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