The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920

by John Barr

[29] The National Efficiency Board consisted of Messrs. W. Ferguson (Wellington), Chairman, W. D. Hunt (Otago), James Frostick (Canterbury) and J. H. Gunson (Auckland).

[Index]

• ABATTOIRS, [204]
• ACACIA Cottage, [51]
• ADELAIDE, Melbourne and Otago S.N. Co., [118]
• ADMIRALTY House built by Harbour Board, [189]
• ADMIRALTY House, old, used as University College [162]
• AFRICA, Russian Cruiser, visited Auckland, [157]
• AGRICULTURE, State of, in early ’50s, [89];
• Progress of, [183]
• AHURIRI, steamer, [116]
• ALAMEDA, steamer, [169-70]
• ALBERT Barracks, Description of, [82-3];
• Used as Grammar School, [129]
• ALBERT Cars used for city and suburban travelling, [105]
• ALBERT Street Congregational Church, [138]
• ALDINGA, steamer, [119]
• ALEXANDRA Convalescent Home, [210]
• ALEXANDRA Street P.
• Methodist Church, [138]
• ALFRED, Prince. See [Edinburgh], Duke of
• ALHAMBRA, steamer, [119]
• ALL SAINTS Church, Ponsonby, [134]
• AMALGAMATION of suburban districts with city, [182]
• AMUSEMENTS in early ’fifties, [84-5]
• ANNA, proposed township of, [53]
• ANNA WATSON, ship, [38-9]
• ARAWA, steamer, [170]
• ARCHER, H.M.S., [189]
• ARCH HILL amalgamated with city, [144]
• ARMISTICE, 1918, [231]
• ARROWSMITH, W., bequeathed £23,000 to Orphan Home and Mrs. Cowie’s Women’s Home [210]
• ART Gallery. See [Public Library, Art Gallery, etc.]
• ATKINSON, H. W., presented park to city, [202]
• AUCKLAND Chronicle and N.Z. Colonist, newspaper, [62]
• AUCKLAND (city), Founded by Captain Hobson, [35-42];
• Named by Captain Hobson, [37], [236-8];
• Boundaries, 1840, [43];
• 1851, [80];
• 1871, [144];
• 1921, [145];
• In 1842, [47-8];
• First plan made by Felton Mathew, [50];
• Its features, [51];
• Threatened by Maoris, [57];
• In early ’50s, [80-90];
• Threatened invasion by natives in 1851, [90-2];
• Takes defensive measures at outbreak of Maori trouble, [98];
• Adult male population conscripted, [100];
• Blockhouses for defence erected during Maori wars, [101];
• Militia ordered on active service, [101];
• Amalgamated with adjacent districts, [144-5];
• Population, [239].
• See also [City Council].
• AUCKLAND City Council. See [City Council]; [Municipal Government].
• AUCKLAND-ONEHUNGA Railway line opened, [103]
• AUCKLAND Provincial Council, [96];
• Library transferred to Public Library, [147]
• AUCKLAND Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association, [223-4]
• AUCKLAND Railway Station, [103]
• AUCKLAND Standard, newspaper, [62]
• AUCKLAND Star, newspaper, [66-7]
• AUCKLAND Steam Packet Company, [117]
• AUCKLAND Timber Company’s mill burned, [167]
• AUCKLAND Times, newspaper, [62-3]
• AUCKLAND Vaudeville Employee’s Association equip Children’s Hospital as a War Memorial [73]
• AUCKLAND Weekly News, newspaper, [65]
• AUCKLAND-WELLINGTON railway inaugurated, [104]
• AUSTRALIAN Squadron, Visit of, [189]
• AUSTRALIA, steamer, [169]
• AZUMA, Japanese warship, Visit of, [191]
• BADEN-POWELL, Lt.-Gen., Sir R. S. S., Visit of, [187-8]
• BALCLUTHA, steamer, [117]
• BANK of Auckland, [109]
• BANK of Australasia, [110]
• BANK of New South Wales, [108]
• BANK of New Zealand [108-9], [143]
• BANKS, [70-1], [108-10], [174], [214]
• BAPTIST Church, [136-7]
• BATHS, [203]
• BERESFORD Street Congregational Church, [138]
• BIRDWOOD, Gen. Sir W. R., Visit of, [228]
• BLOCKHOUSES erected around Auckland for defence, [101]
• BOER War. See [South African War].
