The pioneer land surveyors of New Zealand
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Surveyors
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New Zealand
Format: Manuscript
Copyright date: 1977
Description: Manuscript prepared by C.A. Lawn for the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors. It covers the history of surveying in New Zealand, including the establishment of the Department of Lands and Survey and the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, and brief biographies of 450 early New Zealand surveyors.
Notes: Reprinted in 2001 in 5 volumes.
Table of contents: title: Part I. 1840 - 1853 Chapters 1 to 8; title: Surveys under the Colonial Government and under The New Zealand Land Company; title: Part II. 1854 – 1876 - Chapters 9 to 20; title: Surveys during the Provincial Era; title: Surveys for the Land Claims Commission; title: Surveys for the Native Lands Purchase Department; title: Part III. 1877 -  cl 1900 - Chapters 21 to 33; title: The Establishment of the Department of Lands and Survey; title: The Founding of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors; title: Part IV. Brief Biographies of 450 Early New  Zealand Surveyors