INDEX
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AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LIBRARY
INDEX
Bell, Sir Francis Dillon, Agent-General, 178
Bernhardt, Sarah, 214-6
Blackett, Mr. John, Provincial Engineer of Nelson, 116, 119; appointed Chief Engineer by General Government, 128; visited Westport, 130; at the Razorback, 141
"Bricks," The, how named, 26
Canterbury Pilgrims, 9
Card-playing story, 159-164
Cass, Mr., Chief Surveyor, 76, 82
Charleston township, story of, 151-154
Davis, Mr., death of, 145-7
Dobson, Alfred, author's uncle, 20
Dobson, Arthur Dudley, birth, 7; education, 9; departure for Canterbury, N. Z., 9; landing at Lyttelton, 10; departure for Launceston, Tasmania, 11; life in Tasmania, 15-20; return to New Zealand, 20; arrival at Nelson, 20; met Oliver and Edward Wakefield, 21; milking cows and working a bullock, 22; carried butter to Lyttelton, 22; sent to school, 23; employed by his father, 23; employed in Lyttelton, finding depth of mud in harbour, 24; surveying for roads, also plate-laying from tunnel mouth to Christchurch, 25; surveying outfall drains for Rangiora swamp, 28; surveying in North Canterbury with Henry Whit-combe, 30; erecting poles on main south road, 31; surveying road Timaru to Waitaki river, 31; examining outcrop of coal on the Kowai river, 32; topographical surveyor on geological survey of Port Hills under Dr. von Haast, 32; surveying in Mackenzie Country, and Mount Cook, 33-4; employed in railway work, 34; supplied stone for Provincial Council Chambers, 35; tendered for contract to survey Canterbury West Coast from Grey river to Abut Head, 35; description of West Coast, 36-38; contract signed, 41; chartered schooner Gipsy, 43; sheltered in Tonga roads, 44; sketched Franz Josef glacier from deck of the Gipsy, 46; crossed the Grey river bar, 49; commencement of survey, 53; employment of Maoris, 58, 65; camped at the Arahura, 67; rent of Whata from Purua, 68; employed Hakiaha to build a large canoe, 69-71; traversing the coast south of Hokitika river, 71; return to Christchurch to report progress,
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73-76; the journey, 74-5; accepted extension of contract area, 76; engaged white men, 76; bought horses, 77, 82; discovery of Arthur's Pass, 77-80; Lake Sumner described, 80-81; returned to West Coast via head waters of Hurunui, 83; difficulties of Teremakau Gorge, 85; mokihi described, 85; canoe work, surveying rivers, 87-89; precautions taken, 89-91; experience with Terapuhi and an evil spirit, 92-96; construction of West Coast road described, 97-98; canoe-work on the Buller described, 99-105; joined W. T. L. Travers in a mining venture, Collingwood, 106-115; a call on Dr. Tournelle, 108-111; engaged by Mr. John Blackett in surveying work in Nelson district, 116-120; rough survey of Mount Arthur Range, 117; marriage, 118; account of Sullivan and Kelly Gang, 121-127; road-making, 124; appointed District Engineer on Nelson-West Coast goldfields, 124; settled at Westport, 126; decline of Westport after decay of Charleston, 127; appointed Provincial Engineer and Chief Surveyor, 128; experienced in horse-dealing, 129; set Mr. Fulton to survey trial line for railway Westport-Mokihinui, 130; resigned all offices under Nelson Provincial Government and appointed District Engineer under General Public Works, 132; adventure with Sir James Hector on Mount Rochfort Plateau, 133-136; Father H in the Inangahua, 136-139; fording rivers, 139-140; an incident at the Razorback (Punakaiki), 141-144; death of Mr. Davis, Geologist, 145-147; story of Patenaude, 147-8; reflections on the voices of the forest, 148-150; story of Charleston, 151-154; story of Maori diggers and the Irishmen, 154-5; description of camp cooking and of clothing, 155-6; cook as horse-breaker, 158; card-playing story, 159-162; return to Christchurch, 166; work in Canterbury. 166-173; removed to Timaru, 167; railway route surveyed from Waikari to West Coast via Hurunui and Teremakau, 168-170; surveys for east and west coast (midland) railway, 170-173; appointed one of three delegates to London, 173; England re-visited, 174-187; return to Christchurch, 188-9; arrived Melbourne, 189; travelled with free pass on Victorian railways, 191; contract for breakwater at Warrnambool, 191-203; visit to Sydney, 192; construction of Merri river suspension bridge, 204-6; joined engineering and machinery business, 204, 206; holiday in Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, 206;
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Victorian bank failures and return to New Zealand decided upon, 207; butter factory inspection at Robertson, 208-212; a mothers' meeting, 212-214; marble bar incident, 214-216; return to Christchurch, 217; author's sons, 217; railway from Timaru breakwater to quarries, 218; proposed Waimakariri river power scheme, 218; appointed City Engineer, Christchurch, 219; works carried out, 219-220
Dobson, Edward, author's father, an engineer, 7; architect, 8; walks and talks with his sons, 8; joined the Canterbury Pilgrims, 9; sent his two sons to Tasmania, 11; his home in Christchurch, 20; location of property, 21; appointed Provincial Engineer, 23; report on Sumner Road, 25; opinion of rock on Lyttelton tunnel route confirmed by Dr. von Haast, 33; constructed West Coast Road, 97-98; consulting engineer and surveyor, 189; retired, 217.