• BONITE, French warship, crew of, assist at fire, 1865, [121-2]
• BOOM, [141]
• BOROUGH of Auckland incorporated, [77-8]
• BOUNDARIES of the city, [43], [80], [144-5]
• BOWEN, Sir G. F., welcomed Duke of Edinburgh to Auckland, [127]
• BOYS’ Institute, [177]
• BREAKWATER, [152]
• BRETT, H. M. presented pipe organ to Town Hall, [207]
• BRITISH KING, steamer, [170]
• BRITOMART Barracks, [82-3]
• BRITOMART, H.M. Brig, visited the Waitemata, [43]
• BRITOMART Point, named after H.M. brig Britomart, [43];
• Demolition of, [153]
• BUILDINGS, Early [44-5], [81-2], [120]
• BUSSES used for city and suburban travelling, [105]
• BUTCHERS’ strike, [218]
• BYCROFT’S fire, [196]
• CALIFORNIA Line, [168]
• CALLIOPE Dock opened, [155];
• Disaster in, [198]
• CALLIOPE, H.M.S., [155]
• CAMPBELL, Sir J. Logan settled on the Waitemata, [42];
• His pioneering experiences, [44];
• Describes the social and economic conditions of the ’40s, [45-7];
• Welcomed Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, [183];
• Presented Cornwall Park, [183];
• Resumé of his life [184-6]
• CANADIAN Government Merchant Marine, [215]
• CANADIAN Raider, steamer [215]
• CAPITAL, Auckland selected as site of, [35-42];
• N.Z. Company’s opposition, [38];
• Removed to Wellington, [38], [107]
• CENSUS. See [Population].
• CHALLENGER, H.M.S., [126]
• CHORAL Hall, [176];
• Incorporated in University College, [161-2]
• CHURCHES, [67-9], [133-40]
• CHURCH of England [67-8], [133-4]
• CHURCH of S. Francis de Sales, [135]
• CHURCH of the Holy Sepulchre, [134]
• CIRCULAR Saw Line, [113-4]
• CITY Chambers burned, [193]
• CITY COUNCIL. Auckland made first borough in N.Z., [77-8];
• Its history, 1851-70, [77-9];
• Its history, continued, 1900-20, [199-207];
• Constituted under Municipal Corporations Act, [144];
• Finances and valuation, [207]
• CITY, of, Melbourne, steamer, [118], [169]
• CITY of New York, steamer [169]
• CITY of San Francisco, steamer, [169]
• CITY of Sydney, steamer, [169]
• CLARK, A., elected first Mayor of Auckland, [78]
• CLAUD Hamilton, steamer [118]
• CLAYMORE, steamer, rams Kapanui, [198]
• COACHES, Travel by, [104]
• COAL discovered in the Waikato and Kawakawa, [102]
• COASTAL Steamer Service, [115-7]
• COLIMA, steamer, [169]
• COLONIAL Bank of Issue, [70]
• COMMERCE, [70], [89], [174-6], [183]
• COMMERCE Street Fire, 1901, [192]
• COMMERCIAL Bank of Australia, [214]
• COMPULSORY, military service of adult male population of Auckland, [100]
• CONGREGATIONAL Church, [138]
• CONSTITUTION Act passed, [95]
• CORIO, steamer, [116]
• CORNWALL and York, Visit of Duke and Duchess of, [183-4]
• CORNWALL Park, [184], [186]
• COROMANDEL Goldfields [93-5]
• COROMANDEL Steamship Co., [171]
• COSTLEY, E., Bequest of, [177]
• COSTLEY Home, [74], [177]
• COST of Living, 1841, [48-49];
• 1851, [86-7]
• COURT, J., equipped children’s playground, [201]
• CRAIG, J. J. (Ltd.), Stables burned, [195]
• CUSTOMS Street Fire, 1901, [192]
• CYPHRENES, steamer, [169]
