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INDEX
"ABBEY, The," limestone caves, 111
Abolition of Provinces, 140
Acheron, marine surveys by, 149
Acland, Mr. and Mrs., of Mt. Peel, 188; Mrs. Tom, 175
Ada, Lake, a walk to, 293
Adams, Mr. G., commences standard survey of Christchurch, 166; observes Transit of Venus, 190
Adamson, Mrs., sister to Mr. Barnhill, 92
Adamson's Station, 244, 245
Adventure, Port, expedition puts into, 76; visited during trigonometrical survey, 117; the home of Capt. Cross there, 118
Ahaura, in the Grey River Valley, 285
Ahuriri River, exploration on the, 43; ride up in 1890, 220
Akaroa, Archdeacon Mathias dies at, 56; W. B. Rhodes bought land at, 23; William Barry went to, 23
Alba, Mt., view of from Wilkin River, 221
Albert Burn, Mr. Thomson's station on, 48
Albury, Mr. Macfarlane's station, 154
Alexandra, 184
Alexandrina Lake, 208
Alpine Club, N. Z., formation of, 238
Amberley, visit to in 1881, 184, 186
Amphitheatre Cove, Auckland Is., 83, 84
Amuri Bluff, 207
Andersen, Mr. Johannes, tells story of Mr. Baker drawing maps, 190
Anderson, Mr., block on his run selected for "Seddon Hundreds," 134
Anstey, Mr. G. A., owner of Mt. Parnassus, 225
Antarctic Expedition visited Auckland Is., 77
Aparima district, trigonometrical survey in, 64, 65
Aparima River, 65
Arawata, on the Manganui-a-te-Ao River, 266
Argo schooner, voyage in, 111
Arthur's Pass, 199; journeys over, 199, 201, 285, 286
Ashburton, headwaters of, river (see Glenrock Gully), 28
Ashley Gorge, route through, 165
Ashwick, Mr. Strachey's home near Fairlie, 154; a visit to in 1896, 297; Mrs. Baker's home in England, 196
Aspiring, Mt., view of, 220
Auckland, Mr. Baker visits in 1868, 108, 110, 112; sails from for San Francisco, 138; visits in 1896, 309; leaves N. Z. from, 318; making of railway to, 243; Transit of Venus observed at, 243
Auckland Islands, expedition to, 74-86; Mr. Baker writes geography of, 104
Aurora emigrant ship, 59
Australia, Bluff nearest point to, 101
Australia, the whaling ship visits Lyttelton 1834, 22
Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, 233
Australian Government, sends cruiser to Auckland Is., 79
Australian or Bass Strait fleet visit Dusky Sound, 290
Avon river, 18, 19, 146
Aylmer, Mrs., takes epic journey, 90
BAKER, John Holland, arrival in Canterbury, 18-20; finishes training as surveyor, 31; joins Southland survey staff, 59; appointed Chief Surveyor of Southland, 73; appointed Inspector of Surveys for Southland, 116; death of his father and mother, 132; marries Miss Strachey, 139; appointed Chief Surveyor of Canterbury, 140; birth and death of son, 158, 159; birth of daughter, 163; appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands, 194; appointed Chief Surveyor of Wellington, 233; appointed Assistant Surveyor-General, 238; resigns and leaves New Zealand, 269, 314-318
Baker, John (uncle), 15, 21, 56
Baker, Horace, arrives in N. Z., 96; is appointed to Mr. Heale's staff, 108; arrives in Auckland, 112; marries Miss Bree, 108, 132; Chief Surveyor of Hawke's Bay, 240
Baker, Noeline, birth of, 163; stories of as child, 195, 196; riding trip to Banks Peninsula, 227-229; riding trip round Cape Palliser, 238-239; riding trip to Taupo and Wanganui River, 242-263
Baker, Owen Strachey, birth and death of, 158, 159
Baker Saddle, 215
Baker, the Rev. Thomas, 9
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Ball Hut, Tasman Glacier, a visit to in 1896, 298
Bampton, Captain, in the Endeavour, visits Dusky, 290
Banks Peninsula, 22, 230; cocksfoot grass on, 24; inaccuracies of surveys on, 157; riding trip round, 227-229; shooting on, 173; surveying on in 1858, 22; visit to surveyors' camps on, 166, 168; Welch's surveys on, 1881, 187
Barford, belongs to Alex. Strachey, 232
Barnhill, Mt., 92, 93
Barron Saddle, Mr. Baker climbs the, 300
Barry's Bay, 23; fight at, 24; surveys near, 22
Barszilino, Signor Guiseppe, at Mt. Cook, 301
Barton, Mr., visit to his station, 238
Batchelor, Dr., recommends year's leave, 194
Batley, drive in his coach, 246
Bay of Islands, scene of earliest history of N. Z., 105, 311; visit to, 312
Bealey, the, kakapo caught near, 177
Beaumont gold rush, 57
Bell, Mr. G. M., of Wantwood, 120, 159, 160
Benighted on the Canterbury Plains, 30; in the bush, 245
Benmore Station, Canterbury, visit to, 210
Benmore Station, Southland, visit to in 1871, 120
Biggs, Mr., surveying Tokaanu township, 309
Birch, Mr. and Mrs., visit to their station, Erewhon, 246
Birchwood Station on the Ahuriri River. 220
Black Hills, 185
Black Point, near Reefton, 284
Blackmount Station, 90
Blazing a track, 126, 127
Blenheim, ride to from the Hurunui, 226; visit to in 1896, 270, 271
Blowhard mountain, and track, 165
Blue bottles and sandflies, martyrdom from, 177
Blue Lake on Tongariro, 306
Blue Saddle Pass, ride over, 188
Blueskin Bay, 114
Bluff, visit to in 1861, 5l; whaling station at, 89; nearest point to Australia, 101; rough trip to, 287
Bluff Hill, observations from, 62; true meridian established from, 64
Bluff-Invercargill Railway, 64, 96
Boco (Maori chief), visit to in 1861, 5l, 52, 53; visit to in 1871, 117
Booth, Mr., assessment of his run, 123
Bowden, Mr. (Inspector of Schools) asks Mr. Baker to write geography of Stewart Island and Auckland Is., 104
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, 292, 293
Bowron, Miss Harriet, 20
Boyd, the massacre of the, 312, 313
Boys, Mr., visit to his homestead, 126
Breaksea Island, Stewart Island, 117
Breaksea Sound, exploring expedition to in the fifties, 122; Mala-spina tries to enter, 289
Bree, Mr., Mr. Baker visits in Auckland, 108; his daughter marries Horace Baker, 108, 132; dance at his house, 112
Brisk, ball given to officers of, 99; goes to Stewart Island, 101; goes to Ruapuke, 102
Britannia, the, Capt. Raven's ship, visits Dusky Sound, 289
Brodrick, Mr., Mr. Baker first meets, 97; Mrs. and her children in a quicksand, 130; Mrs. plays a practical joke, 131; Mrs., death of, 137. Family, made April fools, 130; shooting with, 97, 131; visit to their friends the Brees, 108; visit to their friends the Burnetts, 111; visit to their first home in N. Z., 111; visit to them in 1876, 139; visit to them in 1891, 235; visit to them in 1896, 293; visit Mr. and Mrs. Baker, 155; wedding of Miss, 198; Xmas, spent with in 1880, 176
Brodrick, Thomas Noel, 136, 137; marries Miss Aylmer, 90; placed as cadet with Mr. Richardson, 136; his description of life in the Makarora Valley, 176-182; report on his work in the Makarora Valley, 187; surveying in the Bealey district, 201; surveying Mt. Cook glaciers, 210, 214, 215; surveying in 1888, 212, 213; story of fording the Waimakariri, 201; visit to his camp at Forester's Station, 203; visit to his camp on Lake Ohau, 219; good-bye to, 317 Brodrick Pass, discovery of, 219, 230
Broken River, 286
Brough, Captain, in command of the Ruapehu, 196
Bruce, the ship with station implements, 92
Brunner coal mines, 201; second visit to the mines, 285
Buccleuch, Duke of, stock from his estate, 93
"Bucking Bess," 26, 27, 50
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Bullen, Mr., of The Elms, Kaikoura, 206
Bullen, Mr. W. R., his finds in drained swamps, 206, 207
Bulmer, Mr., 29
Buller Gorge, 275-277, 284
Burke, Mr., 44, 45, 49
Burke, Mt., 45
Burke's Pass, 41, 297; church at, 155; Mr. Baker's visits, 159, 302
Burnetts, the, of Whangarei, friends of the Brodricks, 111
Burnett, Mr., visit to his station, Mt. Cook, 170
Burnham, observations of 1874 Transit of Venus, 137; ditto 1882, 190
Bushranger shot by Mr. McNab, 133
Butler and Poynton, Messrs., 91
Butler, Samuel, explorations with, 31-39; last meeting with, 39, 40
CAFFLERS, Monsieur and Madame , visit to, 111
Cambridge, on the Waikato, 109, 110
Cameron, Mr., of Dome Station, 144
Cameron, Charles, at Haast Pass in 1863, 178, 179
Camp-fire at night in the bush, 256
Camp Cove, Auckland Is., 83, 84
Campbell, Mr. Henry, 44
Campbell, Robert, Mr. and Mrs., 155, 158; Mr. and Mrs. fellow-passengers on Mikado, 138; Mrs., godmother to Mr. Baker's baby, 163; Mr. and Mrs., visits to, 158, 211; Mr., death of, 217; Mrs., illness and death of, 222, 223
Campbell, Mr., of Cheviot, 225
Canoe, making a, 178
