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INDEX
Personal names with multiple entries have the page number carrying the identifying biographical footnote, biog, placed first. Single-entry names similarly identified have (biog) following the page number.
Abraham, Rev. Charles John, biog i. 299 n3; 304; ii. 45, 56, 85, 265, 267-8
Absentee landlords, i. 32, 476, 479
Accounts, Canterbury Association: i. 55, 60, 64, 401, 409; arrival of, i. 430-1; prepared for Council, i. 439, 445-6, 448-9, 453; Select Committee on, i. 454, 455, 457, 469; Sewell and FitzGerald discuss, ii. 76; duplicates, ii. 83, 110
Accounts: Colonial Government, ii. 167-9, 247
Ackbar, i. 492
Acland, John Barton
Arundel, biog ii. 118 n2; 129, 130, 132, 135
Acton run, ii. 210
Adams, Henry, biog ii. 92 nl; 96
Adams, Thomas Kinnersley, biog ii. 207 n4; i. 466; ii. 208-9, 216, 222
Adderley, Sir Charles, biog i. 260 n2; 52, 500; ii. 12n, 86, 119n, 185, 318
Addington, ii. 318
Admiral Grenfell, i. 370, 406, 415, 470, 477
Aerolite, ii. 138
Agent, Canterbury Association. See Godley, Sewell, Charles Simeon
Ahuriri block, ii. 168
Aitken, John Christie, i. 47
Akaroa: church, i. 57, 329; suggested as NZ capital, i. 110; land claims at, i. 125, 163, 168, 169, 242, 244-7, 297, 299, 321; beauty of, i. 142; clergy stipends, i. 259; early settlement, i. 297-8; Sewell's first visit, i, 322-32; harbour, i. 325; Maoris, i. 341; 1853 elections, i. 343, 346, 369, 371; Bruce's hotel, i. 327, 331, 439, 442, 484; Sewell's second visit, i. 441-5; fruit growing, i. 445; Sewell's third visit, ii. 130-5; 1855 election, ii. 195, 198-9; Plate 16
Albury run, ii. 207n
Allen, Rev. J. C., i. 415, 456
Alport, Augustus John, biog i. 439 n3; 440, 49In; ii. 109,-112, 135
Alzdorff, Charles Ernest von, biog i. 185 n2; 205, 206, 220-1, 230, 382, 385, 389; ii. 12, 97, 127, 156; hotel in Plate 30
American coaches, Australia, ii. 292-4
American whalers, ii. 242, 251
Anderson's Creek goldfield (Vic.), ii. 302-3
Anglican Church. See Church of England
Anglo-American relations (1856), ii. 226, 242, 250
Anglo-Maori Wars, i. 22; ii. 313-17
Ann, SS, i. 372-3, 376n, 379-81, 384, 387
Aorere River, gold in, ii. 251 n
Apples: Wellington, i. 195; Bay of Islands, ii. 31
Appropriation Bill (1854), i. 94; (1856), ii. 253, 338
Aristocracy, i. 367; ii. 86, 195-6
Arney, George Alfred, ii. 312
Arowhenua, i. 287
Art of Colonization, i. 84
Ashburton River, map i. 143; ii. 213-14, 221
Ashburton run, map i. 143; ii. 212
Ashmore, ii. 110
Ashwell, Rev. Benjamin Yates, ii. 265 (biog)
Atkinson, Harry, ii. 318, 319
Attorney-Generalship, Non-political, ii. 316-17
Auckland: General Assembly, i. 72-95, 102-11; seat of government, i. 108, 110, 294; Sewell's first impressions of, ii. 20, 25, 27; St Paul's Church, ii. 27; Survey Office, ii. 37; 1855 session of Assembly, ii. 164-75; arrival of Gov. Browne, ii. 171-3; second Assembly, ii. 227-60; quiet after session, ii. 260-1; Browne decides for location of Assembly, ii. 262; St John's College, ii. 55-6, 266-8; Land Registry, ii. 315; FitzGerald's view of, ii. 324; Plates 39, 41, 48-9, 51-3
Auckland Progress Party, i. 78, 105; ii. 234-6
Auckland, Province of: largest representation in House, i. 71, 407; ii. 234-6, 240, 243, 246, 324; party disputes, i. 79; NZ Co debt, i. 83; ii. 49, 248; gold diggings, i. 226; Provincial Council, ii. 323; Whitaker's land policy, ii. 116; builds Government House, ii. 254; Maori troubles, ii. 272-4; Compact, ii. 340
Audsley Academy, Pigeon Bay, i. 441 n
Australia, Sewell's visit to, ii. 276-308
Australian and New Zealand Gazette, i. 217, 398, 401
Australian squatters, i. 46, 47, 428, 465-7, 470; ii. 147-8, 218
Avon River, i. 63, 317
Aylmer, Rev. William, biog i. 133 n2; 152, 170, 175, 327-8, 330, 371, 442-3; ii. 132
Ballarat: road from Geelong, ii. 294-6; goldfield, ii. 297; township, ii. 298; quartz mining, ii. 300 Ballard, James Frederick, i. 302 (biog) Balnaginth, i. 499-500
Bangalore, i. 355
Banks Peninsula, i. 121
'Banyule' (Vic.), ii. 302
Barker, Dr Alfred Charles, biog i. 277 n2; 283, 307, 482; ii. 107
Barker, Rev. Frederick, Bishop of Sydney, ii. 287 (biog)