• DACOTAH, steamer, [168]
• DAVIS Cup Contest, 1920, [231]
• DEVONPORT Steam Ferry Co., [105]
• DIAMOND, H.M.S., [155-6]
• DILWORTH, J., Bequest of [177]
• DISTRICT Court utilised by Grammar School, [129];
• Used as University College, [162]
• DOMAIN improvements made from Exhibition funds, [213-4]
• DRAINAGE, [203]
• DRIVER, H.M.S., first steamer to arrive at Auckland, [75]
• DUCHESS of Argyle, ship [53-4]
• DUKE of Edinburgh, steamer, [116]
• EASTERN Outlet Scheme, [200]
• ECONOMIC Conditions of the ’40s described by Dr. J. Logan Campbell, [45-7];
• In the early ’50s, [87-90]
• EDEN Terrace amalgamated with city, [144]
• EDINBURGH, Visit of Duke of, [125-9]
• EDUCATION, [157-164]
• EIGHT Hours’ Demonstration, [176]
• 18TH (ROYAL IRISH) Regiment leaves Auckland for England, [107];
• Formed Guard of Honour to Duke of Edinburgh, [127]
• ELAM, J. E., Bequest of, [150]
• ELECTRICITY for lighting and power, [204]
• ELINGAMITE, steamer, wrecked, [196-7]
• ELLIOTT Street Fire, 1911, [194]
• ENDEAN’S Buildings burned, [194]
• ENTERPRISE, ferry steamer, [105]
• ENTERPRISE No. 2, ferry steamer, [106]
• EPSOM, Cultivation at, [48];
• Proposed township of, [52-3];
• First race meeting held at, [71];
• Amalgamated with city, [144];
• Military training camp located at, [221]
• EPSOM Girls’ Grammar School, [131]
• EUROPEAN War, 1914-9, [219-26]
• EVENING News, newspaper, [66]
• EXECUTION, First, [72]
• EXHIBITIONS, 1873, [159];
• 1898-9, [175-6];
• 1913, [211-4]
• FAIRFIELD Shipbuilding Co., [169]
• FAVOURITE, steamer, [117]
• FERRIES, [105]
• 58TH REGIMENT, [96];
• Assisted at fire, [122]
• FINANCES of City, [207]
• FINANCIAL Crisis, [141-3]
• FIRES, [75]; [120-4]; [135]; [164-7]; [192-6]
• FISHER, A., Visit of, [189]
• FITZROY, Governor R., absorbs unemployed on road making, [55];
• Visited Maori Festival, [59];
• Recalled, [57]
• FLAGSTAFF Hill, original name of Point Britomart, [43]
• FLEET Week, [189-90]
• FLY, H.M.S., [92]
• FORT Street Fire, [164-5]
• FRANKLIN Road P. Methodist Church, [138]
• FRENCH Mission, Visit of, [227]
• GALATEA, H.M.S., [126]
• GALES, 1866, [124];
• 1874, [167-8];
• 1918, [232]
• GAOL, [82]
• GAS Lighting introduced, [124-5]
• GILLIES, Judge T. B., endowed two scholarships at University College, [164]
• GIRLS’ College united with Grammar School, [130]
• GIRLS’ Grammar School, [130-1]
• GLEESON’S Buildings, Fire in, [195]
• GOLD discovered in Auckland Province, [89], [93];
• First sale of, [94]
• GOLDEN Crown, steamer, [117]
• GORE-BROWN, Sir T., makes arrangements for defence of Auckland at outbreak of Maori dispute, [98]
• GORE Street Wharf [152], [154]
• GOVERNMENT Buildings destroyed by fire, [165]
• GOVERNMENT House burned, [76]
• GOVERNMENT Officers, First, [40-1]
• GOVERNMENT Records lost by wreck of White Swan, [118]
• GOVERNOR Wynyard, first steamer built in New Zealand, [112]
• GRAFTON Bridge, [200-1]
• GRAFTON district amalgamated with city, [144]
• GRAFTON Road Wesleyan Church, [137]
