George Innes' 1860s business notes reveal secrets of early New Zealand life.
The article "Innes family : Papers" provides details about the expenses, accounts, and activities of the Innes family in the 1860s. It includes information on building a cottage and a bakers oven, rents received, family's shoe accounts, a journey to Hokitika, recipes, and business notes. George Innes, a builder, lived in Hokitika, Otago, and Christchurch, arriving in Lyttelton in 1851. The collection also contains a miners right issued to George Innes, a manuscript of business notes, and a copy of Wellington Girls College Reporter.