Barkly, Sir Henry, Gov. of Victoria, biog ii. 301 n3; 307
Barnett, Hoare and Co., i. 40
Barrabool Country (Vic.), ii. 294
Barrett's Hotel, Wellington, ii. 157
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Bartley, Thomas, biog ii. 22 n4; i. 80n, 85, 86; ii. 52, 57, 231, 327
Bartley, William, ii. 282 (biog)
Barton, Richard, i. 233 (biog)
Batchelor's ball, Christchurch, i. 368
Baton Valley, Gold in, ii. 25In
Bayfield, Arthur, biog i. 345 n3; 363, 506, 507
Baxter's ferry, i. 128-9
Bealey, John, i. 345 (biog)
Bealey, Samuel, biog i. 253 nl; 164, 454; ii. 144-5
Beer, i. 313
Bell, Francis Dillon, biog i. 209 nl; Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, i. 209-10, 213, 214, 220, 222, 227, 231, 234, 236, 385; visits Lyttelton, i. 488; visits New Plymouth, ii. 17; MLC, ii. 48, 52; visits Nelson, ii. 96; Sewell Ministry, i. 80n; ii. 230-1, 240; Domett Ministry, ii. 317; Plate 44
Bellairs, Edmund Hooke Wilson, biog i. 485 nl; ii. 15, 51
Bellamy's, i. 83; ii. 172
Belligny, M. St Croix de, biog i. 169 n2; 169-71, 192, 246n, 331, 442
Bendigo, ii. 300
Bilton, John, ii. 202n (biog), 205n
Birch, John, biog i. 142 n4; 240, 289
Bishop, Ann, ii. 299 (biog)
Bishop, Charles Wellington, biog i. 410 n3; 357, 419, 485
Bishopric, Canterbury. See Gell, Harper, Jackson
Bishopric endowment, i. 37-9, 40, 57,62,133, 241, 255, 256, 258-9, 284, 350, 494, 508; ii. 192, 197
Bishop's commissaries. See Mathias, Paul
Bishops, i. 233. See Also, Pompallier, Selwyn, Viard
Blachford, T. J., i. 240, 349; ii. 83
Blakiston, Charles Robert, ii. 137 (biog)
Blind Bay, ii. 13
Blue Mountains (NSW), ii. 285
Blundell, Capt F. H., ii. 14 (biog)
Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, i. 26; ii. 139, 157, 164, 190, 311
Book Club, Christchurch, i. 254
Borrowing policy: Sewell's, ii. 206-7, 312; Vogel's, ii. 320-1
Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, i. 22
Botany Bay (NSW), ii. 281, 284
Bourke St, Melbourne, ii. 292
Bowen, Charles Christopher, biog i. 299 n2; view of Sewell, i. 62, 357, 371, 441-2, 482; ii. 142
Bowler, William, biog i. 183 nl; talks with Sewell, i. 186, 188, 191, 194, 200-1; Wellington land issue, i. 219-20, 230, 235; loans to Sewell, i. 253, 469, 501, ii. 183; Association commission, i. 354, ii. 106; partner with Cookson, i. 337, 448, 453, 458; visits Lyttelton, ii. 126
Bowles, Rev. Thomas, biog i. 347 n3; 349, 351, 356, 357
Boys, John Cowell, biog i. 242 nl; 244, 247
Bracy, Capt, i. 347
Brandon, Alfred de Bathe, biog i. 210 n3; 211, 228 230, 384, 386-7, 392, 393
Brazil, Coast of, ii. 309
Brewing, i. 264, 313
Brittan, Joseph, biog ii. 145 n2; i. 65-6; ii. 144,148, 156
Brittan, William Guise, biog i. 124 n5; Society of Land Purchasers, i. 27, 55, 169, 174-5, 176, 269; Sewell talks with, i. 124-5, 127, 130, 140, 177, 242, 255, 264, 307, 315; Commissioner for Crown Lands, i. 58; Association's selling power ended, i. 333, 335, 336, 337; Government seizure of Land Office, i. 60, 397-8, 403, 404, 406, 407-8, 434, 435, 458; ejects Superintendent i. 410; unpopularity of, i. 342, 355-6; disowns Fookes, i. 359; chairs market 'ordinary', i. 362; 1853 election, i. 364; opposes Sewell, i. 366, 368; Akaroa lands, i. 444; Association's seal, i. 452, 454-5, 459; Christchurch reserves, i. 453; Land Office case, ii. 99, 107, 109, 115, 140, 156; ordered to pay for office stock, ii. 188; Plate 11
Brittin brothers, i. 240 (biog)
Brittin, Dingley Askham, biog ii. 191 n5; 195-6, 199
'Brooklands', New Plymouth, ii. 182
Brown, Charles, Supt of Taranaki, biog ii. 63 nl; i. 105, 106, 108; ii. 235-6, 244
Brown, Charles Hunter, i. 429 (biog)
Brown, William, biog ii. 24 n2; 25, 35, 42, 89; Supt of Auckland, ii. 137, 167, 324, 327
Browne, Governor Thomas Gore, biog ii. 128 nl; 100, 101, 110; news of appointment, ii. 149-50; arrival, ii. 171-3; visit to Canterbury, ii. 200-5; Sewell ministry, i. 102-7, ii. 228-9; reservation of Maori affairs, i. 111-14; ii. 255-8, 261,262-4, 269; decides on Auckland for Assembly, ii. 262; entertains Sewells, ii. 268; Native Affairs Council, ii. 313-14; Waikato proclamation, ii. 315; Plates 50, 54
Browne, Harriet Louisa Gore, ii. 173n, 200, 255