• GRAHAM, Robert, his description of Auckland in 1842, [47-8]
• GRAMMAR School, [129-31]
• GRAND Hotel Fire, [193]
• GREY, Sir G., Resumé of his life, [58];
• Statue unveiled by Lord Plunket, [59];
• Suppressed threatened invasion of Auckland, [90];
• Opened new Grammar School, [130];
• Presented his collection of books, etc., to citizens, [145-6], [147];
• Introduced denominational schools, [158]
• GREYHOUND Hotel burned, 1863, [122]
• GREY Lynn amalgamated with city, [144]
• GUNSON, J. H., opened additions to Art Gallery building and Old Colonists’ Museum, [150];
• Received O.B.E. and C.B.E. [224]
• GUNSON, Mrs. received O.B.E., [224]
• HALL, Mr., runs steamer service, [169]
• HAMILTON, Sir Ian, Visit of, [189]
• HARBOUR Board [143], [151-5], [207]
• HARRIER, H.M.S., [120]
• HEKE, Hone, proposes to attack Auckland, [60]
• HEKE’S Rebellion, [57]
• HELPING Hand Mission [137]
• HENDERSON and McFarlane’s Fires, 1865, [123];
• 1873, [166]
• HIGH Street Fires, 1858, [121];
• 1904, [193]
• HOBSON, Captain W., founded City of Auckland, [35-42];
• Gave name to Auckland City, [37] and [236-8];
• Took up official residence in Auckland, [41];
• Became Governor, [41];
• Died and buried at Auckland, [41];
• Laid foundation stone of St. Paul’s Church, [67]
• HOBSON Street Wharf, [154]
• HOLMAN, W. A., Visit of [189]
• HOSPITAL, [72-4], [177], [187]
• HOUSE, First wooden, built in Auckland, [51]
• HOUSE of Representatives. See [Parliament].
• HOUSING, Municipal, [205]
• HUDDART Parker Company, [215]
• IMMIGRANTS and Immigration, [53], [54], [55], [142]
• IMPERIAL Regiments leave Auckland, [107]
• INDUSTRIAL Disputes, [216-9]
• INFLUENZA Epidemic, 1918, [229-31]
• INSTITUTE and Museum. See [Museum and Institute].
• INTER-COLONIAL R.M.S. Co., [117-8]
• INTER-COLONIAL Steamer Services, [117]
• INTER-PROVINCIAL Steamer Service, [118]
• IRIS, H.M.S., [99]
• IROQUOIS, ship, Crew of, render help at fire, [167]
• ISLINGTON, Baron, opened Town Hall, [206]
• IWATE, Japanese warship, Visit of, [191]
• JACOB’S Ladder, [151]
• JANE Gifford, barque, [53-4]
• JELLICOE, Lord, [191]
• JERVOIS, Sir W. F. D., opened Savings Bank’s new premises, [71];
• Opened Calliope Dock, [155];
• Opened University College, [162]
• JOCKEYS’ Strike, [218]
• JUBILEE Institute for the Blind, [177-8]
• JUNO, first merchant steamer to reach Auckland, [75]
• KAPANUI, steamer, wrecked [198]
• KARANGAHAPE Highway District amalgamated with the city, [144]
• KARRAKATTA, H.M.S., [189]
• KENNY, Lieut.-Col., mentioned in Governor’s despatch in connection with Maori invasion, 1851, [92];
• Placed in command of settlement at Onehunga, [99]
• KIA-ORA, steamer, wrecked, [198]
• KITCHENER, Earl, Visit of [187]
• KNOX, Mrs., bequeathed £70,000 to charities, [210], [211]
• KOHIMARAMA Conference, 1860, [98]
• KORORAREKA, Destruction of, [57]
• LABOUR, [176]
• LABOUR Day Demonstration, [176]
• LAND Sales, [50-2], [88]
• LAND, Speculation in, [142-3]
• LEGISLATIVE Council. See [Parliament].
