[26] _Ibid._ P. 89. [27] I am indebted for much of the information in this section to Will Lawson's "Steam in the Southern Pacific." 1909. [28] Originally The Auckland College and Grammar School. [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