canterbury : A Miscellaneous Collection of Interesting Facts
Dealing with the Settlement’s First 30 years of Colonisation, 1850–1880, Kiwi Publishers,
Christchurch.
Buick T L (1900). Old Marlborough, or, The Story of a Province, Hart and Keeling, Palmerston
North.
Buick T L (1903). Old Manawatu, or, The Wild Days of the West, Buick & Young, Palmerston
North.
Buick T L (1914). The Treaty of Waitangi: Or, How New Zealand Became a British Colony,
Thomas Avery, New Plymouth.
Buick T L (1933). The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony, 2nd ed,
Thomas Avery, New Plymouth.
Buick T L (1936). The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony, 3rd ed,
Thomas Avery. New Plymouth.
Buick T L (1972). The Treaty of Waitangi; How New Zealand Became a British Colony, 3rd ed,
Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, N.Y.
Buick T L (1975). Old Manawatu, or The Wild Days of the West, Capper Press, Christchurch.
Buick T L (1976). Old Marlborough, or, The Story of a Province, Capper Press, Christchurch.
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Buick T L (1976). The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British colony, 3rd ed,
Capper Press, Christchurch.
Butler F B (1942). Early Days, Taranaki, Taranaki Herald, New Plymouth.
Butler F B (1996). Early Days, Taranaki, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Butler J (1927). Earliest New Zealand: The Journals and Correspondence of the Rev John Butler,
compiled by R J Barton, Palamontain and Petherick, Masterton.
Colourful New Zealand, 1840–1940 (1940), National Magazines, Wellington.
Condliffe J B (1930). New Zealand in the Making: A Survey of Economic and Social
Development, Allen and Unwin, London.
Condliffe J B (1957). Short History of New Zealand, 8th ed, completely revised and extensively
rewritten by W T G Airey, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch.
Condliffe J B (1959). New Zealand in the Making: A Survey of Economic and Social
Development, 2nd rev ed, Allen and Unwin, London.
Cowan J (1939). New Zealand’s First Century: The Dominion’s Scene and Story: The Pageant of
Nation-making, Dept of Tourist and Publicity, Wellington.
Dieffenbach E (1843). Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology,
Botany and Natural History of the Country, 2v, J Murray, London. Includes: v1, p195, table of
Mäori tribal populations in Cook Strait region: v2, pp73–82 on Mäori population p83, table of
Mäori population; pp162–163, the number and distribution of missionaries.
Dieffenbach E (1974). Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology,
Botany and Natural History of the Country, 2v, Capper Press, Christchurch.
Dieffenbach E (1999). Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology,
Botany and Natural History of the Country, 2v, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Downes T W (1915). Old Whanganui, W.A. Parkinson, Hawera.
Downes T W (1976). Old Whanganui, Capper Press, Christchurch.
Earp G B (1848). The Emigrant’s Guide to New Zealand: Comprising Every Requisite Information
for Intending Emigrants, Relative to the Southern Settlements of New Zealand, 4th ed, W S Orr,
London. General information and statistics, largely taken from Grimstone (op cit). Lists of prices
current at Wellington and Nelson, 1 February 1848.
Earp G B (1849). Hand-book for Intending Emigrants to the Southern Settlements of New
Zealand, 2nd ed, W S Orr, London. Includes lists of prices and statistical tables, the latter derived
from Grimstone and from Fox (op cit).
Earp G B (1851). Hand-book for Intending Emigrants to the Southern Settlements of New
Zealand, 3rd ed, W S Orr, London.
Earp G B (1998). Hand-book for Intending Emigrants to the Southern Settlements of New
Zealand: Including a Section of New Zealand and its Emigration and Goldfield (1853), Facsimile
ed, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Fenton F D (1859). Observations on the State of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand,
Wilson for the New Zealand Government, Auckland. Discusses the reasons for the decline in
Mäori population. Includes many statistical tables.
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Fenton F D (1998). Observations on the State of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand, Kiwi
Publishers, Christchurch.
Field A N (1942). Nelson Provinces, 1640–1842: From discovery to colonisation, A G Betts,
Nelson.
Forde H I and Philpot H G (Compilers) (1942). Cavalcade of Farming 1840 – 1940, R.L. Ferris,
Wellington.
Fox W (1849). Report on the Settlement of Nelson in New Zealand, Smith, Elder, London. “With
statistical returns from 1843–1847.”
Gilkison R (1930). Early Days in Central Otago: Being Tales of Times Gone By, Otago Daily
Times and Witness Newspapers, Dunedin.
Gilkison R (1936). Early Days in Central Otago: Being Tales of Times Gone By, 2nd ed rev & enl,
Whitcombe and Tombs, Auckland.
Gilkison R (1953). Early Days in Central Otago, 4th ed, Whitcoulls, Christchurch.
Gilkison R (1978). Early Days in Central Otago, 3rd ed, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch.
Grainger J (1953). The Auckland Story: New Zealand’s Queen City and its Citizens Through the
Years, Reed, Wellington.
Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. (1853). Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of
the Corps of Royal Engineers, n.s. v3 (1853) pp13–14: “Approximate census of the native
population of New Zealand, by W Servantes, Esq, late interpreter to the Forces.” pp42–43: “. . .
summary of the latest statistics of the Colony.”
Great Britain. Parliament (1838–60). Parliamentary Papers. The papers relating to New Zealand
contain a variety of statistical information.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1968–71). Irish University Press Series of British
Parliamentary Papers: Colonies: New Zealand, 17vols, Irish University Press, Shannon.
Facsimile editions of papers published 1837–96. Papers include a variety of statistical
information.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1974). Index to British Parliamentary Papers on
Australia and New Zealand, 1800–1899, 2 vols, Irish University Press, Dublin. For locating
information in the original format or in the Irish University Press series.
