Produced by Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders A NARRATIVE OF A NINE MONTHS’ RESIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1827 BY AUGUSTUS EARLE DRAUGHTSMAN TO HIS MAJESTY’S SURVEYING SHIP “THE BEAGLE.” Whitecombe & Tombs Limited Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z.; Melbourne and London 1909 INTRODUCTION. The author of this account of New Zealand in the