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138 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘ILES PHOTO. 54. THAMES. N.Z’.

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145 x 183 mm. A view of the path beside the creek which leads to a small footbridge amongst the thick woodland.

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...

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75 x 76 mm. An ornate archway in a fence, decorated with four figures.

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75 x 74 mm. A view showing the tour party disembarking from the train at Hangatiki Station.

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190 x 136 mm. A view looking down on the small settlement of farms and fields, with a river running through the valley at the right of the picture and mountains in the background.

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Scope and Contents 360 x 265 mm. A view looking towards the railway bridge over the River Ashley, taken from the river side. Additional information on the caption states: ‘trunk line north of Canterbury. Total length 3055 feet, comprising 50 spans 60 feet, two of 14 feet 6 inches, and two of 13 feet. The contract was let on the 17th February 1873. Bridge opened for traffic on 17th March, 1875, cost about £26, 500, and footway, £1, 278. Designed by John Carruthers Esq, Engineer in Chief of New Zealand, and...

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192 x 141 mm. A view looking across a pool on the other side of which two Maori women, their children and a dog pose for the photographer.

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146 x 201 mm A study of a Maori woman holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, and standing in front of a hut. Lake Tarewera lies in the hot spring district south of Lake Rotorua.

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363 x 266 mm. A view looking along the steeply rising banks of the lake, with a man sitting in a rowing boat at the lakeside in the foreground.

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200 x 143 mm. A portrait of a group of Maori women standing and sitting in front of the entrance of an assembly house. This group are all in traditional costume, probably their finery especially brought out for the photographer. Two of the girls wear cloaks made from Kiwi feathers (kahu-kiwi) and one a cloak decorated with black cords (korowai).

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197 x 142 mm. A portrait showing Maori women and children grouped in front of a house. Most of the women are wearing European clothes, apart from one older woman who wears a cloak decorated with long black cords (korowai).

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These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

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284 x 231 mm. A view looking down a hillside and on to the City of Auckland with small residential houses and gardens in the foreground. In the background Northcote Harbour can be seen, with the North Shore and Devonport beyond, and Rangitoto in the distance.

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184 x 144 mm. A view looking down from Mt Eden on to the city, with the harbour in the distance. All detail of the city has been lost through fading.

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200 x 150 mm. A view looking down from a different part of Mt Eden on to the city and harbour, with most of the detail lost through fading.

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199 x 148 mm. A view looking down on the suburbs of Auckland, with well–spaced houses, gardens and fields. The harbour can be seen in the distance.

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206 x 143 mm. A view looking down on the suburbs of Auckland similar to the previous plate, with the harbour visible in the distance.

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199 x 149 mm. A view looking down on scattered houses, gardens and fields on the outskirts of Auckland. In this plate the town is giving way to country scenery.

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290 x 190 mm. A view looking down onto the city, and beyond it to the harbour. Auckland, founded by Governor Hobson in 1840, in this photograph is still a small and neat city, with broad streets and open spaces between the suburbs at the left, and the waterfront.

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195 x 147 mm. A view taken from hilly ground looking across the harbour towards the city. All detail of the city has been lost through fading.

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202 x 146 mm. A view from the beach on the North Shore looking across Northcote Harbour towards the city. No details of the city are visible through a combination of distance and fading.