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Unknown 1321

71187/Napier City 704

66181/Auckland Region 630

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35923/New Plymouth District 504

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69537/Wanganui 146

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4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 4673

39729/Ormond, John Davies, 1831?-1917 324

42066/Halse, Henry, 1820-1888 313

Unknown 214

57168/McLean, Archibald John, 1816-1881 164

45314/McLean, Susan Douglas, 1828-1852 150

45184/Rogan, John, 1823-1899 121

13976/Browne, Thomas Robert Gore (Sir), 1807-1887 108

45664/Worgan, George Tovey Buckland, fl 1864-1873 108

45250/Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904 101

44576/Locke, Samuel, 1836-1890 92

1581/Pollen, Daniel (Dr), 1813-1896 88

37435/Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898 90

2641/Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898 86

43279/Sinclair, Andrew (Dr), 1794-1861 85

12768/Maning, Frederick Edward, 1811?-1883 80

45641/Wilson, Peter (Dr), 1791-1863 80

45138/Rhodes, Joseph, 1826-1905 76

43559/Clarke, Henry Tacy, 1825-1902 75

37438/Parris, Robert Reid, 1816?-1904 74

16423/Fox, William (Sir), 1812?-1893 72

42856/Kemp, Henry Tacy, 1818-1901 70

57169/McLean, Alexander, 1819-1873 70

480910/McLean, Annabella, 1832-1920 66

4299/Smith, Thomas Henry, 1824-1907 63

43673/Fannin, George Thomas, 1830-1908 60

42068/Halse, William, 1816-1882 58

3388/Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903 57

43618/Deighton, Samuel, 1822-1900 57

481/Colenso, William, 1811-1899 54

32249/Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899 49

2687/Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 47

3637/Domett, Alfred, 1811-1887 47

43682/Fitzgerald, Michael, fl 1840s-1873 47

475540/McLean, Catherine Isabella, d 1880 47

195842/Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898 41

44263/Harris, John Williams, 1808-1872 41

45608/Wilson, Helen Ann, 1793?-1871 39

3127/Williams, William (Bishop), 1800-1878 37

37436/Russell, Henry Robert, 1817-1891 36

45121/Porter, Thomas William, 1844-1920 33

814902/Campbell, James H, fl 1862-1876 33

27804/Clarke, George, 1798-1875 32

16780/Schnackenberg, Cort Henry, 1812-1880 31

248766/Moule, William (Colonel), fl 1863-1900 31

45461/Turton, Henry Hanson (Rev), 1818-1887 31

44054/Fraser, James (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1841-1870 30

2561/Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916 28

43488/Biggs, Reginald Newton, 1830?-1868 28

44520/King, Henry, 1783-1874 28

494422/Te Hakeke, Kawana Hunia, fl 1860s-1870s 28

1676/Whiteley, John, 1806-1869 27

40107/Featherston, Isaac Earl (Dr), 1813-1876 26

45125/Preece, James Wathan, fl 1861-1876 26

3673/Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873 25

45127/Puckey, Edward Walter, fl 1863-1880 25

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Series 1 Inward letters (English) 4002

Series 7 Official papers 737

Series 9 Inwards family letters 544

Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) 475

Series 4 Drafts and fragments of outwards letters 58

Series 5 Diaries and notebooks 26

Series 6 Telegrams 11

Series 3 Letter books 10

Series 13 Other papers 4

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587114/Ngati Koata o Ngati Toa 2

17244/Ngati Tamatera 1

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18386/Ngati Ira 1

280163/Ngati Ruaka 1

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