| Description | Letters, reports and papers sent to CMS by S. Kempthorne, with related notes and correspondence. Subjects include: money remittances, land question including endowments, the printing press, the bishop and the boat 'Columbine'. Also including reference to individual missionaries, survey expenses and detailed reports of mission stations 1843-1848; the case for the opinion of the arbitrator, 1848; correspondence, notes and papers relating to solicitors and legal action, 1847-1848. |
| Administrative History | Sampson Kempthorne was asked by CMS to map and value CMS lands in New Zealand and to advise on monetary transactions; his high charges for the work led to legal proceedings in England. |