• LESLIE Presbyterian Orphanage, [211]
• LEYS, T. W., and University College, [163];
• LL.D. conferred by McGill University, Toronto, [163-4]
• LEYS Institute, [208-9]
• LIVERPOOL, Earl of, opened new Grammar School, [131];
• Opened Myers Kindergarten, [202];
• Opened Exhibition, 1913, [212]
• LIZARD, H.M.S.., [189]
• LUCKIE, D.M., printed a fictitious report describing the capture of Auckland by a Russian man-of-war, [156]
• LUCKNER, Commander von, and other German prisoners escaped from Motuihi, [221-2]
• MACDONALD, Sir Hector, Visit of, [186-7]
• MACEDONIA, steamer, [215]
• McKECHNIE, E. A., bequeathed books to Public Library, [148]
• McKECHNIE, Mrs. E. A., Bequest of, [207]
• MACKELVIE, J. T., presented books to Public Library, [148];
• Bequeathed his art collection and funds to establish a Museum of Fine Art, [149]
• MACKY, Logan, Caldwell and Co.’s Fire, [194]
• McLACHLAN, J. M., bequeathed Cornwallis Park to the city, [202]
• MAKETU Hanged, [72]
• MAKURA, steamer, [215]
• MALCOLM, Messrs., Fire starts in premises of, 1866, [123-4]
• MAMARI, steamer, Accident to, [198]
• MANUKAU Steamship Co., [171]
• MAORI Battalion welcomed home, [226-7]
• MAORI Chapel utilised by Grammar School, [129]
• MAORI Festival, Remuera, [59]
• MAORI Police, [92]
• MAORI Traders, [86], [89], [115]
• MAORI Wars, 1860-64, [97-101]
• MARAMA, steamer, [214-5]
• MARAROA, steamer, [169]
• MARIPOSA, steamer [169], [170]
• MARITIME Strike, 1890, [176]
• MARKETS, [146], [204]
• MASON, W., Bequest of, [178]
• MATHEW, F., Surveyor-General favoured Tamaki for site of capital, [35-6];
• Selected site for settlement on the Waitemata, [39];
• Made first plan of city, [50]
• MAYOR—A. Clark elected first, [73]
• MECHANICS’ Institute and Library, [75], [146];
• Conducted courses of lectures and classes, [159];
• Promoted an exhibition, [159]
• MEREDITH, Mr., and his son murdered, [100]
• METHODIST Church of New Zealand, [138]
• MIKADO, steamer, [169]
• MILITIA, Auckland, ordered on active service, [101]
• MOA, scow, [222]
• MOA, ship, [112]
• MOANA, steamer, [170]
• MONGOL, steamer, [169]
• MONGOLIA, steamer, [215]
• MONOWAI, steamer, [170]
• MOORE, J., printer of early newspapers, [62]
• MORNING News, newspaper, [66]
• MORRIN & Co.’s fire, 1858, [122]
• MORRIN, T. & S., Warehouse of, burned, [193]
• MOSES Taylor, steamer, [168]
• MUNICIPAL Government.
• Auckland made first borough in New Zealand, [77-8];
• Urgency of, [145].
• See also [City Council].
• MUSEUM and Institute [132-3], [208]
• MYERS, Hon. A. M. presented park and kindergarten, [201-2];
• Presented clock to Town Hall, [207]
• NATIONAL Bank of N.Z., [174]
• NATIONAL Efficiency Board, [224]
• NEBRASKA, steamer, [168]
• NELSON, steamer, [118]
• NEVADA, steamer, [168]
• NEWSPAPERS, [61-7]
• NEWTON Congregational Church, [138]
• NEW Ulster, Province of, abolished, [95]
• NEW Zealand Banking Co., [70]
• NEW Zealand Company oppose choice of Auckland as capital, [38]
• NEW Zealander, newspaper [64]
• NEW Zealand Herald, newspaper, [64-6]
• NEW Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, newspaper, [61-2]
• NEW ZEALAND, H.M.S., [190-1]
• NEW Zealand Insurance Company, [110-1]
• NEW Zealand proclaimed independent of New South Wales, [41]
• NEW Zealand Shipping Company, [170-1]
• NEW Zealand Steam Navigation Company, [118]
• NGAKAPA, Threatened invasion of Auckland led by, [90]
• NGAWIKI apprehended for theft, [90]
• NIAGARA, steamer, [229]
• NIGER, H.M. steam frigate [99]
• NIHOTUPU Dam, [203]
• NIXON, Lieut.-Col., placed in command, Otahuhu, [99]
• NORTHERN Steamship Co. [171]
• NOVELTY, barque, built by Mr. Niccol, [113]
• OCEANIC Company, [169]
• OLD Colonists’ Association [54]
• OLD Colonists’ Museum. See [Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists’ Museum].