Canterbury, arrival in 1857, 18, 19; in 1877, 147, 148; Mr. Baker becomes cadet in Survey Office, 21; becomes Chief Surveyor of, 140, 144; leaves, 233, 234; difficulties in securing titles to land, 167, 168; foundation stone laid of Government buildings, 21; Land Regulations in, 63, 149; railway from, to West Coast, 218; run classification in, 190, 214; trout liberated in rivers of, 129. Surveys, Mr. Thomson makes report on, 149, 151; Mr. Baker reorganises, 156, 157; arrears in cause heavy work, 160, 162, 169; article on in "Standard," 169; land transfer, value of, 231. Visit to North in 1881, 184-186; Wanaka-Hawea included in till 1915, 176; Westland included in till 1868, 199
Carandini opera troupe, 70
Cargill, Capt. William, Invercargill named after, 60
Cargill, Mt., a walk up, 121
Carlsbad, Mr. Baker sent to, 196
Carnley Harbour, Grafton wrecked, 74, 75; description of, 83, 84; departure from, 86
Cascade Glacier, 220
Cascade Inlet, Auckland Is., 83
"Cashmere," 55, 151, 152
Cass, Mr. T., 25
Cassidy's coach, drive over Otira Gorge in, 285
Castle Hill Station, Canterbury, 203
Castle Rock Station in Southland, 92
Castor and Pollux Peaks, 221
Catching an eel, 47
Cathedral (Christchurch), 186, 187; damage to spire by earthquake, 211, 212; service at, 286, 314
Centre Bush, in Southland, 132
Centre Hill, in Southland, 92
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, 117
Chalmers, Mr. N., Deputy Superintendent, 64
Chalmers, Port, 16, 114
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, his brothers own Waireka, 192
Charleston, on the West Coast, visit to, 279, 282
Chase, Captain, and Banks Peninsula, 22
Cheviot, Messrs. Butler and Poynton's homestead, 91
Cheviot, the, ship with station implements and stock, 92, 93
Cheviot Station, Mr. Gerard as manager, 194; Mr. Baker visits, 225
Chilcombe, Hampshire, 9, 174
Chilcomb, Mr. Baker's home in Christchurch, 174; visitors at, 175; parties at, 191; Mr. Percy Smith stays at, 226; visits from many relations at, 231, 232; breaking up home at, 233; sale of, 314, 317
Children carried across the Molyneux bridge, 160
Christchurch, arrival at, 18; in 1857, 19; in 1861, 55; in 1876, 146, 147, 151, 154; Mr. Baker visits in 1868, 107; Mr. Baker returns to, 146, 197; Mr. Baker leaves, 233, 234, 235; Cathedral opened, 186; earthquake of 1888, 211, 212; railway to Dunedin opened, 163; run sale at, 216, 217; Scientific Society meeting at, 233; survey, errors in first, 150; standard survey of, 166; Sir William Jervois holds levee at, 191; visit to in 1896, 286, 302, 314, 317 Civil Service Commission of 1880, 171, 172, 173
Clansman, the, journey in, 312
Clarence River, 207, 226
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Clarke, Mr., 185; visit to station managed by, 184
Clarke, Mr., of the Mararoa, 123
Clarke, Commissioner Henry Tacy, purchases Stewart Island in 1864, 103
Clarke, the alpine guide at Mt. Cook, 301
Claverley Station, near Kaikoura, 225
Clayton, Mr. Macpherson's station, 154
Clearwell, Strachey's work at. 232
Clent Hills Station, 30, 38, 39
Clifford, Sir Charles, 225
Clifford, Sir George, 224, 225; ride up East Coast with, 224-226; and Lady stay at Lindfield, 236
Clutha River (or Molyneux), 49; Wilkin's homestead on, 44, 49; Mr. Thomson crosses, 48; Gilbert drowned in, 49; graves on, 49, 50; Mr. Studholme crosses in canoe, 153; land between it and the Mataura selected for deferred payment purchase, 132; flood in the, 160; timber for diggers on, 177; Maori war party descend, 183; ride down in 1881, 184; crossed in 1890, 220, 221
Clyde, 184
Cochrane, Mrs., Mr. Baker's landlady, a visit to, 293
Cochran, John Moore, buys Mt. White, 202
Codfish Island, settlement there of sailors, 105
Colac Bay, visit to Maoris at, 5l, 52; gold discovered near, 97; visit to in 1871, 117
Coldstream, re-named "Chilcomb," 174
Coleman, Samuel, 165
Coleridge, Lake, trip to in 1860, 26; trip to in 1883, 192, 193
Collins, Mr., of Mt. Fyfe, Kaikoura, tea with, 207; visit to, 225
Cologne, 14
Cone Peak, on Manapouri, 91
Conical Hill run, in Southland, 132
Conway River, 225
Coode, Sir John, Westport breakwater built by, 278
Cook, Captain, sights Banks Peninsula, 22; sights Stewart Island 1770, 104; visits Dusky Sound, 288, 289; visits Bay of Islands, 311
Cook, Mount, first sight of, 42; first visit to, 209; visit to in 1889, 214, 215; visit to with Surveyor-General, 226, 227; a trip to in 1896, 269, 296-302; revisited in 1921, 301
Cook, Mount, glaciers, 170; determination to have them surveyed, 210; survey of, 215; rate of movement of, 215; paper read on motion of, 233
Cook, Professor and Mrs., 175
Cooper and Levy, Messrs. 22
Cooper's or Ulva Island, Stewart Island, 142
Corfe, Mr. and Mrs., 175
Craigieburn, Mr. Hawdon buys land at, 139
Cressingham (Little), Norfolk, 9, 10
Creyke, Mrs., 55 Cromwell, 184
Crossing rivers, 136; on a pole, 177
Cross, Tom, 118, 119; rescues
Capt. Musgrave, 74, 75; on expedition to Auckland Is., 79, 85, 86; cruising in his cutter, 117, 141
Crow, the red wattled, 181
Crown Range, explorers turn back at, 125; ride over in 1881, 176
Crutchley, Captain, in command of the Ruapehu, 195
Culverden, 204
Cuthbertson, Mr. J. R., 72, 89; deputy Superintendent, 7l; appointed to classify agricultural and pastoral land, 134
Cuthbertson, Mr. R. F., 72
Cuttle Cove, anchored in, 288
DALZELL, Mr., surveying in the Retaruke Valley, 255, 256
Danae, the H. M. S., arrives in Lyttelton, 173
Dark Bros., take up Glentanner, 210
Dart Valley, a drive up the, 295
Davie, Mr. Cyrus, Mr. Baker articled to, 20, 21, 22, 24, 30
Davies, Mr., contractor for Bluff railway, 64, 70
Deans family, 18
De La Beche, Mt., 299
De La Pasture, Count, 151
Dell, Captain, in the Fancy, visits Dusky Sound, 290
Denniston, Mr. Thomas, accompanies the Aylmers to Wairaki, 90
Dennistoun, Mr., visits to his homestead, 187, 190
Despard, Col., attack on Ohaeawai, 311
Devil's Punch Bowl, the, 199
Dillmanstown, 201
Dingle Station, on Lake Hawea. 222
Disappointment Island, Auckland Is., 86
Discovery, Vancouver's ship, visits Dusky Sound, 289
Dobson, Mr. E., 54; Mr. Arthur, pass named after him, 199
Dobson River, 43; second visit to, 210; topographical survey of, 219
Doctor's Hills, 186
Dogs see ghost, 65-67
Dome Station, visit to, 144
Domett, Mr., 107, 108
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Dottrel, the mountain, 181
Double Hill Station, 193, 194
Doubtful Sound, 291
Doubtless Bay, 313
Drachenfels castle, 12
Ducking in Mataura River, 135, 136
"Dunalister," Dr. Menzies' run, 59
Duncan, Mr., Treasurer of Otago, 115
Dunedin, first visit to, 50, 53; in gold rush, 56; coaches from Invercargill to, 67; Intercolonial Exhibition 1865, 72; Intercolonial Exhibition 1890, 223; Sir George Grey in, 99; meeting of Synod in 1869, 113, 114; visits to in 1871, 119, 120, 121;
Dunrobin Cottage, first home after marriage, 139
Durbridge, Mr., 5l, 52; his soldier grandson, 52
D'Urville, Admiral, visited Auckland Islands, 77
Dusky Sound, 288; scene of earliest history of N. Z., 105; visit to in 1896, 288; visited by Captain Cook, 288; visited by Vancouver, Malaspina and Raven, 289; visited by Captain Brampton, 290; ship built at, 290; whalers from Bass Strait visit, 290
Dyer's Pass, ride across, 227
EARNSLAW, Mt. a splendid view of, 296
East Coast, ride up with Sir George Clifford, 224-226
Economy and Retrenchment: Reduction of Southland staff, 7l; report of Civil Service Commission, 171, 172; field officers reduced, 187, 197; retirement of Mr. Kitson, 211; Mr. Baker's comments on compulsory retirement, 214
Edendale, in Southland, 159
Eglington River, assessment of run on, 123
Egmont, Mt., view of from Ngauruhoe , 306
Elbow, inspection of township at, 122; railway reaches, 144
Ellesmere, Lake, swamps near drained, 148
Elms, the station, Kaikoura, 206
Empress Glacier, 301
Endeavour, Captain Bampton's ship abandoned at Dusky Sound, 290; Cook's ship, 22, 49; passes Dusky Sound, 288; first ship of Bass Strait sealers to visit Dusky Sound, 290
Enderby Settlement, 77, 78, 87 Enys, Mr. Charles, owner of Castle Hill station, 199, 203; Mr. John, 203
"Erewhon," quotations from, 31-33, 35-36
Erewhon Station, visit to, 246
Ermedale, Dr. Hodgkinson's homestead, 89
Exhibitions, Intercolonial, in Dunedin 1865, 72; in Melbourne 1866, 99; in Christchurch 1882, 188, 189; in Dunedin 1890, 223
