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                    [0] => These are collections of papers or individual documents that include the following subjects: the Oruanui block, the Napier and Paki Paki railway, Manihera's claim to land in Wairarapa, the deserter Private Thomas Wakefield, the Waipukeru ferry, decisions by H.Turton (Commissioner to investigate native titles under the New Zealand Settlement Act), the Waipukurau Small Farm Association, the Taradale Road, 1874, arbitration for the Papakura block, miscellaneous statistics, returns of provincial employees, and other miscellaneous papers.
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            [name] => Superintendent's miscellaneous papers
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            [authenticityNote] => This series description was compiled as part of a project to capture the finding aids created prior to 1987 into the GAIMS system.  Dates of series are based on the dates of holdings.

Provenance:
The records were stored in an attic of the old Provincial Council chambers in Napier until 1900, when they were sent to the Colonial Secretary's Department. They were inventoried c. 1907 and some of the archives were subsequently disposed of.  Some were sent to the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Napier, some of the printed papers were sent to the Government Printer for distribution, and some were destroyed. 

The remaining archives were moved to the Police Headquarters Building in 1911 when water damage was discovered. In 1919 they were reorganised and re-listed. A comparison of this and the earlier inventory show that some further records may have been lost.

Both inventories actually covered the records of three agencies - the Hawke's Bay Provincial Government, the Agent for the General Government at Hawke's Bay and the earlier archives of the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Napier. These had probably been stored together in the Provincial Council chambers and were intermingled to some extent. 

The papers were transferred to the Archives c. 1946 and the three groups were separated.  The arrangement of the record groups followed their original arrangement as closely as possible, but in cases where the papers were completely confused or where they had lost all trace of their old order, new series and groupings were made.

For full details see  "National Archives Preliminary Inventory No.6"
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            [history] => 
These are collections of papers or individual documents that deal with the following subjects:
- Captain Curling's case, 1870;
- correspondence with banks relating to a loan of £60,000;
- Towgood's case, 1869-71;
- the Oruanui block, 1872;
- the Napier and Paki Paki railway, 1875;
- awards in recognition of services rendered by Maori, 1865-66;
- the abduction of Henrici's daughters, 1866;
- Manihera's claim to land in Wairarapa, 1864-66;
- the deserter Private Thomas Wakefield, 1867;
- the Waipukeru ferry, 1859-60;
- decisions by H.Turton (Commissioner to investigate native titles under the New Zealand Settlement Act), 1873-74;
- the township at Waiapu, 1866;
- the investigations into the charges against Grindel, 1869;
- the S.S."Huntress";
- the Waipukurau Small Farm Association, 1876;
- the Taradale Road, 1874;
- arbitration for the Papakura block;
- miscellaneous statistic;
- returns of provincial employees, and other miscellaneous papers.
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => None.  This is an artificial series created by Archives New Zealand.
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => No Restrictions
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