• ONSLOW, Earl of, opened Costley Home, [74]
• ORIENTAL Bank Corporation, [108]
• O’RORKE, Sir G. M., and University College, [162]
• ORPHAN Home bequeathed £12,150 by E. Costley, [177];
• Bequeathed £11,000 by W. Arrowsmith, [210]
• ORPHEUS, H.M.S., wrecked on Manukau Bar, [119-20]
• OSPREY Inn burned, 1858 [121]
• P. & O. Company, [215]
• PACIFIC Mail Company, [169]
• PALOONA, steamer, [215]
• PANAMA, N.Z. and Australian Line, [114], [117]
• PANMURE recommended as site of capital by Felton Mathew, [35]
• PARKS, [201-2]
• PARLIAMENT Building, [97];
• Acquired by University College, [162]
• PARLIAMENT opens its maiden session at Auckland, [96]
• PARNELL originally designed for suburban allotments, [51-2];
• Laid out as township, [52-3];
• Amalgamated with city, [144]
• PARNELL Hill pierced by railway tunnel, [103]
• PARTRIDGE, H. E., presented Lindauer Collection to Art Gallery, [223]
• PAU, General, Visit of, [227]
• PEACE Celebrations, 1919, [224-5]
• PENGUIN, H.M.S., [189]
• PENNY Savings Bank inaugurated, [71]
• PENSIONERS, [91]
• PHILSON, Dr. F. M., first medical officer of Auckland, [72]
• PHOEBE, H.M.S., [189]
• PHOENIX Foundry burned, [167]
• PITT Street Wesleyan Church, [137]
• PLATINA, barque, [39]
• PLUNKET, Lord, unveiled statue of Sir Geo. Grey, [59];
• Laid foundation stone of Technical College, [160];
• Opened Jubilee Institute for the Blind, [178];
• Unveiled statue of Sir J. Logan Campbell, [186]
• POINT Britomart. See [Britomart Point].
• POINT Chevalier amalgamated with city, [145]
• PONSONBY amalgamated with city, [144]
• POPULATION, 1841-2, [53];
• 1851, [80];
• 1853, [87];
• 1861-67, [107-8];
• 1871-96, [141-2];
• 1901-21, [182];
• Table of, [239]
• POST Office Fire, [165]
• POTATAU (Te Wherowhero) and other Maori chiefs decline to join Hone Heke in attacking Auckland, [60-1]
• PRESBYTERIAN Church, [68-9], [135-6]
• PRESBYTERY of Auckland formed, [69]
• PRIMITIVE Methodist Church, [138]
• PRINCE Alfred, steamer [116-7]
• PRINCESS Mary Hospital for Children, [73]
• PROVISIONS, 1841, [49];
• 1851, [86]
• PUBLIC Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists’ Museum, [115], [125];
• Description of, [146-50], [177], [223]
• QUAY Street Jetty, [154]
• QUEEN Carnival, [223]
• QUEEN, steamer, [118]
• QUEEN Street Fires, 1866, [123-4];
• 1873, [165-6];
• 1876, [166-7]
• QUEEN Street Wharf [152], [153-4]
• QUEEN Victoria School for Maori Girls, Foundation stone of, laid, [184]
• RACE Meeting, First held in New Zealand, [71]
• RAILWAY Strike, [218]
• RAILWAYS, [103]
• RANFURLY, Earl of, opened Exhibition, 1898-9, [176];
• Unveiled statue of Queen Victoria, [180];
• Opened Veterans’ Home, [181]
• RANGATIRA, steamer, [116], [117]
• RANGER, revenue cutter, [36]
• RECLAMATION of foreshores, [151], [152-3]
• REGATTA, First held at Auckland, [40]
• REMUERA, Maori Festival held at, [59];
• Amalgamated with city, [144]
• RENOWN, H.M.S., [233]
• RENTS and Lodgings, 1841, [49];
• 1851, [86]
• RICHARDSON, Brig.-Gen. G. S., welcomed home [227-8]
• RING, C., discovers gold at Coromandel, [93-4]
• RINGAROOMA, H.M.S., [189]
• ROAD Making in the ’40s [55-6]
• ROADS, [199]
• ROMAN Catholic Church [68], [134-5]
• ROUGH, Capt. D., appointed Harbour Master at Waitemata, [36];
• Immigration Agent, [54];
• Superintendent of Works, [55-6]
• ROYAL Albert, steamer, [116]
• ROYAL Arthur, H.M.S., [189]
• ROYAL Irish Regiment. See [18th (Royal Irish) Regiment].