Explorations by Mr. Baker, chapters II. and III.: first 1860, 26-28; head of Rakaia, 29, 39; with Samuel Butler, 31-39; on Rangitata, 33-38; discovery of Whitcombe Pass, 39; of branches of Waitaki, 41-43; at the head of Wanaka, 43-50
Explorations by Mr. Hirst and Captain Watts Russell, 122; by Mr. W. H. Pearson, 94
FAIRLIE, midnight drive from 227; Mr. Strachey's station near, 154
Fall into Lake Wanaka, 45, 46
Fancy, Captain Dell's ship, visits Dusky Sound, 290
Farm Homestead Association, surveying blocks, 241; rangers' reports, 242, 266; friction in connection with, 267, 268; smoother working, 315
Featherston, visit to, 238, 239
Fendalton Road, house bought on, 174
Fenton, Mr., manager of "Keep It Dark" gold mine, 284
Fergusson, Sir James, visit to Invercargill, 135
Field, Mrs., says good-bye on Auckland wharf, 318
Field's Track, from Karioi, ride down, 262
Fisher, Hugh, lives at Chilcomb, 231
FitzGerald, James E., 19, 54; sermon on his death, 314
Fitzherbert, Mr. W. A., praises Mr. Baker's work, 316
Fitzwilliam, Wentworth, Mr., 92
Five Rivers plains in Southland, 92
Flaxbourne Station, in Marlborough Province, 225; visit to, 226
Flemings, visit to the homestead at Port Levy, 166, 228
Flint's Bush, Maori chief hides there, 65
Flying Scud, voyage to the Auckland Is., 118
Foley, Miss Stacia. washing the beach sand for gold, 280
Forester's Station, 203
Foster, Mr., appointed Run Classification Commissioner, 190; work as, 214
Fourpeaks Station, visit to, 188
Foveaux Straits, discovery of, 104 cruising in, 117
Fox's Gorge, visit to from West-port, 279, 281, 282
Fox Survey District, minor triangulation in, 212
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Foxhill, point of departure for Westport coach, 274
Francis, at Dusky Sound, 289
Fraser, Mr., visit to his station on Lake Hawea, 184
Fraser, Mt., view of, 219
Freeman Jackson, Mr. and Mrs., 91; visit to Mrs., 264
Frith, Mr., his station visited, 110
Frozen meat industry, 129
Fyfe, Mr., takes up the country near Kaikoura, 198, 206
GABRIEL'S Gully, 57; Mr. Hirst Jr takes cattle to, 122; visit to in 1881, 184
Gabriel Read, discoverer of gold, 57
General Grant, shipwreck of, 86-88
George Sound, a day in, 291, 292; last trace of West Coast Maoris found at, 291
Geraldine, 148; visit to in 1882, 187, 188
Gerard, Mr. William, 193, 194
Gilford, Mr., clergyman at Oamaru, 114
Gilbert, John, drowned in Molyneux, 49, 50
Glendhu Bay on Lake Wanaka, 220
Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, five days at, 295, 296
Glenrock Gully, 28, 216
Glentanner Station, 210
Glentui Station and Forest, 165
Glenure Station, Southland, 120
Glory Cove, Stewart Island, ship built there, 141
Godley River, ride up, 208
Golden Spur, in goldfields, 58
Goldfields or diggings, experiences in the Otago, 56-59; Lindis, visit to, 43; Longwood, 98; Mataura, 73; Pahia or Orepuki, 97, 98; Thames, 109; Wakatipu, 73, 96
Gore, inspection of surveys at, 122; passing through in 1896, 294
Gore Bay, landing place at, 225
Gork Rogers Hotel, breakfast at, 274
Gorton, Mr., visit to his station 166
Gough Bay, Mr. Roberts's property on, 229
Gould, Miss Mabel, marries Mr. Hannen, 314
Governor of N. Z. goes bathing at Fiji, 173
Grafton, schooner wrecked on the Auckland Isles, 74, 75; visit to spot where wrecked, 84; men from never met men from Invercauld, 87
Graham's hostel at Wairakei, 249
Grassmere, Mr. Hawdon buys land at, 139; passing by in 1896, 286
Great Exhibition of 1851, 11
Gresson, Mrs., story told of, 193
Greenhills Station, lunch at, 205
Green Island, Auckland Is., 78
Greenstone River, 124
Greenwood Bros, sold Purau, 23
Greta Peak Station, 185
Grey, His Excellency Sir George, visit to Otago, 99; visit to Southland, 101; visit to Stewart Island, 101; visit to Ruapuke, 102
Greymouth, Mr. Baker visits in 1866, 201; inaccessibility of, 284; visit to in 1896, 285
Gridironing, 150
Grieg, Captain, goes to Auckland Islands, 74, 79, 84; settles at Port William, 143
Griffiths, Mr., visit to his homestead at Wairoa, 241
Gull Point, Stewart Island, 117
HAAST Pass, 177; discovery of, 48, 49; Charles Cameron visits in 1863, 178; Mr. Brodrick's work there, 187; Mr. Brodrick first to cross range between Whitcombe and, 230; visit to in 1881, 176
Haast, Sir Julius Von, pass named after, 148; makes collections for museum, 147
Haast, Lady Von, stays at Castle Hill, 203
Hagley Park, first plantations, 20
Hakataramea, inspection of site for township, 211; run classification from, 214
Hakiaka Tawhaio, Maori canoeist on the Wanganui, 257, 262; greets Maoris at Whakahoro, 258; relates joke against Mr. Baker, 259
Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, 141, 142
Half-way Bush, road from, 62
Hankinson, Mr., goes to Stewart Island in the Brisk, 101
Hankinson, Captain, visit to his station, 123
Hanmer Plains, visit to in 1881, 184, 185
Hannen, Mr., first meeting with at Mt. Cook, 297-299, 302; second meeting at Tokaanu, 303, 309; climbing Tongariro and Ngauruhoe with, 304-309; marries Miss Gould, 314
Hamilton, on the Waikato, 109
Harewood, section bought, 24
Harman, Mr., his survey party, 22, 24
Harper, Bishop, 29, 30; Mr. Baker confirmed by, 23; golden wedding of, 170
Harper, Mr. Charles, expedition with, 29; manages Mr. Strachey's property, 231, 232
Harper, Mr. Leonard, came to N. Z., 29; Mr. and Mrs. Baker stay with, 151
Harris, Lake, a climb to, 295
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Hateley, Mr. George, surveys Invercargill, 6l
Hauhau warriors met, 109
Haunted hut, on the Mangatipopo, 253
Havelock, at head of Pelorus Sound, 273
Hawdon, Mr. Cyril, college friend of Mr. Strachey, 138, 154; marries Miss P. Strachey, 191; takes Westerfield in partnership with two Stracheys, 232
Hawdons, the Arthur, a visit to at Grassmere, 286
Hawdon, Mr. Joseph, 139
Hawea, Lake, Mr. Baker visits in 1861, 47; in 1881, 176, 184; in 1890, 221, 222; described to Shortland in 1844, 183
Hawke's Bay, Horace Baker chief surveyor of, 240
Hay, Mr. Ebenezer, 23
Hay, Mr. James, 23
Hay, Major, visit to his survey camp, 109
Hay, Mr., surveying on Stewart Island, 142, 143
Hayes, Lake, ride to, 126
Head hunters, 65
Heale, Mr. Theophilus, 59; report from in 1864, 68-70; and superintendency, 7l; resigns chief surveyorship, 73; Mr. Baker visits in Auckland, 108; resigns his appointment, 191
Heaphy, Major, Mr. Baker meets, 108; and surveys of Native reserves, 116
Heathcote, first sod of Lyttelton railway turned at, 53
Heathcote Valley, 18
Heathstock Station, owned by James Lance, 186; visit to, 208
Hector, Dr. (Sir James), introduces Mr. Baker to Wellington Club, 107; gives reception at Christ's College, 233
Heisterbach, 13
Heke's war, 310
Henri, Maori canoeist on the Wanganui, 265, 266
Hermitage, first visit to, 209, 210; visit to in 1889, 214, 215; visit to with Surveyor-General, 227; visit to in 1896, 297-302
Heron, Lake, 38; visit with Classification Commissioners, 216
Hewlings, Mr., retires from Chief Surveyorship of Canterbury, 148
Highfield Station, visit to, 204, 208
High Peak Station, 194
Hindu, salvaged stores from wreck of, 131
Hirst, Mr. Henry, 122; visit to goldfield on his land, 98; visit to in 1885, 198
Hiruharama, on the Wanganui River, 264
Hochstetter Glacier, 299
Hochstetter Dome, climbed by Mr. Hannen, 299
Hocken, Dr. and Mrs., visit to, 235
Hodgkinson, Dr., 89
Hodgson, Mr., one of Mt. Cargill party, 121
Hogg, Mr., wordy warfare with Mr. Baker, 267, 268; moves resolution of appreciation of Mr. Baker's work, 316
Hokianga, visit to, 310 Hokitika, 200
Holmes, Mr. Matthew, 92
Hooker Glacier, walk up, 215; rate of movement, 215
Hooker River, a difficult crossing, 209
Hope Valley, junction with Buller, 275
Hopkins River, 43; second visit to, 210; visit with Classification Commissioners, 216; topographical survey of, 219
Horses, Mr. Baker's, 163, 189
Horse Shoe Bay, Stewart Island, 143
Horsley Downs, station of Mr. James Lance, 156; visits to, 185, 186, 208, 314
Howard, Mr. H., curator of trout ova hatching grounds, 128
Huddleston, Mr., of the Hermitage, 209; notes a record trip, 301
Huka Falls, 248
Humphreys, Mrs., great friend of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, 155
