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James Coutts Crawford
(1817–1889)

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New Zealand naval officer, farmer, scientist, explorer and public servant; F.G.S.; more commonly known as Coutts Crawford

Works

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Contributions to the Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

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On Boulders and Travelled Blocks in the Wellington Province (1868)
On the Geology of the North Island of New Zealand (1868)
On Building Materials for New Zealand (1868)
On Indications of Changes in the Level of the Coast Line of the Southern Part of the North Island (1868)
On the Orthography of the Maori Language (1868)
Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Wellington Philosophical Society (1869)
On Irrigation as applied to the growth of New Zealand Flax (1869)
On Alluvial Gold in the Province of Wellington (1869)
On Thorough Drainage (1869)
On the Geology of the Province of Wellington (1869)
On the preservation of meat by bi-sulphite of lime (1869)
On dusting vines and fruit trees, affected with blight, with flour of sulphur, etc. (1869)
On an Adaptation of Water Power (1870)
Australian Geography and Topography, with some New Zealand Comparisons and Contrasts (1871)
Directions for Raising and Spreading Ammophila arundinacea and Elymus arenarius (1872)
Notes on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington Harbour (1872)
On South American Geology and Topography (1872)
Port Nicholson an Ancient Fresh-water Lake (1873)
Did the great Cook Strait River flow to the North-West or to the South-East? (1874)
On the Old Lake System of New Zealand, with some Observations as to the Formation of the Canterbury Plains (1875)
On the Igneous Rocks of the Province of Wellington (1875)
On the Probability of Finding Extensive Coal Deposits within the Province of Wellington (1875)
On Hedges and Hedge Plants (1876)
On New Zealand Coffee (1876)
An attempt at an Explanation of the Origin of Mineral Veins, particularly those of Gold and Silver (1876)
On Probable Reasons why few Fossils are found in the Upper Palæozoic, and possible Triassic Rocks of New Zealand (1876)
On Gold in the Wellington Provincial District (1877)
Some Remarks on the Plant called Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum asperrimum) (abstract) (1877)
Further Remarks upon Prickly Comfrey, with Description of Mode of storing it and other Forage Plants (abstract) (1877)
On the Improvement of Wellington Harbour in providing additional Wharf Accommodation (abstract) (1877)
How New Zealand may continue to grow Wheat and other Cereals (1878)
An Account of Improvements on Miramar Peninsula (1878)
On Wind-formed Lakes (1879)
On Bidwill's Front Hills (1879)
On Solar Heat (1881)
On the Search for Concealed Coal in New Zealand (1882)
Manufacture of Granolithic Cement (1882)
On suitable Hedge Plants for New Zealand (1882)
On harvesting Crops independent of Weather (1882)
On Ensilage (1882)
Remarks upon Mr. Travers' Paper on Sand-fixing (1882)
Remarks concerning the Greenway Floating Breakwater (1883)
On the Storage of Energy by utilizing Water-power (1883)
On Water-worn Pebbles in the Soil (1884)
On Changes in the Hataitai Valley (1884)
Notes on an Excursion to the Islands of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, etc. (1884)
The Maori Language, with Remarks on the Reform of English Spelling (1885)
On Maori Ancestry (1887)
Notice of a Discovery of Illuminating Gas (1887)

Works about Crawford

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"Crawford, James Coutts," in The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, by Philip Mennell, London: Hutchinson & Co. (1892)
"Crawford, James Coutts," in Royal Naval Biography, by John Marshall, London: John Marshall (1823–35)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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