• ROYAL Regiment of Artillery Band, [213]
• RUAPEKAPEKA, Capture of, [60]
• RUBY, steamer, wrecked, [173]
• SAILOR’S Home, [177]
• ST. ANDREW’S Presbyterian Church, [69]
• ST. ANDREW’S School used as Grammar School, [130]
• ST. BENEDICT’S Church, [135]
• ST. DAVID’S Presbyterian Church, [136]
• ST. GEORGE, ship, [54]
• ST. JAMES’ Presbyterian Church, [136]
• ST. MARY’S Pro-Cathedral, [133-4]
• ST. MATTHEW’S Church, [133]
• ST. PATRICK’S Cathedral, [68]
• ST. PAUL’S Church, [67]
• SAVINGS Bank, [70-1];
• Contributed £10,000 towards cost of Technical Col-building, [160]
• SCHOOL of Art established by will of Dr. J. E. Elam, [150]
• SCHOOLS, Primary, [158]
• SCOTTISH Element in Auckland traceable to the immigrants by the Duchess of Argyle and Jane Gifford, [54]
• SECCOMBE’S Well supplied city with water, [145]
• SEDDON Memorial Technical College. See [Technical College].
• SELWYN, Bishop, arrived in Auckland, [67];
• Consecrated St. Paul’s Church, [67];
• Dedicated St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, [134]
• SEWERAGE, [203]
• SHAW, F., presented collection of books to Public Library, [148]
• SHAW, H., presented collection of books to Public Library, [148]
• SHAW, Savill and Albion Line, [171]
• SHIPBUILDING, [111-12]
• SHIPPING [75], [88], [113-9], [168-71] [214-6]
• SHIPWRECKS and Disasters, [116], [118], [119], [120], [172-3], [196-9]
• SHORTLAND Street Fire, 1919, [196]
• SIERRA, steamer, [170]
• SIXTY-FIFTH Regiment, [99]
• SLUMP. See [Financial Crisis].
• SMITH, S. Hague, commenced a steamer service [116]
• SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. W. H., presented Convalescent Home, [210]
• SOCIAL Conditions described by Dr. J. Logan Campbell, [45-7]
• SOCIAL Life in the early ’50s, [84-5]
• SOCIETY of Arts, Mrs. McKechnie bequeathed £2500 to erect a gallery, [207]
• SOLDIERS’ Club, [228]
• SONOMA steamer, [170]
• SOUTH African War, [180-1]
• SOUTH British Insurance Co., [174]
• SOUTHERN CROSS, newspaper, [63-4];
• Printed fictitious report describing the capture of Auckland by a Russian man-of-war [156]
• SPARROW, H.M.S., [189]
• SPECULATION precipitated financial crisis, [142-3]
• SPENSER, brig, [114]
• SPORT. See also [Amusements].
