Alexander Mackay
11 May 1833–1909
(Person)
Farmer, explorer, linguist, magistrate, land court judge.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island, Volume One.
- A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island. Volume Two.
- Land purchases, Middle Island : in continuation of paper G. 6, 1874, presented 29th July, 1874 : presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by command of His Excellency
- Letter from Mr. Alexander Mackay, Forwarding Draft of a New Native Reserves Bill
- Middle Island Native Land Question (Report on.), By Mr. Commissioner Mackay.
- Report on Native Land Claims in Marlborough
- Whakarewarewa School Reserve, Motueka (Report of Mr. Commissioner Mackay upon the).
Mentioned in
- A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.
- [title page]
- No. 5. — Memorandum by Mr. Mackay on the Lighthouse Reserve Question
- Enclosure in No.2. — Return showing the proportion of Population to Reserves at Kaiapoi and Moeraki
- No. 1. — Mr. Alexander Mackay to Mr. Donald McLean
- No. 2. — Mr. Donald McLean to Mr. Alexander Mackay
- No. 5. — The Under Secretary, Native Department, to Mr. Alexander Mackay
- No. 6. — Mr. Alexander Mackay to the Under Secretary, Native Department
- Mr. Alexander Mackay to the Under Secretary, Native Department
- No. 5. — Mr. Alexander Mackay to the Native Secretary
- No. 8. — The Assistant Under Secretary to Mr. Alexander Mackay
- No. 9. — Mr. Alexander Mackay to the Assistant Under Secretary
- Mr. Alexander Mackay to Under Secretary, Native Department
- A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island. Volume Two.
- [title page]
- [Census Of The Native Population Of The Southern Islands]
- Schedule
- No. 1. — Memorandum on the origination and management of Native Reserves in the Southern Island
- No. 38. — Return of appointments made in the Southern Island under the provisions of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," and "The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862."
- No. 51. — Alexander Mackay, Esq., to C. Davie, Esq
- The grants to the Church of England at Motueka, Province of Nelson
- [Statement of Alexander Mackay]
- Copy of a memorandum on Native reserves exhibited by Mr. Alexander Mackay, dated January 3rd, 1870
- Mr. Alexander Mackay, Commissioner of Native Reserves, to the Hon. the Native Minister
- Return showing the total acreage set apart for Native purposes in the Provinces in the South Island
- The Secretary for Public Works, to Alexander Mackay, Esq., Native Commissioner
- Index to Alexander Mackay's — "Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the — South Island"
- No. 44. — Copy of Conveyance of part Section 161, Motueka, to the Central Board of Education for the Province of Nelson
- [Deed of Conveyance]
- [letter from James MacKay, George Fyffe and Alexander MacKay]
- Copy of a letter from District Surveyor, Okarito, Westland, to Alexander Mackay, Native — Commissioner, Nelson, concerning certain alterations made in the area of some of the Native — Reserves in that district
- Acts Affecting Native Lands, Etc. (In English and Maori), Passed by the General Assembly, Session 1906.
- An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand
- Aureretanga: Groans of the Maoris
- Henry Lawson Among Maoris
- History of New Zealand
- History of New Zealand. Vol. II.
- History of New Zealand. Vol. III.
- Lore and history of the South Island Maori
- Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand
- Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One
- Middle Island Native Land Question (Report on.), By Mr. Commissioner Mackay
- Nga Korero Paremete: 1896-1899
- Report on Native Land Claims in Marlborough
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1877.
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1879, No. 2.
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1881.
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1882.
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1885.
- Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1896.
- Statement by H. K. Taiaroa, M.H.R., on the Report by Judge Fenton on the Petition on the Ngaitahu Tribe
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. III]
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
- The Exploration of New Zealand
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
Cited in
- Henry Lawson Among Maoris
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