Address of his Honor, the Superintendent on opening the Seventeenth Session of the Provincial Council of Canterbury, N.Z., 22nd October, 1861
The address by William Sefton Moorhouse provides an overview of the development of the Canterbury province, economic growth and general progress in the previous year.
A paper advocating the formation of a North Canterbury defence league
The author’s concern about a war between the British Empire and Germany leads him to propose the formation of a league to defend the port of Lyttelton and Canterbury. 1909.
Christchurch Lunatic Asylum Annual Report, 1868
The report, written by E.W. Seager the asylum superintendent, lists registration, treatments, entertainments and employment for the patients, a case study and statistics.
Condemnation of land reclamation at Lyttelton
Pamphlet authored by Joshua Little, an elected member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, outlining his views on, and opposition to, land reclamation in Lyttelton.