Humphries Gully gold claim, visit to, 200
Hunter River, Mr. Baker visits in 1881, 184; in 1890, 221, 222
Hunterville, land sale at, 242
Hurunui River, visit to in 1881, 184, 185; survey party washed down, 213; ride from to Blenheim, 224, 225
Hustler, Mr., 56, 57, 59
Hutt Survey District, minor triangulation in, 212
Huxley River, ride up, 219; pass at the head of, 219, 230
"ILAM," 55; Mr. and Mrs. Harper's home, 151
Inangahua Junction, 277, 284
Inglis, Mr., meeting with at the Ball Hut, 298
Invercargill, visit to in 1861, 5l, 53; in 1862, 59-62; in 1864, 70, 7l; in 1896, 293, 294. Mr. Baker returns to after year's leave, 139; leaves, 144, 145; visits, 1878, 159, 160; visits, 1880, 176; visits, 1891, 235; visits, 1896, 293. Balls at, 63, 64, 101, 123, 135; coaches from, to Dunedin, 67; fire at in 1871, 121; Land Office opened in 1857, 94; meat preserving works built near, 129; railway to
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Bluff, 64; railway to Dunedin, 123; shipwrecked crew arrive at, 75; Sir George Grey visits, 101; Sir James Fergusson visits, 135; standard survey made, 123; Mr. Studholme walks to, from Christchurch, 153
"Invercargill Times," 60; quotations from, 6l
Invercauld, wreck of, 86, 87
Izard, Miss, goes with the Bakers to the West Coast, 269-286
JACK, Mr., 200
Jack Kerr's letter box, 275
Jackson, Mr., Chief Surveyor of Wellington, 163, 164
Jacobs River, 65,
Jenner, Bishop, nomination of rejected, 113, 114
Jervois, Sir William, visit to Christchurch, 191
Johnston, Mrs. Charlie, parties at her house, 240
Jollie's Pass, 185
Jollies, the, of Patea, Miss Baker stays with, 263
Jones, Mr. J. (Johnny), 99-101 J. P. locked up for the night, 133
Joseph Weller, built at Port Pegasus, 105
Joshua's Spa at Taupo, visit to, 249, 250
Joss, Mr., settles on the Neck, Stewart Island, 141
Journey, a terrible, 55 miles in 33 days, 90
Julius, Bishop, preaches a sermon on FitzGerald, 314
Jump off train, Mr. Baker takes a, 235
Junction Township, store opened at, 58
Kaiapoi, 148
Kaikohe, 311
Kaikoura, 207; trip with Mr. Lance to, 198; rabbits introduced into district, 198; opening of the road to, 204, 205, 206; ride along coast road, 225, 226
Kaituna Valley, 272
Kakapo, 177, 179, 180
Kanieri Lake, 200
Karetai, son of, travels on the Brisk, 102; his grand-daughter teaches Mr. Baker's daughter, 104
Karetu Pass, Mr. Baker and Mr. McKerrow walk over, 164
Karioi, a night at, 262
Kauri forest, visit to, 112
Kawakawa, 311
Kean, Captain Ruck, 198; introduces rabbits in Kaikoura district, 198
Kea Point, near the Hermitage, 209; walk to with the Surveyor-General, 227; a tea party at, 301
Keas at the Ball hut, 298
Kekerangu Station, in Marlborough Province, 221; visit to, 226
Kelly, James, first settler in Invercargill, 60
Kemp, Dr., helps to clear away caustic soda, 197
Kerslake, Mrs., lodgings taken at, 269
Ketetahi Springs, on Tongariro, 305, 306
Kimbell, Mr. and Mrs., of Three Springs, 154, 155
King Edward VII., wedding celebrations, 63
King Potatau, 109, 110
Kingston, railway to, 96; Mr. Baker visits with Mrs. Baker, 144
Kinsey, Sir Joseph and his daughter at Mt. Cook, 301
Kitson, Mr., senior surveyor on Canterbury staff, 148; observes Transit of Venus, 190; story told by, 26; appointed deputy during Mr. Baker's leave, 195; retirement of, 211
Kiwi, 177, 179, 180, 181
Knapdale, in Southland, 133
Knyvett, Mr., 56, 57, 59
Knyvett and Hodgson, Messrs., original owners of Leslie Hills, 205
Koenigswinter, 11, 12; Mr. Baker revisits, 139, 196
Kowai River, 286
Kumara, 200; visit to Government sludge channel, 201
Kuohi, Judge Maning's house seen from deck of, 310
Kurow, visit to in 1887, 211; in 1889, 216; in 1890, 219, 222
LANCE, Mr. James, of Horsley Downs, 156, 186; his son marries Miss Temple, 175; visit to in 1881, 185; trip with to Kaikoura, 198; opens the Waiau-Kaikoura road, 204-208; his daughter marries Mr. James Northcote, 208; visit to in 1896, 314
Land Act of 1891, 234; visiting special settlements formed under, 236, 239, 268; seeing conditions of complied with, 266, 267, 268
Land Board, applied to for lease of land discovered, 28, 39, 41; Southland Waste, 94, 95; Mr. Baker's last meeting with the Canterbury, 234; first meeting with the Wellington, 234; last meeting with the Wellington. 314-316; increased work of, 267, 316; a stormy meeting of, 267, 268
Land classification and assessment, in Southland, 123-127, 132-135; in Canterbury, 190, 214, 216, 221
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Land dummyism, 223, 224; Mr. Baker appointed to put down, 233; the Anderson case, 234; stamped out, 315
Land regulations, in the early days, 28, 217; in Canterbury, 63, 149; in Otago, 63, 119; in Southland, 63, 73, 93
Land sales, run auctions, Timaru and Christchurch, 216, 217
Land taken up by Mr. Baker, 28, 39, 41
Landsborough River, Mr. Brodrick crosses from Huxley to, 230
Latter, Mr., his house bought by Mr. Baker, 174
Laurie Cove, Auckland Is., 77, 78
Lawrence, visit to in 1881, 184
Le Bon's Bay, visit to, 229
Le Cren, Mr., 29
Lee Brothers own Wharfdale, 165
Lennox Falls, 296
Leprosy among the Maoris, 247
Leslie Hills Station bought by Mr. George Rutherford, 204, 205
Letitia Lake, 202
Levins, the, friends in Wellington, 240
Levy, Port, first visited by Mr. Baker, 23; stay at, 228
Linburn Run assessed, 123
Lillybank Station, 42; Mr. Baker revisits, 208
Lindfield, Tinakori Road, Mr. Baker's new home in Wellington, 235
Lindis Pass, pioneers cross, 28, 43, 44, 50; cattle brought over, 49; visit to in 1890, 220, 222
Lindis goldfields, 43
Linwood Station, on Lake Te Anau, visit to, 123, 126, 128
Little Akaloa, Xmas 1879 spent there, 170; breakfast at, 228
Little River, surveys near, 22; errors in district, 149
Lloyd, Mr., 56
Lochinvar country, Mr. Baker visits, 202
Logan, Mr., 133
Longbush, inspection of township at, 122
Long Sound, 288
Long Island, Dusky Sound, 291
Longford, on the Buller River, 276
Longslip Creek, 43
Longdon, Mr., 29
Long Inlet, Auckland Is., 81, 82
Longwood gold diggings, 98
Loss of horses, 42
Loughnan Bros., 44
Low, Mr., owner of St. Helen's Station, 185
Lowrie, whaler living on the Neck, 101
Lumsden, 294
Luncheon Cove, Anchor Island, sealers left at, 289
Luxmore, Mt., climbing of, 126, 127
Lyall, Dr., visited Auckland Is., 77
Lyell, mining town on West Coast, 277
Lyndhurst, Mr. Baker buys land near, 160
Lyndon Pass, trip over in 1860, 26
Lysaght, Miss, trip up the Wanganui with, 264-266; trip to the Sounds with, 287; staying at Wakatipu with, 295
Lyttelton, arrival at, 17; errors in first survey of, 150; hill above, initial station for Canterbury surveys; railway, first sod turned, 53; ride round harbour, 227; sailing from in 1884, 195; tunnel, 54, 165; visited by W. B. Rhodes, 22
MABEN, Mr., makes trigonometrical survey of Mackenzie Country, 170
Macandrew, Mr., Superintendent of Otago, 115; goes to Stewart Island, 122; visit to Invercargill, 135
Macaulay River, surveys on, 213
McCardle, Mr., of Wellington Land Board, welcomes Mr. Baker, 234
McClure, Mr., visit to his survey camp, 188; his survey work in 1888, 212
McCulloch, Mr., Resident Magistrate, Invercargill, 113; Mrs., 113
McDonald, Mr., visit to his camp on Banks Peninsula, 166
McDonald, Mr. Studholme's manager at Karioi, 262
Macfarlane, Mr. Dugald, 154, 155
Macfarlanes, the, 204
Macintosh Bay, now called Menzies Bay, 166; visit to in 1890, 228
McKee, Mr., 236
McKellar, Messrs. Peter and David, 120
McKenzie, Mr., Minister for Lands, interview with, 233; letter of regret from, 316
Mackenzie Pass, Mr. Baker crosses, 159
Mackenzie Plains, first visit to, 42; trigonometrical survey carried over, 170; visit to in 1887, 208; minor triangulation in, 213; run classification on, 214; two midnight journeys over, 227, 302
McKerrow, Mr. James, accurate work of, 116; appointed Chief Surveyor of Otago, 134; appointed Assistant Surveyor-General, 140; appointed Surveyor-General, 168; appointed head of Land Purchasing Department, 216; observations from Bluff Hill by, 62; observes Transit of Venus, 190; visit to Wharfdale re roads, 164-166; year's leave granted by, 195
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McKinley, Mt., on Lake Wakatipu, 124
McLean, Mr. John, 43
McLean, Mr., his marriage to Miss Brodrick, 198