Bruce's Hotel, Akaroa, i. 327, 331, 442, 484
Buckle, John, i. 44
Buddle, Rev. Thomas, ii. 264-5 (biog)
Buller, Charles, ii. 49 (biog)
Buninyong Range (Vic.), ii. 295-7
Caledonian, i. 419
Calliope, i. 347
Calvert, Charles Alderson, biog i. 142 n2; 148, 290, 376, 436; ii. 142
Cambridge, Sewell's death in, ii. 322
Campbell, Colonel James, biog i. 125 n3; Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury, i. 170, 242, 244-7, 250, 262, 298, 311, 321, 326-7, 330, 340; candidate for Superintendency, i. 342, 344-7, 438
Campbell, Dr John Logan, biog ii. 24 nl; i. 79,105, 106, 107; hospitality to Sewells, ii. 24-5, 27; political cabals, ii. 34; ministerial dinner, ii. 42; Supt of Auckland, ii. 228, 231, 234; refuses to form ministry, ii. 236; switches allegiance to Sewell, ii. 237; Stafford Ministry, i. 108-13; seat of government question, ii. 245; reports on Government House, ii. 268n; Executive Councillor, ii. 270; Sewell's regard for, ii. 274; in Sydney, ii. 286; in Melbourne, ii. 303, 305; garrison crisis, ii. 319; Plate 62
Cannon St meetings, ii. 320
Canterbury, Province of: Constitution, i. 51; Governor Browne visits, i. 101; disputes with
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Colonial Government, i. 408-9; ii. 186-8; offers steamship bonus, ii. 116;
Compact of 1856, ii. 340
Canterbury, Rural sections, map i. 116
Canterbury Association: Sewell deputy-chairman, i. 22; foundation of, i. 31-2; the plan, i. 33; Godley's instructions, i. 36; financial crisis, i. 36-44; decision to wind up, i. 42; land selling power ended, i. 44; Charles Simeon appointed Agent, i. 50; account books of, i. 60, 347; Provincial Council committee on, i. 63; settlement with Province, i. 64-6; members' contributions, i. 67; Sewell and FitzGerald consult Wynyard, i. 95; end of Sewell's mission, i. 102; Mathias bitter against, i. 123; accounts delayed, i. 150; Crown debt, i. 160, 349; Akaroa, i. 169; Rev. Wilson's complaints, i. 173; Brittan's view of, i. 177; Wellington hostility to, i. 206; FitzGerald's criticisms, i. 238; accounts, i. 240; subscriptions to churches, i. 241-2; schoolmasters and clergy, i. 256; churches and schools, i. 261; Godley's pessimisim, i. 272; settlement with Crown and Company, i. 278-80; Akaroa land, i. 330-1; land-selling powers ended, i. 332, 349-50; summary of accounts, i. 350; settlement with NZ Co, i. 370; property seized by Governor, i. 397-8, 408-9; Godley's criticism, i. 398-9; arrival of account books, i. 430; moveable property, i. 434, 459; seal, i. 452, 454-5; title to lands, i. 482; Crown debt, i. 500n; Holy Trinity, Lyttelton, i. 504-5; Sewell and FitzGerald discuss accounts, ii. 76; Sewell's view of compromise with NZ Co, ii. 82; Select Committee on accounts, ii. 140; Province assumes debts of, ii. 148, 150-2; Canterbury Association Ordinance, ii. 189; Sewell's salary, ii. 193, 311; members' response to settlement, ii. 241; Land Sales Book, Plate 7
Canterbury Association Ordinance, i. 96, 99; ii. 189
Canterbury block, i. 34, 36, 54
Canterbury Church Building Society, i. 368
Canterbury Museum site, i. 63
Canterbury Papers, i. 145
Canterbury Settlement Lands Act (1850), i. 36, 47; (1857) i. 47, 49
Canterbury Standard, ii. 70n, 145
Cape Campbell, i. 180, 380
Cape Horn, ii. 308
Cape Palliser, i. 180
Capital. See Seat of Government
Cargill, William, biog i. 224 n7; 106, 450, 484; ii. 20, 106, 235
Carkeek, Stephen, ii. 153 (biog)
Carleton, Hugh Francis, biog i. 207 nl; 71, 84,103; Sewell meets in Wellington, i. 207; Sewell's letter to, i. 388-9; reply, i. 407; first Assembly, ii. 32, 34, 81; Auckland Progress leader, ii. 231, 234, 236, 246; FitzGerald's view of, ii. 324
Carnatic, i. 413, 415, 417, 418, 419
Cass, Thomas, biog i. 128 n2; visit to Kaiapoi, i. 128-9; surveyor of Church lands, i. 138, 242, 253, 256, 283, 295, 303, 304, of Akaroa lands, i. 169-70, of Williams's section, i. 309-10; 1853 provincial elections, i. 371; maps seized by Brittan, i. 410; Sewell's action against, ii. 140
Cathedral, RC, Wellington. See St Mary's, Hill St
Cathedral Square, Christchurch, map i. 116; i. 306
Cattle, ii. 102, 113, 134, 147
