The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)

Mr. S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S

Mr. S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S.

Mr. S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S.

Mr. Smith, who became Surveyor-General of New Zealand, carried out survey work under perilous conditions in Taranaki during the war period. He died at New Plymouth in 1922. His diary narrative of adventures in South Taranaki, 1866–67, is given in the Appendices.