MacMillan, Mr. David, 190; work as Run Classification Commissioner, 214; moves a resolution of appreciation of Mr. Baker's work, 234
McNab, Mr. Alexander, 133
McNab, Robert, 133, 134; quotations from "Murihiku," 105, 288; re Stewart Island, 105
McNeills, Mr., of Ard Lussa, 120, 121
Macpherson, Mr. and Miss, of Clayton, 154; Miss marries Mr. John Raine, 156
Magellan, Straits of, passage through, 196
Magnet, vessel owned by Johnny Jones, 100
Maitland, Mr., a visit to his station on Lake Ohau, 210
Maitland Mr., Commissioner of Otago, evidence on land dummy-ism, 224
Makara Hill, 239
Makarewa River, shooting on, 97; trout ova hatching ponds, 129
Makarora River, Mr. Baker rides up, 176; Mr. Stewart's station on, 184; seizure of illegally cut timber, 221
Makarora Station, 177; visit to in 1890, 221
Makarora Valley, description of, by T. N. Brodrick, 176-182; Mr. Brodrick's work in, 187
Makatote River, ride down a dangerous cutting, 254
Malaspina with the Descuvierta and Subtile, tries to enter Breaksea Sound, 289
Malvern Hills, sectional surveys at, 24
Mana Island, a visit to, 240
Manapouri, Lake, 91; visit of Classification Commissioners, 135
Mangamuka, Hokianga, journey up, 310
Manganui-a-te-Ao River, junction with the Wanganui, 261; second visit to, 265, 266
Manganui-a-te-Ao Valley, visit to survey camps in the, 255
Mangatipopo, haunted hut on, 253
Mangaweka, last land sale at, 314
Mangawhero River, ride down, 262, 263
Mangles River, its junction with the Buller, 276
Mangonui, a visit to, 313
Maniototo Plains explored, 94
Maning, Judge, 310
Manson, Mr., visit to, 263 Maori (ship), 17
Maori, adopted by Hochstetter, returns to his tribe, 260; family walking from West Coast to Otago, 181, 182; kainga on the Wanganui, visit to, 258-260; War, 107, 109; war party from Cook Strait cross from West Coast, 183
Maoris, last of the West Coast tribe, 182, 291; visit to the, at Colac Bay, 51-53; a gathering of at Tokaanu, 303; hakas danced at Tokaanu, 304
Mararoa River, Mr. Clarke's homestead on, 123
Marchant, Mr., 268
Marlborough Province, Surveyor-General's report on surveys of, 158; Mr. Baker rides through, 226; drive through, 270-273
Maronan, R. Strachey acquires, 232
Marsden, Samuel, 311
Marshall, Mr., meeting with at the Ball hut, 298
Martin, Mr., hill on his run chosen for extending true meridian, 64
Martinborough, 239
Mason, Lake, 185
Masterton, Reform Association attacks Land Board's policy, 267
Matatapu, Mt., 50
Matatapu River, ride up, 50
Mataura, railway to, 96, 123, 135
Mataura Ferry, road to, 62
Mataura Island, inspection of surveys on. 135; shooting on, 97
Mataura River, gold discovered on, 73; land beyond selected for deferred payment purchase, 132; Maori war party from Cook Strait reach, 183; shooting on, 97; survey district extended beyond, 121
Mataura Valley, visit of Classification Commissioners, 135
Mathias, Archdeacon, 19, 20, 53, 55; offers nephew a home, 9, 15; applies for land for nephew, 41; death of, 56
Mathias, Frank, exploration with, 26-28; visited on Thames goldfield, 109
Mathias, Herbert, 41
Matukituki River, trip up in 1890, 220
Mavora Lake, ride past, 124
May, Mr., practical joke by, 25
Meat preserving works built at Woodlands, 129
Melbourne, Bluff nearest point to, 101
Menzies, Dr., 59, 70; not re-elected Superintendent, 7l
Menzies Brothers, 65
Menzies. Mr., story told by, 65; his difficulties in securing land, 166, 167, 168; visit to in 1890, 228
Mesopotamia, visits to in 1860 and
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1861, 31, 38; Butler's description of, 31; second visit, 188
Meteor, schooner, voyage in, 111
Methven, railway from Rakaia, 147
Midland Railway, first sod turned, 218
Mikado, steamer running to San Francisco, 138
Milford Sound, Mr. Baker visits in 1896, 292, 293
Miller, Mr., one of Mt. Cargill party, 121
Minchins, take up Mt. White run, 202
Miners washing sea sand for gold, 280
Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, 292
Moa skeleton found in Makarora valley, 181; in swamps, Kaikoura, 206, 207
Moawhango, 246
Moeraki, 114
Mokomoko jetty, 63
Molyneux River. See Clutha
Molyneux, Robert, 49
Monckton, Dr., 75, 76; on expedition to Auckland Is., 81
Moorhouse, Mr. T., ewes bought from, 30
Moorhouse, Mr. Sefton, 54, 55; turns first sod of railway, 53; story told by, 26
Moorhouse, Mt., 209
Morven Hills Station, 43; visit to in 1890, 220
Mother Mary Joseph, visit to, 264
Motunau Station, shooting at, 217
Mt. Albert Station, on the Makarora, 184
Mt. Algidus Station, visit to, 192, 193
Mt. Brown Station, 186
Mt. Cook Station, 171; visit to, 170
Mt. Nicholas Station, visit to, 124; named after Nicholas Von Tunzleman, 125
Mt. Parnassus Station, 225
Mount Peel Survey District, minor triangulation in, 212
Mt. Pisa run, 44
Mt. White Station, 202
Mueller, Baron von, 209
Mueller Glacier, 209; walk across, 215; movement of, 215; walk to with Surveyor-General, 227; walk up to the Barron Saddle, 300, 301
Mueller, Mr., mentioned in Mr. Heale's report, 68; Chief Surveyor of Westland, 200; trip with to Hokianga. Russell and Whangaroa, 309, 313; says goodbye on Auckland wharf, 318
Munro, Mr., report on land transfers of Canterbury, 231
Munroe's Gully, in goldfields, 57
Murchison Glacier, rate of movement of, 215
"Murihiku," quotation from re Stewart Island, 105; quotation from re Dusky Sound, 288, 289
Musgrave, Captain, wrecked on Auckland Is., 74; visit to hut built by, 84; meets King Topi, 103; his account of voyage in the Flying Scud, 118
Musgrave, Mr. of Richmond Station, 208
NAPIER, visit to the Horace Bakers there, 240, 241
Narrows, the Hokianga, journey up, 310
Neave, Mr., 192, 193
Nebbin, Mr., settler living on Fox's River, 280-282
Neck, The; Sir George Grey visits, 101; dinghy blown on to, 119; Mr. Baker visits in 1876, 141, 142
Neilson, Mrs., last inhabitant on the Neck, 141
Nelson, Surveyor-General's report on surveys of, 158; visit to in 1896, 273, 274
Neville, Bishop, consecrates Waikiwi Cemetery, 137
Newcastle, on the Molyneux, 222
Newmans, the celebrated West Coast drivers, 272, 274, 275
New Plymouth, visit to, 317
New River, hydrographical survey of estuary, 63; silting up of bar, 64; shooting on, 97
Ngapuna-a-Tama Lake, view of from Ngauruhoe, 307
Ngaruawahia. 109, 110
Ngauruhoe, Mt., 246; views of, 248; ride round, 252; climbing of, 304, 306-309
Noble Survey District, minor triangulation in, 212
Noeline Glacier, 216, 301
Nokomai, in Southland, 133; goldmining on, 135
Northcote, Messrs Frank and James, 208
Northern Railway, opening of, at Invercargill, 70; surveying on, 96
November Races in Christchurch, 159, 226
OAMARU, first visit to, 50; drive to from Dunedin, 114; visit to in 1876, 140; railway opened to, 159
"Oamaru Mail," comment on evidence on land dummyism, 224
Oban, Stewart Island, 141
Observation Hill, 64
Ocean Island, Auckland Is., 78
Ocean Point, Auckland Is., hut found at, 80
Octogenarian globe trotter, 271, 287
Ohaeawai, visit to, 311
Ohakune, horses taken to, 257, 262
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Ohau, Lake, explorations near, 43; visit to station on, 210, 216; visit to Mr. Brodrick's camp on, 219, 220
Ohingaiti, 243
Okain's Bay, visit to the Thackers at, 228, 229
Okarito, on West Coast, Maoris walk from, 181
"Okeover," 55; owned by Mr. Neave, 192
Okuku River, 164; minor triangulation in district, 212
Omapero, 310
Omarama, 210, 216; visit to, 220, 222
Onehunga Harbour, 310
Opawa, suburb of Christchurch, Mr. Baker takes a house there, 151
Opawa River, 271
Opua, on the Bay of Islands, 311
Opononi, visit to Mr. Webster at, 310
Orakei Korako, visit to the geyser at, 251
Orari Gorge, ride up, 188
Orepuki gold diggings, 98
Oreti valley, visit of Classification Commissioners, 135
Otago, Bank of, burnt in Invercargill, 121; Mr. Baker offered Chief Surveyorship of, 140; discovery of gold in, 56; land regulations in, 63; no land dummyism in, 224; Provincial Council's differences with Mr. Thomson, 119, 120; Rural Deanery Board of, 99; See of, 113; Southland separated from, 50, 59, 6l; Southland re-annexed to in 1870, 115; Studholmes take up land in, 153; surveys of commended by Major Palmer, 137; survey system of introduced in Canterbury, 156; Mr. Thomson becomes Chief Surveyor of, 116; Mr. Thomson resigns and Mr. McKerrow takes his place, 134; trout liberated in rivers of, 129; Waste Lands Act of, 134