Cavendish, Richard, biog i. 260 nl; 35, 41, 42, 239n, 259, 260; ii. 114, 120
Caverhill, John Scott, biog i. 421 n2; 455
Caversham House, ii. lOln
Centralism, i. 70, 81-2, 83,101,104,106-7; ii. 202, 206-7
Chadwell, i. 443; ii. 117
Chaplains, i. 257, 259
Chapman, Edward, biog ii. 209 n2; 210-12, 221
Chapman, Judge Henry, i. 204
Cheap land, i. 288, 299, 333, 342, 344, 347, 369, 377, 420, 485; ii. 22, 118
Cheese, i. 255
Cheetah, i. 295
Chief Justice, Role of, ii. 179. See also Arney and Martin
Chinese labour for New Zealand, i. 300, 344, 346; in Ballarat, ii. 298-9
Cholmondley, Thomas, ii. 130 (biog), 131
Choral Society, Lyttelton, ii. 202
Christchurch: i. 21-2; Sewell's first visit, i. 53; Committee on Church Matters, i. 56; schoolroom-church, i. 57; Anglican synod, i. 63; reserves, i. 66,178,255-6,272; Sewell MHR for, i. 101; resigns, i. 110; Sewell's opinion of, i. 124, 137; price of sections, i. 150; money for church, i. 260-1; college site, i. 307; ball, i. 311-12; cricket ground, i. 313; first Superintendency election, i. 343, 345-7; 1853 General Assembly elections, i. 355-67; 1853 Provincial Council elections, i. 370-1; Church building committee, i. 373; 1853 Anniversary celebrations, i. 409; Church's town sections, i. 411; labourers' meetings, i. 418; cricket, i. 419; meeting about Church constitution, i. 451; schools question, i. 486-7; Church land, i. 509; meeting of Sewell's constituents, ii. 102; Lyttelton Trust lands, ii. 114; Sewell's dislike of, ii. 116,135; ball, ii. 188; bishopric town lands, ii. 197; Gov. Browne's visit, ii. 203-4; Sewell's return from South Canterbury, ii. 222; Addington subdivision, ii. 317-18
Christchurch College. See College Christmas: (1853) i. 413-14; (1854) ii. 114; (1855) ii. 197; (1856) Ballarat, ii. 299
Christ's Church, Nelson, ii. 92; Plate 37
Christ's College. See College
Church Committee. See Committee on Church Matters
Church endowments, i. 131, 140-1, 150, 152-3, 166, 247, 256, 275, 411-2; ii. 176
Church extensions, i. 260-1, 373n
Church Missionary Society, ii. 176
Church of Australasia, i. 288
Church of England: proposed Constitution for Province of NZ, i. 266-8, 270, 412-13, 416, 447-8, 450-2; Maori schools, ii. 177-8; Canterbury reorganisation in 1855, ii. 192; in Ballarat (Vic.), ii. 299
Church Property Trustees, Canterbury: i. 22, 59, 61, 62, 63; Sewell's proposal, i. 353; Bill prepared, i. 409, 410, 412, 440, 445, 453; discussion at Committee on Church Matters, i.
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416; Sewell drafts deeds, i. 437; Bill before Provincial Council, i. 455, 459, 461-5, 468; first meetings of trustees, i. 493; Lyttelton-Christ-church jealousies, i. 498-9; Sewell's disagreement with, ii. 107-9; relations improve, ii. 110; reorganisation of, ii. 114; Sewell's provisional arrangements with, ii. 115; internal dissension, ii. 119, 121-2, 125, 128; college lands, ii. 135; opposition to Ordinance, ii. 143; accept Lyttelton Trust lands, ii. 189; Sewell completes transfer, ii. 193; impatient for deeds, ii. 223
Churchill, Lord Alfred, i. 92; ii. 68 (biog), 75, 77, 113
Cicero quoted, i. 404
Clark, William John Turner, i. 466 (biog)
Clarke, Adam. See Karaka, Arama Clarke, Francis, i. 23
Clarke, Robert, i. 23, 25
Class war, i. 31, 93, 95; ii. 87-8, 137, 195-6
Clean-shirt Ministry, ii. 81 n
Clergy: Canterbury, i. 54, 57; general quality in NZ, ii. 176
Clifford, Charles, biog i. 167 n2; responsible government, i. 76; mixed ministry, i. 83; visits Lyttelton, i. 167; Sewell visits in Wellington, i. 181, 187, 189, 195, 200-1, 208-9, 210, 219, 232, 234, 389; ii. 157, 183, 227; land regulations, i. 184, 188; fishing party, i. 226; Stonyhurst, i. 31 On; Speaker of Wellington Provincial Council, i. 391-3; Speaker of House of Representatives, i. 73; ii. 20-1, 25; visit to Sisters of Mercy, ii. 60; 1855 Wellington earthquake, ii. 126-7,138; 1855 session, i. 98-100, ii. 155; visits Taranaki, ii. 163; greets Gov. Browne, ii. 172; visits Christchurch, ii. 225; garrison crisis, ii. 319
Clutha, i. 475
Coal: i. 138-9, 142, 146, 148-9, 155; in Malvern Hills, i. 307, 314, 315, 379; worked by Knight, ii. 136-7
Cocks, Thomas Somers, i. 36, 260 (biog)
