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191 x 140 mm. A view showing the small settlement of Kinloch on the lakeside, with the Humboldt Range rising in the background. The range, which lies north west of Queenstown, stretches northward along the shores of the lake and beyond.

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198 x 148 mm. A view of the countryside in the Hutt area north of Wellington, showing fields interspersed with palm trees.

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201 x 151 mm. A view showing the priest, or ‘Tohunga’ (a word basically meaning an expert, of which there are several classes), standing in front of the decorated inner wall of the meeting house. The rafters are painted in a typical Maori motif (probably in red, black and white), while the walls are constructed of lattice ‘tukutuku’ panels forming a geometric decoration.

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194 x 142 mm. A view looking across fields towards the centre of the town. Invercargill, situated on the banks of the Waihopai River, is the southernmost city in New Zealand, first settled by James Kelly and his wife in 1855.

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206 x 144 mm. A view looking out onto a small bay surrounded by woodland in the centre of which is a small island. Stewart Island is the most southerly part of New Zealand, separated from the south coast of the South Island by Foveaux Strait.

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205 x 145 mm. A view looking down from a small settlement and across, with mountains in the distance. In the foreground stand a few farm buildings and some cleared land.

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198 x 138 mm. A view looking along the river, with woods running down to the water’s edge. The Makarewa lies just north of Invercargill at the southernmost tip of the South Island.

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194 x 148 mm. A view along a fiord, with mountain ranges in the distance.

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152 x 197 mm. A photograph composed of a montage of Maori portraits, interspersed with landscape studies and photographs of Maori houses. The caption reads ‘Maori Land. The Maori portraits are originals-taken from life. Burton Brothers, photographers, Number forty-one Princes Street’.

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190 x 140 mm. A view looking along a river in the Milford Sound area, with trees on either side and mountains in the distance.

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180 x 143 mm. A view looking across the Sound, with mountains rising steeply from the far shore (though here almost faded into invisibility).

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180 x 143 mm. A view looking across Milford Sound towards Mitre Peak which rises from the water’s edge on the far shore.

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190 x 138 mm. A view looking across the lake, with hills and mountains rising on either side. The stillness of the water has allowed the photographer to capture a perfect reflection of the scene in the lake.

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185 x 144 mm. A view looking along the river which runs through the bottom of the gorge, with dense woodland on either side.

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184 x 146 mm. A view looking along a valley at the foot of the mountain, showing part of Mount Cook at the left and part of another peak at the right.

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147 x 183 mm. A view looking between trees towards the distant mountain, of which little can be seen due to fading.

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193 x 138 mm. A view looking between two mountains towards Mt. Cook in the distance. All detail has been lost from Mt. Cook and it is scarcely distinguishable against the sky.

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190 x 139 mm. A view looking north from the head of Lake Wakatipu, with the mountain rising in the background to a height of 9250 ft.

Scope and Contents An album containing mounted prints, most measuring approximately 200 x 140 mm, depicting the landscape and people of New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa. All the prints except for ten are signed and captioned by Burton Brothers. The ten unsigned photographs, mainly of Maori warriors, are the work of American Photo Company, Auckland (Y3089/53-54) and Pulman Studio, Auckland (Y3089D/58-65). The album breaks down into geographical locations thus:65 prints of New Zealand10 prints of...

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194 x 139 mm. A view of the school, with children playing outside. The foundation stone for this ornate building, which was designed by S.C. Farr, was laid in 1873.

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199 x 147 mm. A view looking down on the old Maori village which lies on the shore of Lake Rotorua, with a cultivated garden in the foreground and scattered Maori huts around the lakeside.

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181 x 144 mm. A view showing a small curved beach on the island with trees reaching to the water’s edge.

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193 x 137 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined river, with school or church buildings beyond the trees.

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190 x 138 mm. A view looking down on to the river which flows through the steep wooded gorge, with mountains in the distance. Otira lies in the Southern Alps near Arthur’s Pass.

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195 x 140 mm. A view looking along a small stream, with trees on either side.