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Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

imageMatoaka

Sailed 13 November 1861
Arrived 10th February 1862 at Lyttelton

View Matoaka passenger list as PDF [4.3 MB]

All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1862, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers listed and account of voyage of the Matoaka.

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 15 February 1862, p. 4
Summary: Provincial Government immigrants on board the Matoaka listed plus analysis of trades.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
Commissioner’s report from New Zealand Yesteryears

More information about finding passenger lists can be found in the Family History guide.

Microfilm copies of newspapers including The Press, The Lyttelton Times and The Star are available in the Family History area, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Note about image quality

The embarkation lists were microfilmed, and digital images created from the film.
The originals were faint so black pages were inserted to help contrast of text, and the filming was manipulated to help increase contrast as much as possible.
Blank ledger pages were not filmed.
The limitations of the originals mean some pages may appear faint, and some pages may have text from the reverse showing through.
The text within the PDF documents is not searchable.

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