Cole, Rev. Robert, biog i. 217 nl; 206n, 391
Coleridge, Sir John, i. 258 (biog); ii. 312
College: i.33-4, 35, 39, 40, 54; Christ's College founded, i. 63-4; Sewell's plans for, i. 139-40, 153-4, 163-4; sites for, i. 159, 165, 306-7, 417; endowments of, i. 164, 257, 261, 494; Godley's views of, i. 271 n; Mountford's estimates, i. 291; Sewell discusses with FitzGerald, i. 368; bill prepared, i. 409, 410, 412; scholarship endowments, i. 508n; Somes Estate, ii. 15, 125; share of church lands, ii. 135, 143; bishop's 1855 visit, ii. 192; Christchurch town sections, map i. 115
Collegiate Grammar School, i. 57,139n, 153n, 306, 417n, 478
Colonial Bishopric Fund, i. 37, 255, 262
Colonial manners, i. 136
Colonial Office: i. 27, 28, 37; dispute with Canterbury Association, i. 37-44; suspends Association's land selling powers, i. 44; 1852 Constitution Act, i. 52, 181; responsible government, i. 96-8; Sewell's anger at, i. 278, 349-50, 407; separate Secretary of State, ii. 82n; Native Council Bill, ii. 313-14; delegation about garrison, ii. 319
Committee of Management, Canterbury Association, i. 27-8, 40, 42n, 47, 50
Committee on Church Matters: i. 56, 58-9, 252, 262; Sewell attends at Lyttelton, i. 276-7; attends at Christchurch, i. 282-4, 294, 316, 320, 357; letter to Lyttelton, i. 332; FitzGerald's motion, i. 338; resolutions critical of Association, i. 348; critical meeting with Sewell, i. 351-3, 416; opposed to sale of any church lands, i. 433; discusses Selwyn's draft church constitution, i. 450-2
Commodore, i. 407
Compact of 1856: i. 109; conception of, ii. 206-7; negotiations, ii. 249-50, 252-3; resolutions, ii. 338-41; London loan negotiations, ii. 312
Compensation Scrip. See Scrip Confiscation policy, ii. 317-18
Conservatives, ii. 86
Constitution Act, 1846, i. 75-6
Constitution Act, 1852: i. 51,68, 72, 75, 77, 84, 91, 97; ii. 22n; responsible government, i. 102; Gov. Grey's delays, i. 181, 201, 311; electorates, i. 202; land policy, i. 213; Maoris and franchise, i. 229n; Sewell's ideas about, i. 342, 367, 386-9, 405; defects evident, ii. 46-7; Sewell and FitzGerald differ over, ii. 92-5; Grey's provincial bias, ii. 231-2
Constitutional Party: Auckland, i. 105, ii. 234; Wellington, i. 288, ii. 324
Constitutional Society, Lyttelton, i. 345
Cookson, Isaac, biog i. 122 n3; talks with Sewell, i. 142, 271, 319; assists Sewell, i. 134, 253, 340, 367; supports Kaiapoi township, i. 136; view of economic prospects, i. 144, 172, 337; politics, i. 289, 345, 370; relations with Bowler, i. 337, 448, 453, 458
Coolies, Indian, i. 492
Cooper, Arthur, ii. 201
Cooper, Daniel, snr, i. 298 (biog)
Cooper, Daniel, ii. 280-1 (biog)
Cooper, George Sisson, ii. 160n (biog), 168
Cornwall, i. 370
Coromandel: gold rush, i. 225-6; Maoris steal gunpowder, ii. 243, 269
Cost of living: Lyttelton (1853), i. 414; stock prices, ii. 102; Sydney imports, ii. 106
Cotterill, Rev. George, biog i. 156 nl; 157, 485, 487
Council of Land Purchasers, i. 238, 269, 275
Courtenay, William Reginald, i. 266 (biog)
Cox, Charles Percy, i. 437 (biog); ii. 284
Crawford, James Field, ii. 137 (biog)
Cricket, i. 313, 409, 419; ii. 300
Cridland, Henry, biog i. 128 n3; Gladstone scheme, i. 136, 139; treatment by Capt Thomas, i. 295; church land agent, i. 411-12, 417, 468, 507, 508; Kaiapoi township, i. 428; Holy Trinity report, i. 474n, 479-80; route from port to plains, i. 481; visits Rakaia, ii. 124-5, 129; delay with accounts, ii. 122, 135-6, 224; Dampier's Bay lands, ii. 138
Crimean War: rumours, i. 385; news of, ii. 52, 59, 83, 116; Inkermann, ii. 137; Sebastopol, ii. 202; peace, ii. 250
Croft, Archer Charles, i. 312-13 (biog)
Cuff, John, biog i. 323 nl; 107, 110; ii. 198, 199, 237
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Customs duties, i. 149, 378; ii. 206; new tariff, 258-9
Cutten, William Henry, i. 484 (biog)
Dacre, Ranulph, ii. 277 (biog)
Daldy, William, biog ii. 244 nl; i. 108
Damper, Cooking of, ii. 214
Dampier, Christopher Edward, biog i. 289 nl; 'black mark' against, i. 290n; solicitor for Sewell's opponents, i. 344, 402, 407-8, 444, 452, 455; ii. 107, 109; Canterbury politics, i. 362-4, 370; Committee on Church Matters, i. 463, 465; Committee on Holy Trinity building, i. 49In