Grimstone S E (1847). The Southern Settlements of New Zealand: Comprising Statistical
Information from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Year 1846: Together with a Summary of
the Local Ordinances, Proclamations, &, &c, &c, From the Most Authentic Sources, R Stokes,
Wellington. Contains statistics relating to Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson, New Plymouth and
Akaroa. Many tables, including two relating to whaling (p55).
Hamlin J (1915) "Estimate of the Maori population in the North Island circa 1840", Journal of the
Polynesian Society, 24:94, 72–74.
Harcourt M (1940). The Day Before Yesterday: A Short History of the Bay of Islands, A H & A W
Reed, Dunedin.
Hassall C E (1955). A Short History of the Port of Timaru 1852–1955, Timaru Harbour Board,
Timaru.
Hight J and Straubel C R (1957–1971), A History of Canterbury, 3v, Published for Canterbury
Centennial Association [by] Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch. V1. To 1854. General editors:
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James Hight and C R Straubel; v2. General History, 1854-76 and Cultural Aspects, 1850–1950,
edited by W J Gardner; v3. 1876–1950, by W H Scotter.
Hocken T M (1898). Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand (Settlement of Otago),
Sampson, Low, Marston, London.
Hocken T M (1995). Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand (Settlement of Otago),
Facsimile ed, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Hurst H (1941). One Hundred Years in the Sun: Nelson Centennial, 1842–1942, Nelson Early
Settlers’ Memorial Association and South Islands Travel Association.
Hurst H (1942). One Hundred Years in the Sun: Nelson Centennial, 1842–1942, 2nd ed, Nelson
Early Settlers’ Memorial Association and South Islands Travel Association.
Hursthouse C (1849). An Account of the Settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand, from
Personal Observation, During a Residence there of Five Years, Smith, Elder, London. Chapter 5
contains several statistical tables.
Hursthouse C (1975). An Account of the Settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand, from
Personal Observation, During a Residence there of Five Years. Facsimile ed, Capper Press,
Christchurch. Chapter 5 contains several statistical tables.
Hursthouse C (1998). An account of the settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand, from
personal observation, during a residence there of five years. Facsimile ed, Kiwi Publishers,
Christchurch. Chapter 5 contains several statistical tables.
Irvine R F and Alpers O T J (1902). The Progress of New Zealand in the Century, Linscott,
Toronto.
Irvine R F and Alpers O T J (1903). The Progress of New Zealand in the Century, W & R
Chambers, London.
Jacobson, W E M (1940). Akaroa and Banks Peninsula, 1840–1940: Story of French Colonising
Venture and Early Whaling Activities: The First Settlement of Canterbury, Akaroa Mail Co,
Akaroa.
Johnson J (1952). The Story of Lyttelton, 1848–1949, Lyttelton Borough Council, Lyttelton.
Jourdain W R (1925). Land Legislation and Settlement in New Zealand, Govt Print, Wellington.
Lewthwaite G (1950). “The population of Aotearoa: its number and distribution”, New Zealand
Geographer, 6:1, pp35–52. Discusses the estimates of early observers, from Captain James
Cook through to the start of the 1850s.
Lower Hutt Borough Council (1941). Lower Hutt, Past and Present: A Centennial and Jubilee
Publication, Lower Hutt.
McDonald, R A (1929). Te Hekenga, Early Days in Horowhenua, being the Reminiscences of Mr
Rod McDonald, compiled and written by E O’Donnell, G H Bennett and Co, Palmerston North.
Mackay J A (1949). Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., NZ, Gisborne.
Mackay J A (1966). Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., NZ, 2nd ed, Gisborne.
McLeod J (1939). 100 years: A Century of Progress in North Taranaki, New Zealand, McLeod &
Slade, New Plymouth.
McLintock A H (1949). The History of Otago: The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class
Settlement, Otago Centennial Historical Publication, Dunedin.
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McLintock A H (1958). Crown Colony Government in New Zealand, Govt Print, Wellington.
McLintock A H (1975). The History of Otago: The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class
Settlement, Capper Press, Christchurch.
McNab R (1857). Progress of Canterbury, New Zealand, Savill and Edwards Print, London.
Reprinted from the Lyttelton Times of 13 May 1857. Tables of trade statistics for 1856 and 1857
on pp28–31.
McNab R (editor) (1908–14). Historical Records of New Zealand, 2 vols, Govt Print, Wellington.
Vol 1 includes: pp429–431, shipping, Sydney to NZ, September 1817–December 1820; pp713–
714, statistics of trade between Sydney and NZ 1830; pp756–758, Bay of Islands shipping, 1839.
Vol 2 includes: pp606–622, consular returns of American shipping at Bay of Islands, 1839–1841.
McNab R (1913). The Old Whaling Day: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840,
Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch. Includes statistical information and tables relating to the
whaling industry.
McNab R (editor) (1973). Historical Records of New Zealand, 2v, Govt Print, Wellington.
McNab R (1975). The Old Whaling Day: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840,
Golden Press Auckland, 1975.
McNab R (1994). Progress of Canterbury, New Zealand, Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch.
Maning F E (1863). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times, Creighton and Scales,
Auckland 1863.
Maning F E (1863). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times, 2nd ed, Creighton and
Scales, Auckland 1863.
Maning F E (1876). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe,
Bentley, London.
Maning F E (1884). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe,
Bentley, London.
Maning F E (1887). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe,
Bentley, London.
Maning F E (1893). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe,
Australian ed, Bentley, London.
Maning F E (1900). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe,
Macmillan, London.
Maning F E (1906). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe;
also Maori traditions, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch.
Maning F E (1912). Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times; and, A History of the War in
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