The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920

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THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Foreword

Preface

Correction

Contents

List of Illustrations

THE MAORI HISTORY OF THE AUCKLAND ISTHMUS (Tamaki-Makau-Rau)

THE CITY OF AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 1840-1920

Chapter I Foundation and Settlement (1840-1850)

Chapter II Development: 1851-1870

Chapter III Progress and a Slump : 1871-1900

Chapter IV Prosperity and Expansion: 1901-1920

Postscript

Appendix I The Name of Auckland

Appendix II Population of the City of Auckland

Appendix III Table Showing Imports and Exports at the Port of Auckland: 1853-1920

Index

Transcriber's Note:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible including some inconsistent hyphenation. The corrections listed before the table of contents have been made. Some other changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text.

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THE CITY OF AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
A HISTORY

Coat of Arms of Auckland

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

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