Dampier's Bay, i. 142, 291; ii. 11 In, 138
Daniell, Edward, i. 377 (biog)
Davis, Roland, biog i. 171 nl; 250, 339, 345, 362, 370n
Day, George, i. 157
Dean and Chapter endowments, ii. 135
Deans brothers, Riccarton, i. 46, 124n, 169, 345; Plate 15
Deans, John, biog i. 124 n2; 158,176,197,296, 345
Debentures, Canterbury Association's debts covered by, ii. 143, 151-2, 188-9, 190, 191, 193, 195, 241
Deck, Philip Augustus, i. 490-1 (biog)
Defence: Fencibles, i. 201n; ii. 19; militia, i. 221; American whalers, ii. 242-3n, 251; 'self-reliance', ii. 318; garrison crisis, ii. 319-21
Democracy, i. 367; ii. 86, 195
Denison, Sir William, Gov. of NSW, ii. 277 (biog), 287
Denne, Thomas Planta, i. 264-5 (biog)
Dicken, Joseph, i. 472n; ii. 133n
Dicken, Mary, i. 472-4; ii. 133
Dickens, Charles, i. 29; novels alluded to, Martin Chuzzlewit, i. 276; ii. 65, 203, 285, 291; Pickwick Papers, i. 468; Nicholas Nickleby, i. 468; ii. 174, 175
Diggers, Ballarat gold, ii. 300-1
Dispatch, i. 266, 395, 461; ii. 16
Distance, Impact of, i. 45
Dobbs, Arthur, biog i. 148 nl; 509
Dobson, Edward, biog i. 371 n2; 268n, 366, 371, 472n, 474n, 479-80, 491, 503
Dolphin, ii. 113
Domett, Alfred, biog i. 192 nl; 22, 55, 103, 192; Colonial Secretary, New Munster, i. 192, 195, 204, 220, 225, 226, 228, 232; declines to serve under Sewell, ii. 230; approaches by Stafford to, ii. 240; Ministry of, ii. 316-17
Donald, Dr William, biog i. 168 nl; anti-As-sociationism, i. 252, 290; provincial politics, i. 289, 370; ii. 137; Committee on Church Matters, i. 351, 506n; Canterbury Association Schools, i. 320, 486; Committee on Holy Trinity church, i. 479, 491 n, 503
Donaldson, Stuart Alexander, ii. 278 (biog), 279, 282
Dorset, John, i. 224 (biog)
Dorset, William, i. 214 (biog)
Dorset v. Bell. See Injunction case
Double Corner run, ii. 204
Draper, William: death on Plains, i. 287-8; funeral of, i. 334
Drury, Captain Byron, biog ii. 17 nl; i. 92; ii. 113, 116, 126-7
Dudley, Rev. Benjamin Wooley (biog), i. 124 nl; 127, 141; unpopularity of, i. 135, 163, 244, 265; services at Holy Trinity, Lyttelton, i. 162, 175, 270, 289, 337, 349; Committee on Church Matters, i. 277, 351, 416; parsonage, i. 314; schools question, i. 483, 486; Holy Trinity building, i. 491 n, 503, 506; Church Property Trustees, i. 497
Duke of Portland, i. 454, 475, 492
Dunbar, ii. 281
Dunnage, Rev. George, i. 128 (biog)
Duval, Lewis, ii. 246 (biog)
Dyarchy, i. 80, 82, 104
Dyer, John, i. 147-8 (biog)', ii. 135
E Puni. See Te Puni
E Tako. See Tako Ngatata
Earle, Dr James William, i. 164 (biog)
Earthquakes: minor shocks (1853) i. 144, 233; stone buildings in, i. 491-2; effects of 1855 Wairarapa earthquake, ii. 120-1, 125-7, 138, 154, 156, 183
Ecclesiastical and Educational Fund: Canterbury Association plans, i. 33, 39, 41; income of, i. 133-4, 150; rents from i. 256, 340; Godley's criticisms of, i. 417; overdraft of, ii. 115 maps of sections, i. 115-16
Education: Canterbury provincial ordinance, i. 482-3; denominational principle, ii. 124
Egmont, ii. 51
Electoral rolls, i. 202, 339
Elections: for Canterbury Superintendent (1853), i. 343-7; for House of Representatives (1853) i. 59, 204, 357-8, 366-7; (1855), ii. 176, 192-7, 198-9; for Canterbury Provincial Council (1853), i. 370-1; (1855), ii. 136-7
Eliza, i. 454
Elliot, T. F., i. 96
Ellman, James B., i. 326 (biog)
Elwyn, Mary Anne, i. 117 (biog), 413, 468; ii. 83
Emigration Barracks, Lyttelton, i. 58, 144, 293; ii. 113
Emigration Fund, i. 33, 39
Empowering Bill (1854), ii. 330
Enderby, Charles, i. 234 (biog), 236
Endowments, Canterbury Church: Sewell's role, i. 39-41, 57, 269; Kaiapoi township, i. 131, 247, 256-7, 275, 351, 424, 433; rents from, i. 151-2, 411-2, 477-8; Godley and land purchases for, i. 417; College portion, i. 140, 153, 164-5, 494; Dean and Chapter estate, i. 498; Jackson estate, i. 508; Church Trust, i. 166,177, 416-17, 461-2; value of, ii. 108; transfer to Church Property Trustees, ii. 115, 128-9; Sewell discusses with Selwyn, ii. 176. See also Church Property Trustees, Lyttelton and Cavendish Trust.