• SPRAGG, W., presented Kaiterakihe Park to the city, [202]
• STAR of the South, steamer, [171]
• STOCKS for petty criminals, [45]
• STORMBIRD, steamer, [118]
• STRAND Arcade Burned, [194]
• STRIKES, [176], [216-9]
• SUBMARINE Minefield discovered between North Cape and Cape Maria van Diemen, [222];
• Wrecked steamer Wimmera, [199]
• SUPREME Court, [72]
• SWIMMING Baths, [203]
• SYMONDS Street Cemetery, [41]
• SYNAGOGUE, [138-9]
• TABERNACLE, [137]
• TAKAPUNA, ferry steamer, [106]
• TAMAKI suggested as site of capital by Rev. H. Williams, [35]
• TARTAR, steamer, [169]
• TASMANIA, steamer, wrecked, [173]
• TECHNICAL College, [160-1]
• TECHNICAL Education [159-61]
• TECHNICAL School, [160]
• TELEGRAPH, Electric, [101-2]
• TERRY, Charles, quoted [48-9]
• TE WHEROWHERO. See [Potatau].
• THAMES Hotel Fire, 1919, [196]
• THISTLE Hotel Burned, 1863, [122]
• TOWN Hall, [205-7]
• TRADES and Labour Council founded, [176]
• TRADE Unions, [176]
• TRAMS, Electric, [204]
• TRAMS, Horse, [146]
• TRAMWAYS Dispute, [218]
• TRANSPORTATION, [103-6]
• TRUST, Mr., Two sons of, murdered, [100]
• TYSER Line, [171]
• UNEMPLOYMENT, [55], [107]
• UNION Bank of Australia [71]
• UNIONISM, [176]
• UNION Sash and Door Co.’s Fire, [167]
• UNION Steamship Co. [169], [214-5], [216]
• UNITED States Navy, Visit of, [189-90]
• UNIVERSITY College acquired Old Parliament building, [97];
• Historical note, [161-4]
• VALUATIONS, City, [207]
• VASCO de Gama, steamer, [169]
• VENTURA, steamer, [170]
• VETERANS’ Home, [181]
• VICTORIA, ferry steamer, [106]
• VICTORIA, Queen, Diamond Jubilee of, [178]
• VIRAGO, H.M.S., [126]
• WAGES, 1841, [49];
• 1851, [86]
• WAIRARAPA, steamer, wrecked, [172-3]
• WAIRAU, Massacre at, [57]
• WAITAKERE Dam, [203]
• WAITEMATA, ferry steamer, [105]
• WAITEMATA suggested as site of capital by Rev. H. Williams, [35]
• WALES, Visit of Prince of, [219], [232-3]
• WALLAROO, H.M.S., [189]
• WATERFRONT, Original state of, [43-4]
• WATER Supply, [145], [203]
• WEATHER, [124], [167-8], [232]
• WEBB and Holladay, Messrs., [168]
• WELLESLEY Street Fire, 1873, [165-6]
• WELLINGTON, steamer, [118]
• WELLINGTON Steamship Co., [115]
• WESLEYAN Church, [69], [137]
• WESTERN Springs Purchased, [145]
• WESTMINSTER, ship, [55]
• WHARVES, [81], [151-4]
• WHITE Star Line, [171]
• WHITE Swan, steamer, [118]
• WILLIAM Denny, steamer [117]
• WILLIAMS, Rev. H., recommended the Tamaki or Waitemata as site of capital, [35]
• WILLIAMS, steamer, [117]
• WILL o’ the Wisp, ship, [114]
• WIMMERA, steamer, wrecked, [199]
• WINDSOR Terrace, proposed township of, [53]
• WONGA WONGA, coastal steamer, [115-6], [120]
• WONGA WONGA, Pacific steamer, [118]
• WYNYARD Pier, [152]
• Y.M.C.A. [122], [139], [160]
• Y.W.C.A. [139-40]
• ZEALANDIA, steamer, [169], [215]
• ZINGARI, steamer, [118]

Map of the City of Auckland 1921

Transcriber's notes:

The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

collectively acknowledged the superior prestige of an Arika,
collectively acknowledged the superior prestige of an Ariki,

Hobsons' choice of the capital was strenuously
Hobson's choice of the capital was strenuously