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. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. OE ligatures have been expanded. THE CITY OF AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND _A HISTORY_ [Illustration: Coat of Arms of Auckland] [Illustration: 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 AUCKLAND . CHRISTCHURCH . DUNEDIN . WELLINGTON . N.Z. MELBOURNE AND LONDON W.&T.LTD. PRESS OF WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LIMITED AUCKLAND, N.Z. 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 is issued by the City Council in the confident expectation that the wonderful progress recorded in the following pages will not only afford pleasure and information to a wide circle of readers, both in New Zealand and abroad, but that the work will prove to be an inspiration to good citizenship for the further advancement of Auckland. _J. H. GUNSON, Mayor._ MAYOR'S ROOM, TOWN HALL, _Auckland, N.Z._, _February, 1922_. Preface