Englishness: land between Port Hills and Christchurch, i. 127; road to Kaiapoi, i. 128; party at Brittan's, i. 130-1; country around Lyttelton, i. 141; Wellington Court, i. 198; hills around Wellington, i. 216; Queen's birthday, Lyttelton, i. 292-3; concert at Lyttelton, i. 299; Canterbury electioneering, i. 362-4, 366-7, 371; ii. 195-7;
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walled fields between Onehunga and Auckland, ii. 19; Auckland harbour, ii. 24; Auckland Waterfront streets, ii. 27; Auckland suburbs most English-looking settlement, ii. 38; political life, ii. 39, 42; Nelson life like village, ii. 96; Banks Peninsula grasslands, ii. 147; Heidelberg, Vic., ii. 302
Evans, Dr G. S., biog i. 211 n3; 214-15, 222, 225, 268, 333
Examiner, Nelson, ii. 313
Executive Council, Canadian, i. 89
Executive Council, Canterbury, i. 22, 59, 60, 69, 371, 375, 486; ii. 103, 124, 144-6
Executive Council, New Munster, i. 214, 221, 294
Executive Council, New Zealand: the officials, i. 72; 1852 Constitution neglects, i. 75-6; Mixed Ministry, i. 78-87; ii. 36, 41-3; Swainson's role, ii. 47; Mixed Ministry resigns, ii. 64; officials retained, ii. 65-6; Forsaith's mixed ministry, ii. 79n; Sewell unofficial member, ii. 274; FitzGerald's account of his mixed ministry, ii. 326-36. See also Responsible Government Executive Government Bill: Wellington (1853), i. 393-4; Colonial (1854), i. 79, 82, 85-6; ii. 45
Exeter Hall, ii. 256
Eyre, Edward John, i. 234 (biog)
Falkland Islands, ii. 308
Farquhar, Sir Walter, biog i. 258 n2; 260
Fawn, i. 176
Featherston, Dr Isaac, biog i. 188 nl; Superintendent of Wellington, i. 70, 83, 271, 376-7, 392-4, 449-50; Provincialism of, i. 101, 103, 106; ii. 117; supports Grey's policies, i. 386-9; supports Compact, i. 109; and land regulations, i. 188, 252-3; Sewell meets, i. 211-12, 283, 384; ii. 12, 157, 183, 227; Sewell's regard for, i. 223; ii. 40, 150, 248, 324; consulted after fall of Mixed Ministry, ii. 75; and 1855 session, ii. 155; seeks alliance with FitzGerald, ii. 225-6, fails to form ministry, ii. 236-7
Federalism, i. 101; ii. 69, 76, 117n, 234, 236
Fell, Alfred, i. 488 (biog)
Fenton, Francis Dart, i. 112; ii. 262n
Fenwick, Robert, ii. 305 (biog)
Fereday, Edward Henning, biog i. 276 nl; 210; ii. 209
Ferry. See Heathcote Ferry
Finance Committee; 1855 Assembly, ii. 166, 186-7; 1856 Assembly, ii. 248
Fires: Raven's house, i. 409-10; Tribe's store, ii. 106n
Firewood, Cost of, i. 292, 414, 436, 490
First four ships, Canterbury's, i. 45n
Fish, i. 158, 226
FitzGerald, James Edward, biog i. 118 n2; and Sewell, i. 30, 55-6; Sewell's considered opinion of, i. 118-19; Lyttelton house, i. 126-7; candidate for Superintendency, i. 59-61; 147, 155, 161, 335, 344-7, 353-4; and college, i. 164; meets E. G. Wakefield, i. 167; controversy with Sewell, i. 216-17, 237-8, 247-8; partly reconciled, i. 285-6; attitude to endowments, i. 257, 265; Committee on Church Matters, i. 284, 338, 351-3, 416; Willock's opinion of, i. 269; H. Tancred's opinion of, i. 285; opposes cheap land, i. 288; Draper's funeral, i. 334; 1853 Assembly elections, i. 356, 358-9, 363; borrows Tancred's Christchurch house, i. 361; invites Sewell to be provincial legal adviser, i. 367, 402; commences superintendency, i. 371-2, 377-8; venue of Provincial Council, i. 374; opposes Grey, i. 395; discusses affairs with Sewell, i. 399-401; 403; office in Packer's store, i. 410; Church Trust bill, i. 412, 468; opposes sale of church lands, i. 434; drafts bills, i. 438; receives Association's accounts, i. 439, 445, 448-9; attitude to General Assembly, i. 460; land regulations, i. 467, 469, 480-1; Education Ordinance, i. 482-3, 485-6; town improvements, Lyttelton, i. 488; Holy Trinity building, i. 491, 503-6, 507; Church Property Trustees, i. 494-5; Sewell's irritation with, i. 496-7, 498, 501, 502; dislike