This note was used to pay workers at the Enderby settlement at Port Ross in the Auckland Islands. The bearer was promised payment of £1 sterling by the Southern Whale Fishery Company, which had been established by Charles Enderby to develop a major whaling enterprise based in the Auckland Islands.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference:
GH007483
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