Otahu, Mr. Cuthbertson's station, 89
Otautau River, trigonometrical survey, 64; ride down, 93; inspection of township at, 122
Otekaike, home of the Robert Campbells, 158; Mrs. Baker stays at, 159; visit to in 1887, 211; in 1889, 216; in 1890, 219 222
Otira Gorge, 199, 200, 285, 286
Otukou, a night in the Maori kainga at, 305, 306
Otway, Mr., visit to his survey camp on the Wanganui, 265, 266
Owen, Mr. E. 41, 46, 50
Oxford, 148; first triangulation carried north to, 149; route from Ashley Gorge to, 165
PAHIA, visit to in 1861, 5l; goldfield at, 97
Pakaraka, belonging to Mr. Williams, 311
Palliser Cape, ride round, 238
Palmer, R. E., Major, observes Transit of Venus, 137; reports on N. Z. surveys, 137
Papakaio, passing the native settlement at, 305
Papanui bush, 18
Papawa, rapid on the Wanganui River, 257
Paremata, 240
Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Edward, 174
Parsons, Mrs., of Kaikoura, gives Mrs. Baker Lowestoft plate, 207, 208
Patea, Miss Baker stays at, 263
Paterson, Mr. C. E., engineer for Southland railways, 96
Paterson's Inlet, Stewart Island, visit by Sir George Grey, 101; visited by Mr. Pearson and Mr. Baker in 1867, 104; visited again in 1876, 141, 142
Patterson, Mr., "the gum king," visit to, 311
Pearson Lake, 199, 286
Pearson, Mr. Walter Henry, 94; report on Orepuki diggings, 98; appointed to classify agricultural and pastoral land, 134
Peel Forest, homestead of Mr. Dennistoun, 187, 190
Pegasus, ship, 22; explores coast of Stewart Island, 105
Pegasus, Port, first visited, 105; colony established there 1826, 105
Pehi, Maori chief on the Waimarino Plains, 254
Pelorus Sound, 273
Pembroke, 48; visit to in 1881, 176; in 1890, 220, 221, 222
Perry, Mr., rents Chilcomb, 197
Perspiring, Mt., 50
Petherbridge, Captain, 15, 16
Pharazyn, Mr., visit to his station near Palliser Bay, 238
Pharazyn, Mr. Charles, visit to his station, 239
Phillips, Mr. Henry, takes up Rockwood, 194
Piako River, 109
Pickett, Mr. Gilbert, 124, 125
Picton, 226, 270
Pigeon Bay, first visited by Mr. Baker, 23; Hays settle there, 23; ride to, 228
Pihanga Hill, ride across, 309
Pipiriki, journey to, 262; second journey to, 264-266
Pleasant, Mt., initial station for Canterbury surveys, 149
Plimmerton, Easter at, 264
Pollen, Dr., Mr. Baker meets, 108
Polynesian Society, formation of, 238
Popotunoa, in Southland, 132
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Porirua Harbour, 240, 264
Porter's Pass, journey across in 1886, 199, 203
Poulter River, ride up, 202
Preservation Inlet, visit to, 288
"Press," Christchurch, comments on Mr. Baker's work, 195
Providence, built at Dusky Sound, 290
Provincial Councils, Canterbury, 19, 54; Otago, 119, 120; Southland, 59, 7l, 72, 73, 93, 94, 95, 115
Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, 146
Pugh, Mr. M., 64
Pukaki, Lake, first visit to, 42, 43; ride from Tekapo to, 170; night drive to, 227
Puni Creek, 60
Purau, bought by W. B. Rhodes, 23
Purau Bay, 23; lunch at, 227
Purvis, Capt. John, of H. M. S. Danae, 173
QUEEN Charlotte Sound, scene of some of N. Z.'s earliest history, 105
Queenstown, Mr. Rees builds his homestead on the site of, 125, 294; Mr. Baker's first visit to, 125, 126; visit to with Mrs. Baker, 144; visit to in 1881, 176; in 1896, 294, 296
RABBITS, introduced into Southland, 132; into Kaikoura district, 198; increase by 1887, 210
Raggedy, Stewart Island, 117
Rai Valley, drive through, 273
Raine, the brothers, 154; Miss, 154; Miss marries Mr. Cooke, 156; Mr. John marries Miss Macpherson, 156; Mrs. Baker takes sick baby to stay with them, 159; Mr. Baker goes shooting with, 173; visit to at Sherwood Downs, 188
Rakaia, exploration across in 1860, 26; to head of in 1860, 29; first triangulation carried south to, 149; land taken up on, 39; pass at the head of, 38, 39; ride up in 1883, 193; trip up with Classification Commissioners, 216
Rakaia Gorge, amethyst crystals found at, 24; sectional surveys at, 24
Rakiura, proposed township at Port William, 143
Rangiora, 148; section bought, 24
Rangitata, exploration of branches of, 33-38; ride down in 1882, 188; run classification south of, 214; ditto on, 216
Raven, Captain, in the Britannia visits Dusky Sound, 289
Rawene, visit to, 310
Reefton, visit to goldmine at, 284
Rees, Mr. William Gilbert, his brother-in-law drowned, 49; takes up land on Wakatipu, 125, 294
Rees Valley, a ride up, 296
Reeves, Mr., 152; goes to Stewart Island, 122
Reid, Mr., Secretary of Public Works of Otago, 115; applied to for leave, 138
Reinecke, storekeeping in goldfields, 57, 59
Remarkables, a fine view of, 294
Rendezvous Harbour, Auckland Is., 77, 78
Renwick, village near Blenheim, 271
Resignation, determination to send in, 268, 269
Resolution Island, explorers landed at, 290, 291
Retaruke Valley, new road into, 255
Rhine boat pier, 13, 14
Rhodes, William Barnard, arrived in N. Z., 22, 23; Mrs. engages gardener, 236; Mr. drives four-in-hand to Kaikoura, 204; Mrs., ball given by, 211
Riccarton, church plantations at, 20; Mr. Baker's son buried at, 159; first base line measured near, 149
Richardson, the Hon. Edward, 165
Richardson, Mr. G. F., 75, 76; on expedition to Auckland Is., 80, 85; Horace Baker cadet to, 96; R. McNab defeats, 133; T. N. Brodrick cadet to, 136
Richardson, Dr., 76
Richmond Station, 208
Riddiford, Mrs., 235
Rimutaka Range, ride over, 238
Ritchies, of Dunedin, 223
Riverton, first visit in 1861, 5l, 53; gold discovered near, 97, 98; shooting on beach, 131
Roberts, the billiards player, visits Invercargill, 140
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs., visit to at Waikerikeri, 229
Robinson, "Ready Money," comes to N. Z., 193
Rob Roy Glacier, 220
Rockwood Station, 194
Rollesby, Norfolk, 9, 10
Rolleston, Mr. W., Mr. Baker calls on, 148
Rolleston, Mt., 199
Rose Island, Auckland Is., 78
Ross, on the West Coast, visit to gold claim, 200
Ross's Hotel, on Lake Taupo, 248
Ross, Port, Auckland Is., expedition arrives at, 77-81; skeleton discovered at, 75
Roto Aira, Lake, ride past, 252; ride along the shore, 309
Rotorua, on the road to, 251
Routeburn River, a ride up, 295
Rowley, Mr. T., 30, 38
Roy, Mr. John, 48, 50
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Roy's Bay, 48
Ruanui Station, visit to, 243-246
Ruapehu, Mt., views of, 246, 24S, 262; ride round, 252
Ruapehu, voyages in, 195, 197
Ruapuke Island, 103; Mr. Baker stormbound on, 102; Mr. Baker's daughter stormbound on, 104; Sir George Grey visits, 102; traditions of repeated by West Coast Maoris, 182; trigonometrically connected with mainland, 117; war party from Cook Strait defeated by natives of, 183
Rural Deanery Board of Otago, 99
Russell, Bay of Islands, 311, 312
Russell Point, on Waikato River, 109, 110
Russell, Mr., and Mr. Baker make the Brodricks April fools, 130, 131; Mrs. Brodrick plays practical joke on, 131
Russell, Mr., visit to his station, Whangamoana, 238
Rutherfords, the, 204, 205
Rutherford, Mr. Duncan, buys High Peak, 194; Mr. Duncan Leslie, 205; Mr. Duncan Stuart, 205; Mr. Edmund, visit to, 226; Mr. George (senior) buys Leslie Hills, 204, 205; Mr. George, takes over High Peak. 194; Mr. George marries Miss Gerard, 194
SADDLE Point, Stewart Island, 117
Safe, Mr. Baker is shut up in a, 25
St. Helen's Station, on Hanmer Plains, 185
St. Malo, Mr. Baker becomes engaged at, 139
Sale, Professor, arrival in goldfields, 57; meetings with in 1871, 121
Salmon introduced into N. Z. rivers, 129
Sanderson, Mr., part owner of Greta Peak Station, 185
Saunders, Mr. James, explores Maniototo Plains, 94
Scott, Mr., visit to his sheep farm on Stewart Island, 142
Scott, Sir Gilbert, designs Christchurch Cathedral, 187
Sea Lions on Auckland Is., 84-86
Sealy Pass, 208; Mr. Brodrick's climb over, 230
Seaton, Mr., visit to his camp on the Manganui-a-te-Ao, 254, 255
Seaward Downs, Land Co.'s homestead at, 136
Seddon Hundreds, selection of, 134
Seddon, Mr., Mr. Baker meets, 201
Seddon, Mr. and Mrs., of Fairlie, a visit to, 297
Sefton, Mt., 209, 300
Selwyn, accommodation house, 30; bad map of district, 149
Selwyn, Bishop, 29
Shamrock gold claim, near Charleston, 279
Shand, Mr., appointed to select blocks of land for purchase, 132