Dobson, George, Arthur's elder brother, 8; took passage in Cressy, 9; accompanied him to Tasmania, 11; sent to school, 23; assisted his father, 23; found Howitt's tent, 57; on way to Lake Brunner, 74; travelled to Craigieburn with Arthur, 77; named Arthur's pass, 80; assisted in construction of West Coast road, 97-98; engaged in road construction in Grey Valley, 121; murdered by the Kelly Gang, 122 Dobson, Rev. Charles, author's uncle in Tasmania, 11; met his nephews, 16; a scholarly man, 18
East and West Coast (Midland) Railway, 170-173; 178
Father H in the Inangahua, 136-139
FitzGerald, Mr., Superintendent of Canterbury, 25
Fording rivers, on a pole, 64; 139-140
Gold-diggers, advent of, 89; pouring into West Coast, 97
Haast, Dr. Julius von (afterwards Sir Julius), survey of Port Hills, 32; in Mackenzie Country, 33-4; named Franz Josef Glacier, 47
Hall, Sir John, visited in London, 179; employed by, 217
Heathcote Ferry, 26
Hector, Sir James, exploring West Coast coalfields, 133; on Mount Rochfort Plateau, 133-136
Howitt, Charlton, drowned in Lake Brunner, 54-57 Journey to England, 174-178
Kelly Gang, 121-124
Lake Station (Taylor's), 53, 74; location of, 81
Larkin, Rev. Father, 164
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Lincoln, visit to inn and to Cathedral, 8
Lyttelton, landing at, 10, 21, 189
Maoris, 58, 65, 90, 154-5
Marshman, Mr., draining the Rangiora swamp, 27-29
Mawhera pa, story of, 51-52
Midland Railway Co. formed, 178-9
Moorhouse, Mr., Superintendent of Canterbury, 32
Nelson, author's arrival at, 20, 41
Nottingham, living at, 7; school days at, 9
Patenaude, story of, 147-8
Radcliffe, Mr., mysterious disappearance of, 18
Radley Bridge, 27
Rangiora swamp, draining of, 27-29
Reeves, Hon. W. P., 104
Rio de Janeiro visited, 175-7
Rivers, surveying, 87-89; canoe work on, 99-105
Robertson, butter factory incident, 208-212
Rochfort, John, a Nelson surveyor, 40, 47; about to survey region from Abut Head to Jackson's Bay, 84; blazed track up the Wangapeka River over to the Karamea River, 116
Rolleston, Mt., named, 39
Sullivan and Kelly Gang, 121-124
Sumner, Lake, in area to be surveyed, 80; described, 81
Sumner Road, bad for walking, 22; Edward Dobson's report on, 25
Suter, Bishop, 101-104
Terapuhi, Maori chief, 66; his fear of evil spirit, 93-96
Timaru waterworks, 166
Tournell, Dr., goldfields Warden, Nelson, 108-111
Townsend, Mr., Provincial Government storekeeper at Grey River mouth, 49, 54; drowned, 59-62
Travers, Mr. W. T. L., 106-7
Waimakariri electrical power scheme proposed, 218
Wakefield, Edward, 21, 167
Wakefield, Oliver, 21
Warrnambool breakwater, 191-203
West Coast Road, construction of, 97-98
West Coast survey begun, 41
Westport, laid out by Henry Lewis, 124; author located at, 126; declined after decay of Charleston, 127
Whitcombe, Henry, surveying in North Canterbury, 30; drowned in the Teremakau River, 57-58, 90
Wyatt, Rev., 8
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