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A poster of the Shaw, Savill Line promoting immigration to New Zealand in the 1850s, featuring the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.

Shaw, Savill, and Co. of Billiter Street, London was a shipping company set up to transport both produce and passengers between Great Britain and New Zealand.[1]

Robert Edward Shaw and Walter Savill, employees of Willis, Gann and Company, a London ship-broking and chartering firm set up on their own account in 1858 and began chartering ships.[2] They bought their first ship in 1865.

The company, by then a partnership of Walter Savill and James William Temple, agreed in November 1882 to join the Albion line in 1883 to form Shaw Savill and Albion Company Limited.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Prospectus The Times, London, England Saturday, 11 November 1882 Issue 30662
  2. ^ Government Emigration, Steam to New Zealand. The Times, London, England Wednesday, 31 March 1858 Issue 22955
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