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THE CITY OF AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
A HISTORY
Captain William Hobson, R.N. (1792-1842)
First Lieut-Governor and Governor of New Zealand
Founder of the City of Auckland
From a copy of a painting by Collins of Bristol in the Old Colonists’ Museum
The
City of Auckland
New Zealand, 1840-1920
by
JOHN BARR
Chief Librarian
preceded by
A Maori History of the Auckland
Isthmus by George Graham
and a Foreword by J. H. Gunson, C.M.G., C.B.E.
Mayor of Auckland
Prepared by direction of the Auckland City Council
MCMXXII
WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LIMITED
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DEDICATED
TO THE PIONEERS, MEN AND WOMEN,
WHO BY THEIR INDUSTRY AND
SELF-ABNEGATION
ESTABLISHED
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND
Foreword
This History of the City of Auckland isissued by the City Council in the confidentexpectation that the wonderful progressrecorded in the following pages will notonly afford pleasure and information toa wide circle of readers, both in NewZealand and abroad, but that the workwill prove to be an inspiration to goodcitizenship for the further advancementof Auckland.
J. H. GUNSON,
Mayor.
Preface
This book is the first attempt which has been madeto write a connected history of the City of Auckland.Although in years the city is comparativelyyoung, many of the events which have markedits progress have already been forgotten. Withthe exception, perhaps, of the principal incidentsassociated with the foundation of the city, and amost interesting account of the state of Aucklandin the early ’fifties, written by Mr. W. Swainson,no period of Auckland’s history has been adequatelydealt with. The lack of information hasmade the task of writing a history a difficult one,and may account for the fact that none has hithertobeen essayed.