Shanks, Mr., Canterbury Chief Draughtsman, 218
Shea, Lawlor, a Miss marries Mr. Freeman Jackson, 91; a Miss marries Mr. McCulloch, 113
Sheffield, visit to in 1879, 166; in 1886, 203
Sherwood Downs, station of the Raine Bros., 154; Mrs. Baker and baby stay at, 159
Shortland, his mention of Maori track to West Coast, 182
Shotover Bridge, 294
Sibbalds, Mr., 42, 208
Siebengebirge, 12
Silbery, Colonel, 16
Simon, French pig hunter, 65-67
Skating in Southland, 62
Skippers, a drive to, 294, 295
Smith, Mr. E., American observer of Transit of Venus, 190
Smith, Mr., owner of Claverley station, Kaikoura, 225
Smith, Mr. Percy, 303; Mr. Thomson praises his work, 168; describes Tarawera eruption, 203; becomes Surveyor-General, 216; goes to Mt. Cook, 226, 227; meeting with the Maoris at Tokaanu, 303, 304, 309; climbs Tongariro, 304-306; letter from, 316
Snares, Captain Cross goes sealing there, 118, 119
Snowdon Station, visit to, 192, 193
Somers, Mt., Survey District, minor triangulation in, 212; railway, run classification tour ends at, 216
Soulsby, Mr., 29
Sounds, a trip to in 1896, 269, 287-293
Southern Alps, 42
Southland, Mr. Baker's first visit to, 50; returns to live in, 56; joins survey staff, 59; appointed Chief Surveyor of, 73; leaves, 144, 145. Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed in 1857, 94; financial difficulties, bailiffs in Government buildings, 7l, 72; friction on Provincial Council, 7l; land regulations in, 63, 73, 93-96; land classification in, 123-127, 132-135; maps of, 62, 72, 99; Otago separation, 50, 59, 6l; Otago re-annexation, 115; price of land raised to L3, 132; purchased from the Maoris, 60; rabbits introduced into, 132; skating in, 62. Surveys, acreage of in 1867, 106; Mr. Heale's report on, 68; instructions for surveyors, 106; reserves for public purposes, 106; trigonometrical, 64. Trip to Western,
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89-93; trout liberated in rivers of, 129; Tuckett visits in 1844, 60
Southland, paddle steamer, 74, 75, 76
"Southland Gazette," quotation from, 77
"Southland News," 60
"Southland Times," Mr. J. R. Cuthbertson, editor, 72; article on the report of Civil Service Commission, 173
Spackman, Mr. and Mrs., 175
Spar Bush, visit to Menzies Bros. at, 65; story of ghost at, 65-67
Spearing sole, 52
Spence, Mr., Mr. Baker's successor in Southland, 144
Spotting, 150
Springburn, railway to from Ashburton, 147
Springfield, first sod of Midland Railway turned at, 218
"Standard," Canterbury, article on Surveyor-General's report, 158; on Mr. Baker's work, 169, 170; on report of Civil Service Commission, 172
Stanley, proposed township of, 63, 64
Stephenson Island, near Whangaroa, 312
Stephenson, Robert, consulted re tunnel, 54
Stewart and Kinross, 48
Stewart Island, 104, 105, 119; Mr. Baker's first visit in 1865, 76; visits three times in 1867, 104; inspects surveys in 1876, 141-143; revisits in 1921, 102; writes geography of, 104. Mr. Macandrew and Mr. Reeves visit, 123; Musgrave's voyage to, 74, 75; observations taken to, 62; Sir George Grey goes to, 101; sold by King Topi in 1864, 103; Stewart tries to colonize, 105; surveys of native reserves, 116; surveys, trigonometrical connection with mainland, 117, 119; surveys, trigonometrical of, 142
Stewart, William, makes chart of coast of Stewart Island, 105; makes scheme for colonization of Stewart Island, 105
Stewart, W. G., 184
Stillwater, near Greymouth, 285
Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, 292
Stonycreek Station, visit to, 239
Stonyhurst Station, 224, 225
Storm at sea, 196, 197
Storm in a tea cup, 267, 268
Stowes, friends in Wellington, 240
Strachey, Mr. Alex, 138; has station near Fairlie, 154; comes to visit N. Z. in 1890, 232
Strachey, Mr. Claude, comes to N. Z., 191; constant visitor at Chilcomb, 231; marries Miss Macpherson, 156, 232
Strachey, Mr. Clive, comes to N. Z., 232
Strachey, Miss, 138; is married to Mr. Baker, 139
Strachey, Mr. R., his property at Teneraki, 140; comes to N. Z. on a visit, 232
Stuart, Mr., of Blackmount, Southland, 90
Studholme, Mr. John, 153, 154; part owner of Greta Peak Station, 185
Studholme, Mr. Joe, visit to his station, 243-246
Studholme, Mr. Michael, 153
Studholme, Mr. Paul, 153
Sullivan murders in Rai Valley, 273
Sumner, estuary, 18
Sumner, Lake, 185
Supper Cove, Dusky Sound, 291
Survey Department, report on by Civil Service Commission, 171-173; comment on by "Standard," 172; comment on by "Southland Times," 173; officers of Canterbury present Mr. Baker with silver tray, 234; officers of Wellington present Mr. Baker with a gold watch, 317
Surveyor-General, Mr. Thomson appointed 1876, 140; Mr. McKerrow appointed 1879, 168; Mr. Percy Smith appointed 1889, 216
Surveyor-General, Assistant, Mr. McKerrow appointed 1876, 140; Mr. Baker appointed 1892, 238
Surveyor-General's Reports, quotations from, report of 1877 on surveys of Canterbury, 148-151; report of 1877, article from "Standard" on, 158; report of 1879, 168, 169; report of 1890 (increase in road work), 231; report of 1893, 242; report of 1895 (importance of tourist traffic), 269
Surveyors' Institute formed, 218
Surveyors, regulations for examination of, 314
Survey Reports (Provincial), quotations from Mr. Heale's report of 1864 on Southland surveys, 68. Mr. Baker's report of 1866 on Southland surveys, 95; of 1868 on Southland reserves, 106; of 1870 on Southland surveys, 115; of 1877 to Surveyor-General on surveys of Banks Peninsula, 157, 158. Mr. Baker's reports to Surveyor-General, of 1878, 161-163; 1881, 187; 1888, 212-214; 1889, 218; 1890, 230-231; 1891, 237, 238; 1892, 239; 1893, 241, 242; 1894, 266, 267
Surveys, of Mt. Cook glaciers, 210, 215; Farm Homestead Association, 241; land transfer, 162, 231; road, employment of unemployed on, 239; road, increase
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of, 231; road, plans for completing, 237; reorganisation of Canterbury, 156, 157; sectional, 21, 22; standard of Christchurch, 166; standard of Invercargill, 123; trigonometrical, in Canterbury, 149, 157, 170; trigonometrical in Southland, 64, 89; trigonometrical between Stewart Island and mainland, 117; triangulation, minor, in Canterbury, 187, 212-214
Sutherland Falls, rain prevents visit to, 292
Swan, Mr., schoolmaster, 11
Swedish packman, 252; christened "Ruapehu" by the Maoris, 256
Swyncombe Station, near Kaikoura, 198
Sydney Packet, owned by Mr. Joss, 141
Symes, Mr. and Mrs., go the Sounds trip, 287
Symonds, Mr. Charles, manager of Makarora Station, 221
TAHEKA River, 311
Taiaroa, son of, travels on the Brisk, 102
Taipo River, in flood, 200
Tai Tapu, hotelkeeper at, 24
Takapuna, Lake, 310
Takitimu Mountains, 91
Tarawera eruption, 203
Tarawera, a trip to the Sounds in, 287-293
Tarras Station, 222
Tasman Glacier, first visit to, 209; rate of movement of, 215; visit to in 1896, 298. 299
Taumarunui, journey from, 257; ride to, 255, 257
Taupo, Lake, visit to, 247-249, 251, 252
Taylor, Mr., J. P., 7l, 72; elected Superintendent, 7l; discussion with re Southland reserves, 107; resignation of, 114
Te Anau, Lake, 126; visit to Lin-wood on, 123; assessing land west side of, 126, 127, 128; visit of Classification Commissioners, 135
Te Aute, shooting at, 241
Te Awa, Waikato, 109
Tekapo, Lake, explorations near, 41; Mr. Baker visits in 1877, 159; in 1880, 170; in 1887, 208; midnight arrival at, 227
Te Mari blow-hole on Tongariro, 306
Temple, Captain, 175; goes to Lake Wanaka with Mr. Baker, 219-222
Teneraki, property there owned by Mr. R. Strachey, 140
Te Pueho, leads war party from West Coast to Mataura, 123
Teremakau River, 200, 285; crossing in a cage, 201
Teschemaker, Mr. Charles de Vere, a strange meeting with, 270
Teviotdale ranges, 186
Te Warata Estate, dispute about roads through, 235
Thacker, Mr. J. E., of Okains Bay, 228; visit to, 228, 229
Thames goldfield visited in 1868, 109
Thames River, hot springs on banks of, 110
Thomas, Mt., Mr. Brodrick's work in this district, 187
Thomson, Mr., of Balmoral, drives four-in-hand to Kaikoura, 204
Thomson, Mr., of Canterbury, 44
Thomson, Mr. H. S., 48
