Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The New Zealand question and the rights of aborigines
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
T. C. Newby
Place
Date
1848
Physical Description
vi, 418, iv, 53, 16 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
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Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 17564 stamped on spine with 'Presented by J.T. Mackelvie.'
Content
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Introduction; and comprising a brief history of New Zealand, from the period of its discovery to that of its becoming a British Colony.
CHAPTER II.
On the "Right by Discovery;" particularly in reference to an already peopled country: to wit, New Zealand.
CHAPTER III.
How "Right by Discovery" is perfected; and how Great Britain renounced those which She is assumed to have had, in relation to New Zealand.
CHAPTER IV.
Under what conditions Great Britain acquired the Sovereignty over New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi.
CHAPTER V.
The Treaty of Waitangi and its Provisions.
CHAPTER VI.
Observations on the Treaty of Waitangi.
CHAPTER VII.
On the abstract principles of Land-tenure, and the Land-rights of Aborigines.
CHAPTER VIII.
New Zealand under Governors Hobson, Shortland, and Fitzroy. The Land-Question.
CHAPTER IX.
The Charter of 1846, and its accompanying Letter of Instructions.
CHAPTER X.
A few last words. Summary.
POSTSCRIPT.
Appendix A .
Appendix to the New Zealand question being the opinions thereupon of joseph Phillimore, esq., d.c.l. and Shirley f. Woolmer, esq., of the middle temple, barrister-at-law. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher, 72, Mortimer st., Cavendish sq. 1848.
Appendix B.
Concerning the settlement of nelson, New Zealand. A few plain facts addressed to purchasers of land. Comprising the petition of the nelson settlers, to the house of commons. London: T. C. Newby, 72, Mortimer street, Cavendish square. 1848.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare books--New Zealand--19th century; New Zealand--Colonisation--History--19th century]
Hocken, 137-8 Includes bibliographical references.
Associated Notes
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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