Bombay: References, Images and other Information
A map of where some of the Bombay settlers will go and farm and eventually name the area Bombay. In between Pokeno to the South, Razorback to the East, Ramarama to the North and Pukekohe to the West.
Further Reading and References
Alexander Turnbill Library. https://natlib.govt.nz/
Ancestors & Descendants of James & Elizabeth Evans: By Jennifer Clark. Available Auckland Library.
Bombay, the Next 50 years 1965-2015. written by members of the Bombay Community. Available Auckland Library. ISBN 978-0-473-31587-0.
Bombay Ships Logs 1864. Available at the National Maritime Museum in London, England. https://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum
Find A Grave: A online resource of Graves and Memorials. https://www.findagrave.com
National Archives of New Zealand: http://archives.govt.nz/
Papers Past: A online resource on New Zealand Newspapers, Dairies, Letters and Journeys. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
State Library of Victoria: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/
The Forgotten Settlers, Pukekohe 1850-1950. By Heather Walden. Available Auckland Library.
The Green Hill. By William Heerdegen. Available Auckland library.
The Wright Way: A family history. By Patricia E Reid. Available Auckland library.
They Came By Ship: Centenary of Bombay 1865-1965. Published by the Centennial Committee of the Bombay Anniversary and Sports Club. Available: Auckland library.
Thirteen Ships: The Waikato Immigration Scheme 1864-1865. Available Auckland Library.
University of Otago, https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken/
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/
After breakfast and after washing up and sweeping out of 3 small rooms, I started for another of the immigrant settlements about 9 or 10 miles from Drury. These people came in a vessel called the Bombay – so they go by the name of “Bombays”. The Superintendent has located these people in the Forest: he employed the men in opening up roads through the Forest – one road about 3 miles long by two chain wide is completed and being in a straight line and with a gradual ascent for about 2 miles, I think I never saw so beautiful a vista through a mass of magnificent trees as presented itself to my view when I reacht the entrance of the Settlement.
On either wide of the road the Immigrants are to be located, each having 10 acres of land: many of them have cleared perhaps a quarter of an acre, some more – some only just sufficient to build a little hut. They are all at present living in huts formed of the huge leaves of the Nikau: they seem very contented – were evidently pleased to see a clergyman — all but two are members of the Church. Of these one is a Scotch family and therefore Presbyterian and the other Irish and Romanists. The rest are from Dear Old England. One of the good people let me share their dinner: another family kept watch for my return from the further extremity of their long road, and had tea ready for me.
I visited 17 single men and 16 married people – in all I found there were already located there 75 souls – and as many more to come as fresh roads through the forest opened. Several of them asked me the Bishop’s name, – and for three of them I had to write it down.
Extract and map both from The Waikato Journals of Vicesimus Lush 1864-68
Letter: John Morrison to the Colonial Secretary’s Office 26 Oct 1864
Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1865 D3 No.3 p5
Correspondence relative to the Despatch of Emigrants to New Zealand
The NZ Emigration Board to the Colonial Secretary, Auckland; Office of the NZ Emigration
Board, 3, Adelaide-place, London Bridge, London, E.C., 26 Oct 1864
Sir, We have the honor to forward under another copy by this mail copies of correspondence
with H.M. Emigration Commissioners with regard to furnishing Surgeons from their lists for
the NZ Government Emigration Ships we from time to time despatch. We have up to this
time appointed three of their nominated surgeons, and we find the Commissioners in this and
other matters at all times ready to assist us. We have also forwarded copy of letter from Mr
Jonas King, Surgeon-Superintendent of the emigrant ship Matoaka previous to that ship’s
final departure from the Channel on the pilot leaving her, and is the last communication we
have had from the vessel. Upon the whole, it is satisfactory no farther cases of sickness had
occurred, and we trust she will reach her destination without any farther casualty. Since
addressing you on the 26th ultimo, we have received the amount of the bond therein referred
to – viz., £5800; and the money-payment of £3780 we are to receive from the Crown Agents
next month. Beyond these amounts we have received no additional funds for the purposes of
emigration. The £20,000 expected from the Bank of New Zealand has not been received,
and at present there appears little prospect of it being paid. The ship Ganges will be
despatched from Cork with about 400 Irish emigrants on the 2nd November, and we purpose
despatching the Bombay from this port with English emigrants on 22nd November; and Mr
Clark has engaged the ship Viola to sail from the Clyde about same time. The Bombay will
carry about 340 emigrants. To equalise as far as possible the sexes, we forward a
considerable number of unmarried females, per Ganges. The great majority of these intend
remaining in Auckland, and it is with this understanding that we give them free passages. We
have no difficulty whatever in getting any number of young men, unmarried; and probably we
shall in future have to send a greater number of these in every ship. It is almost impossible in
taking families to confine the children under ten years to a reasonable number; in almost all
cases they exceed the limit of two in each family under that age. We take the liberty of
suggesting that some previous arrangement should be made for facilitating the unmarried
females per Ganges in obtaining situations as soon as possible after arriving at Auckland.
There are seventy in number going by that vessel, and if a committee of Auckland ladies
would interest themselves in this matter it would be of very great importance. Wm. S.
Grahame, John Morrison.
Letter: John Morrison to the Colonial Secretary’s Office 26 Sep 1864
Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1865 D3 No.1 p1
Correspondence relative to the Despatch of Emigrants to New Zealand
The NZ Emigration Board to the Colonial Secretary, Auckland; Office of the NZ Emigration
Board, 3, Adelaide-place, London Bridge, London, E.C., 26 Sep 1864
Sir, We have the honour to inform you that, in accordance with the authority received from
the Hon. Reader Wood before leaving England, we have applied to the Crown Agents for the
Colonies for the sum of £10,000 in bonds on account of Emigration Expenditure; and we beg
to enclose herewith copies of Mr Sargeant’s letters to us on the subject, dated 19th and 26th
curt., from which you will observe that only £5800 in debentures have been retained for
emigration purposes, which the Crown Agents are prepared to deliver to us on application,
and for the balance they are prepared to pay us in cash, say £3780, about the latter end of
November. We have not received the additional sum of £20,000 from the Bank of New
Zealand, and no positive assurance is held out to us by the Bank that they will be in a
position at any future time to comply with Mr Wood’s request to pay us over the amount,
notwithstanding the sale of the first million of bonds. We have therefore the honor to request
that you will make such financial arrangements as are required for the vigorous prosecution
of the Emigration Scheme, if it is the wish of the Government that it should be carried on. We
purpose despatching a vessel from Ireland about end of next month, and another from
England about the middle of November. Mr Clark will also have a second ship from Scotland
in November. Wm. S. Grahame, John Morrison
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THE SHIP BOMBAY! 