Author:James Coutts Crawford

James Coutts Crawford
(1817–1889)

James Coutts Crawford

Works

Contributions to the Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

• 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

• "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)