| FACING PAGE |
| [Captain William Hobson, R.N.] | Frontispiece |
| [Plan of Auckland, 1840] | |
| [“He Taua! He Taua!” A War Party! Sounding the Alarmof an Approaching War Party] | 1 |
| [Interior of Maori Pa, about the year 1840] | 16 |
| [Auckland, 1840, showing the Tents of First Settlers] | 33 |
| [Facsimile of the original Deed of Purchase of the Site of theCity of Auckland] | 40 |
| [Translation of original Deed of Purchase] | 41 |
| [Plan of Auckland, 1842] | 48 |
| [Queen Street in 1843, showing Stocks in front of Gaol] | 53 |
| [Commercial Bay, 1844] | 60 |
| [Auckland, Circa 1852] | 65 |
| [Auckland, 1852, from Hobson Street] | 69 |
| [Auckland, 1852, from Smale’s Point] | 71 |
| [Auckland, 1852, from Britomart Barracks] | 74 |
| [Auckland, 1852, from Queen Street Wharf] | 76 |
| [Mayors of the City of Auckland] | 80 |
| [Sir George Grey, K.C.B.] | 85 |
| [Auckland, 1862, Maori War Canoe Race in progress] | 92 |
| [New Zealand’s First Parliament Building] | 97 |
| [Auckland, 1876, showing Fort Britomart in course of demolition] | 112 |
| [Auckland in 1884. View taken from Hobson and WellesleyStreets] | 128 |
| [Calliope Dock] | 145 |
| [Auckland Public Library, 1880] | 149 |
| [Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists’ Museum, To-day] | 149 |
| [Queen Street Wharf, 1887] | 156 |
| [View of Auckland from Rangitoto] | 165 |
| [Plan of Auckland Waterfront To-day] | 172 |
| [Queen Street To-day] | 181 |
| [View of Auckland’s Harbour Frontage taken from a Seaplane] | 188 |
| [Albert Park, formerly the Site of Albert Barracks] | 197 |
| [Auckland from the North Shore] | 200, 201 |
| [Auckland from the Ferry Buildings, looking Eastward] | 200, 201 |
| [The Town Hall with the Sir George Grey Statue] | 204 |
| [Photograph of Auckland taken from a Seaplane] | 216 |
| [H.R.H. The Prince of Wales at the Town Hall] | 232 |
| [Map of the City of Auckland at End of Book.] | |
