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INDEX
ALDRED, Rev. John, 126
Arnold, Thomas, 85, 89
Auckland, people of, 69-70, 74, 78, 84, 89, 106
BEIT, J. N., character of, 79
Bell, F. D., 107, 137
Birds at Waimea, 18
British and Foreign Bible Society school, 37
Buller, Charles, death of, 89
CALIFORNIA, N. Z. trade with, 102-3, 106
Cautley, W. O., 112, 126, 134-5
DASHWOOD, Sir Edwin, 88, 97, 114
Dillon, Constantine, early life of, 9; sails for N. Z., 13; settles in Waimea district, 14-9; account of Wairau incident, 20-4; interview with Governor FitzRoy, 26-32; Waimea farm, 33-40, 47, 63-4, 137-8; performs church service, 29, 36; starts Sunday school, 36, 45-6; relations with Duppa, 39-40; imports sheep, 46, 50; relations with Stafford, 50-1; accepts Government position at Auckland, 57-63, 71, 74; relations with Monro, 63; settles at Auckland, 69; relations with Greys, 66, 69; office hours, 74; returns to Nelson, 96; Wairau dairy, 132-3; his property in 1851, 141; wool shipped, 160.
Dillon, Fanny (Mrs Constantine Dillon), sails for N. Z., 13; birth of Philip, 66-7; her popularity, 118-9
Dillon, Henry, 14-6, 45, 55
Dillon, Philip Gerald (Bobo), birth of, 66-7
Dillon family tree, 168
Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, 152
Domett, Alfred, 57, 59, 109; his letter to Dillon, 111-4; his character and opinions, 127
Duppa, George, 39-40, 106, 118, 129, 140
Durham, Lord, 9, 30
EARTHQUAKES, 84-5
Enderby, Charles, 109-10
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Eyre, Lieutenant-Governor E. J., character of, 59; marriage of, 104; politics of, 109, 112-4
Eyre, Mrs E. J., 114
FITZGERALD, Dr J. P., 108-9, 124-5
FitzRoy, Governor Robert, 26-32, 41-2, 47-8, 50, 51, 69-70, 74
Fox, Lady, 104-5, 120
Fox, Sir William, 57, 59, 117-8; letter to Dillon, 104-10; character and opinions of, 127
GEORGE FYFE, vessel, 9, 13
Godley, J. R., 113, 118, 124
Godley, Mrs J. R., 118
Gold, Mrs, 119
Gold, discovery near Auckland of, 162
Greenwood, Dr J. D., 107, 112
Grey, Lady, 70
Grey, Sir George, his reputation in 1844, 47; offers Government position to Dillon, 57-63, 66; the Dillons stay with, 69; his character, 70, 74; Government House on fire, 72-3; unpopularity for withholding constitutional government, 85, 100
HADFIELD, Rev. Octavius, 32 Halcomb, Miss, 119
Home, Sir Everard, 28-9
IMPEY, Mr and Mrs, 140
JERNINGHAM, ----, 41, 91
KEPPEL, Captain, 114 Kerr, John, 40, 141
Kerr, Mrs John, 139
LABOURERS, wages of, 33, 65, 163; on relief work, 37; full employment of, 65, 163
Levin, Nathaniel, trades with California, 106
MCCLEVERTY, Colonel, 124
Magistrates at Nelson, resignation of, 30
Martin, Dr S. McD., 26
Mitchell, William, 129
Monro, Lady, 139
Monro, Sir David, 38, 39, 63, 106, 129
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Morse, N. G., 106
NELSON, prosperous condition in 1849 of, 84
Nelson College, Bishop Selwyn anxious to control, 66; Thomas Arnold discussed in connection with, 85-6, 89
Nelson Trust Funds, 107
New Zealand Company, 36, 49, 107, 113-4, 117
Newcome, R. K., 40, 106
Noel, Baptist, religious leader, 89
ORANMORE, Lord, 99-100, 105 Ormond, Miss, 104
Oxford Movement, 66n.
PERIPATETICS of Regent Street, 111-2
Pitt, Mrs G., 119, 128
Public service, office hours of, 74
Puseyite, 66
RANGITIKEI, 107
Rauparaha, participation in Wairau incident of, 20-4, 31-2; death of, 108
Reay, Mrs C. L., 81 Reay, Rev. C. L. 14, 29, 36, 45
Redwood, Henry, 40, 132
Redwood, Mrs Henry, 15, 16
Religion. Anglican church built, 29, 36; Sunday at Nelson, 37; St. John's College, 89; Wesleyan service, 126
Revans, Samuel, trades with California, 106
Richmond, Major Mathew, 29, 58, 141
ST. HILL, Henry, 109
St. John's College, Auckland, 89
Sawyers, 39
Scab in the Wairau, 106, 126, 131-2
Schools at Nelson, 36-7, 45-6, 140
Schroeder, G. W., 106
Seeker, Dinah, 13, 33, 44
Selwyn, Bishop George Augustus, 29, 36; accused of being Puseyite, 66; anxious to control future Nelson College, 66; unpopularity of, 89
Shortland, Lieutenant Willoughby, Colonial Secretary, resignation of, 26-7
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Sinclair, Dr Andrew, Colonial Secretary, 27, 80-1
Stafford, Sir E. W., keeps sheep with Dillon, 50-1, 129
TAXATION, 50
Timber exported, 106
Tytler, J. S. and G., 39, 53, 140
WAIMEA plain, fern and flax, 14, 16-8, 41; soil, 17; cost of clearing land, 17; birds, 18; cattle run all over, 34; Anglican church built, 29, 36; fern conquered, 64; overstocked with cattle, 133
Wairau incident, 20-4, 31-2
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, 17, 23
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 9, 101
Weld, Sir Frederick, 41; character of, 126-7
Wither, ---, 112
Woodhouse, ---, 99, 114, 117
Wool, price of, 106
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