Thomson, Mr. J. T., 116. Appreciation of his work by Mr. Heale, 69; by Major Palmer, 138; by "Standard," 172. Mr. Baker commences work under, 116; his district extended by, 121; is offered choice of districts by, 140; his work praised by, 168. Chief Surveyorship of Otago resigned by, 134; differences with Otago Council, 119, 120; differences with Chief Surveyor of Wellington, 163; Invercargill planned by, 6l; New Zealand's first Surveyor-General, 140; resignation, 163; report by on Canterbury surveys, 149-151; report by on surveys of N. Z., 158; his last report, 168, 169; Southland survey department taken over by, 115
Three Springs, Mr. Kimbell's station, 154; breakfast at, 302
Tieke, on the Wanganui, 265, 266
Timaru, 147; first visit to, 41; sale of runs at, 216, 217; survey work in district, arrears of, 156, 157, 162; survey office, new arrangements at, 159; visit to in 1896, 296, 297
Tipping, Mrs., 153
Titiroa, Mount, on Manapouri, 91
Toitoi, communications with, 73; shooting near, 97
Tokaanu, visit to, 247, 252; a meeting with the Maoris at, 303, 304, 309; hakas by the different tribes, 304
Tongariro, Mt., 246; view of, 248; ride past, 252; climbing of, 304-306
Topi, King (Teoni Topi Patuki), 103; sells Stewart Island, 103; his daughter-in-law visited by Mr. Baker's daughter, 104
Totara, in the Grey River Valley, 285
Tourist traffic, importance of recognised, 269
Traill, Mrs., her recollection of Mr. Baker's visit in 1867, 102
Trail, Mr. Arthur, and the tragedy at the Snares, 118, 119; appointed schoolmaster at the Neck, 142; marries Miss Wohlers, 143
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Trail, Mr. Charles, 142
Trail, Mr. Walter, 143
Transit of Venus, in 1874, 137; in 1882, 190
Tripp, Mr., 188
Traps, the, Captain Cook nearly-wrecked on, 104
Trout, introduced into N. Z. rivers, 129
Tuapeka, discovery of gold at, 56
Tuckett, Mr., visits Southland in 1844, 60
Tudor, Walter, 56
Tuhawaiki (Bloody Jack), 103; heads armed party from Ruapuke, 183
Tunzleman, Nicholas Von, 124, 125
Tunzleman, John Von, teaches languages at Nelson and Invercargill, 125
Tupman, Col., comes from England to observe Transit of Venus, 190
Turakina River, 243
Turanganui Valley, ride up, 238
Turnbull, Mr., of Lake Wakatipu, 124
Turton, Mr., one of Mt. Cargill party, 121
Twelve Apostles, at Whangaroa, 312
Twopenny, Mr., manager of Christchurch Exhibition, 188
UPOKONGARO Valley, ride down, 263
Urewera, Maoris from, gather at Tokaanu, 303, 304
Utapu, Maori village on the Wanganui, 265
VALPY gold claim, a big nugget found, 296
Vancouver, visits Dusky Sound in the Discovery, 289
Victoria, H. M. S., goes to Auckland Is., 79, 81, 84
Villa, the Italian fisherman, 240
Vogel, Sir Julius, increases civil servants' salaries, 172
Von River, called after Von Tunzleman, 125
WADE, Mr. Reginald, manages Waireka, 192
Waiau River (Southland), 91; assessment of pastoral country on, 123; first ride up the valley of, 89; visit to of Classification Commissioners, 135
Waikari, by coach to, 198
Waikato country visited in 1868, 109, 110
Waikato River, 109; visit to Huka Falls on, 248; visit to Orakei Korako on, 251
Waikerikeri Bay, visit to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts at, 229
Waikiwi Cemetery consecrated, 137
Waikouaiti, whaling station established, 99; Mr. Wohlers visits, 100; Missionary Watkin goes to, 100
Waimakariri River, trip to back country in 1860, 26; visit to glaciers at head of, 201, 202; crossing in flood, 201
Waimarino Plains, ride over, 252-255
Waimate, 148; railway to from Studholme Junction, 147
Waimea Plains, in Southland, Mr. McNab takes land on, 133
Waimutuku, quicksand in the, 130
Waiouru, 309
Waipa, steamer on Waikato River, 110
Waipara River, route up, 164; ride down in 1881, 186
Waipori run, Southland, 94
Wairakei, visit to geyser valley at, 248, 249
Wairaki Station, Southland, 89, 90
Wairarapa, the wreck of the, 240
Wairarapa, Lake, ride down east side of, 238
Wairau River, Marlborough Province, the fording of, 271, 272
Waireka Station, 192
Wairoa, visit to, 241
Waitoa River, 110
Waitaki River, exploration of branches, 41-43; ride down, 50; frequent visits to by West Coast Maoris, 183
Waitangi, the treaty of, 311
Wakapatu, visit to Maoris at, 52; visit in connection with trigonometrical survey, 117
Wakatipu, Lake, railway proposed to, 96; Mr. Baker's first visit to, 124; first land taken up on, 125; visit to with Mrs. Baker, 144; described to Shortland in 1844, 183; a trip to in 1896, 269, 294-6
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 174
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 174
Wallace, Mr. Hirst first chairman of County Council, 122
Wanaka, Lake, explorations at head of, 43-50; Mr. Brodrick's work near, 187; described to Short-land in 1844, 183; fall into, 45, 46; first death in district, 50; Maori war party descend on, 183; visit to in 1881, 176, 183; in 1890, 219, 220, 221
Wanaka East Station, 45
Wanaka Station, 44
Wanaka West Station, 48
Wandle Bush, lunch at, 205
Wangaehu River, 262
Wanganui River, journey down in a canoe, 252, 257-263; crossing at its source, 252; second trip to, 264-266
Wantwood Station, Southland, 120; Mr. Baker visits in 1878, 159
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Watkin, Missionary, goes to Waikouaiti, 100
Watts, Russell, 55; explorations by Captain, 122
Wealth of Nations gold mine, visit to, 284
Weatherstone Gully, in goldfields, 57; store opened at, 58
Webster, Mr. and Mrs., of Benmore station, 120; snow man for Webster children, 120
Webster, Dr., appointed to select blocks of land for purchase, 132
Webster, Mr., visit to at Opononi, 310
Weka, snaring a, 181, 182 Welch, Mr., his survey work on Banks Peninsula, 187; in 1888, 213
Weld, Sir Frederick, 225
Wellington, arrival at, 17. Mr. Baker visits in 1868, 107; sees Minister at re land classification, 216; re land sales, 223; transferred to, 233, 234; leaves, 317. Charge against Chief Surveyor of, 163, 164; heavy work in survey office, 241, 242, 268; social life in, 240
West Coast, characteristics of towns on, 278, 279; isolation of, 282-284; pathway from for wingless birds, 177; Maori track to over Haast Pass, 182; railway to, first sod turned, 218; trip to in 1886, 199-201; in 1896, 269-286; war party from Cook Strait come to, 183
Westenra, Mr. Richard, owns High Peak, 194
Westland, included in Canterbury till 1853, 199
Westport, visit to, 278, 279, 282, 284
Wet Jacket Arm, a day in, 291
Weydon Creek, 91
Whakahoro, Maori village on the Wanganui, 258
Whalers, Sir George Grey visits those on the Neck, 101
Whaling, 77, 79, 100, 101
Whangamoana Station, visit to, 238
Whangaroa, visit to, 312
Whangarei, visit to in 1868, 111, 112
Wharfdale Station, 165; alternative routes to inspected, 164
Wharton, Mr. Henry, visit to his station, 204, 208
Whitcombe Pass, discovery of, 39; surveyor drowned, 39; first crossing of range between it and Haast Pass, 230
White, Major Thomas, owner of Mt. White, 202
Whiterock Station, Canterbury, 164
White Rock Station, Wellington, 238, 239
Wilberforce River, 193
Wilde, Miss, trip to the Sounds with, 287
Wilding, Mr. and Mrs., 153
"Wildwood," Mr. Baker's first home in Christchurch, 151; parties at, 154; sold for site of gravel quarry, 174
Wilkes, Commodore, visited Auckland Is., 77
Wilkin, Mr. Robert, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50
Wilkin River, 45; Mr. Baker visits, 183; ride up in 1890 to seize timber, 221
William, Port, 105, 143; visited by Mr. Pearson and Mr. Baker, 104; visited during trigonometrical survey, 117; Captain Cross lives at, 118
Williams family, 30
Williams, Mr., chief draughtsman in Canterbury, 148
"Willow Lodge," 19, 53, 107
Wilson, Sir Cracroft, 55, 151, 152
Winton, and trigonometrical survey, 65; railway from, 96; inspection of surveys at, 122
Wire rope and box for crossing rivers, 201, 210, 276, 281, 299
Wohlers, the Rev. J. F. H., 103, 104; sketch of Johnny Jones, 100; quotation re whalers, 101; Sir George Grey sees, 102; entertains Mr. Baker, 102
Wood, Mr. William, 114, 115; first Mayor of Invercargill, 6l
Woodlands, township at, 122; meat preserving works built at, 129
Woody Knoll and triangulation of Southland, 68, 69
Yarmouth, 10-11 A Year's leave, a, in 1875, 138, 139; in 1884, 195-197
ZURBRIGGEN, the Swiss guide at Mt. Cook, 301
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