of Wakefield, ii. 22; Address in Reply, i. 74; ii. 30; mixed ministry of, i. 79-87; ii. 28, 34, 37, 42; reluctant to retain leadership, ii. 61; 1854 prorogation incident, ii. 70-3; end of mixed ministry, ii. 77; discusses Canterbury at Auckland, i. 95; ii. 76-7; differs with Sewell over Constitution Act, ii. 92-5; public dinner at Nelson, ii. 96; visits Ludlam's at Hutt, ii. 98; reports to Lyttelton electors, ii. 100; Canterbury Executive crisis, ii. 103, 106; Sewell discusses wind up of Association, ii. 110; Canterbury land regulations, ii. 115, 140-1, 144-6; Sumner road, ii. 116; education policies of, ii. 124; wants Sewell in Provincial Council, ii. 136; Sewell's renewed doubts about, ii. 139, 142; Land Office issue, ii. 140; prorogues Provincial Council (1855), ii. 152; 1855 Assembly Session, ii. 155; Lyttelton-Christchurch tramway plan, ii. 184-5; trouble with hand, ii. 188, 190, 192; re-elected MHR for Lyttelton, ii. 195; Gov. Browne's visit, ii. 201-4; suffers from angina pectoris, i. 102, 109; ii. 222, 226, 227; attends Assembly, 259, 260; account of first Assembly, ii. 323-37; Plates, 8 and 42
Fitzherbert, William, biog i. 392 nl; provincialism of, i. 101,111; in Wellington Provincial Council, i. 392-4, 395; Sewell dislikes, ii. 157, 183, 248; Plate 57
FitzRoy, Capt. Robert, i. 468; ii. 159, 169-70
Flash, ii. 149
Fletcher, Miss, i. 142, 181
Flinders St, Melbourne, ii. 290
Flour: price of, i. 255, 282; Brittan's, i. 283
Fooks, Charles, biog i. 356 nl; 59, 365-6, 371; ii. 149
Forest, i. 216, 322-3
Forsaith, Thomas, biog ii. 30 n4; first Assembly, i. 73, 74-6, 84, 91; ii. 32, 36, 68; attempts mixed ministry, i. 93-4; ii. 76-7, 79-80; policy of, ii. 81; resigns, ii. 83; in 1855 session, ii. 165-6; FitzGerald's view of, ii. 324
Foster, Henry, ii. 298 (biog), 300-1
Fox, William, biog i. 460 n2; NZ Company agent, i. 34n, 50; provincialism of, i. 71, 101-3; ii. 40; federalism of, i. 105,106,107; Sewell's views on, ii. 11-12, 150, 157, 183, 248; opposes Sewell, i. 110, ii. 233, 235, 237, 239; forms ministry, ii. 241-4; land policy of, ii. 252; Sewell joins during
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Maori Wars, ii. 316; third ministry of, ii. 320-1; Plate 56
Franchise, i. 72; Maori, i. 229
Freemasons, Lyttelton lodge, i. 294
French Farm Bay, ii. 130, 132-3
French settlers, Akaroa, i. 169-70, 297-8, 346
Fuller, Capt. Francis, biog i. 123 n2; 126, 127, 131-2, 136, 175, 249, 300, 336-7
Garrison crisis, ii. 319-21
Gazelle, i. 470
Gebbie, John, i. 57, 155
Gees' confectioners, i. 162, 378
Geelong (Vic.), ii. 293-4, 301
Gell, Rev. John Philip, biog i. 258 nl; 261, 275-6, 291, 294, 296, 299, 304, 315, 351; ii. 45, 105
General Assembly, New Zealand: Sewell member of, i. 21, 59; first session of, i. 72-95; arrival of southern members, ii. 19; opening of, ii. 25-7; building for, ii. 26n, 268; 1854 prorogation incident, i. 92, ii. 67, 70-3; second session of, i. 93-5, 98, ii. 77-8; 1855 session of, ii. 153, 155, 165-75; 1856 Assembly, ii. 227-60; future venue of, ii. 261-2; and Maori Wars, ii. 313-18; and Compact, ii. 338-41; Plates, 51 and 52 General-Provincial relations: Sewell's ideas on, i. 70, 101, 104, 109, 387-8; ii. 174-5, 184, 186-7, 202, 206-7, 231-2, 338-41
George St, Sydney, ii. 279
Geraldine, ii. 218
German Bay, Akaroa. See Takamatua
Gibbes, Sir Osborne, i. 219 (biog), 222
Gibbs, Capt of SSi4wi, i. 379, 384
Gisborne, William, ii. 200 (biog)
Gladstone, William Ewart: and Canterbury Association, i. 28, 52,181,196,200,201; Wakefield and, i. 377; rumours of office, i. 385; and Crimean War, ii. 202; first ministry and garrison, ii. 320
Gladstone township, i. 126, 131-2, 133, 136, 276, 280, 290, 424. See also Kaiapoi
Godley, John Robert, biog i. 119 nl; and Sewell, i. 22, 30; Canterbury plan, i. 32; in colony, i. 36-7; resignation of, i. 40, 50; and church lands, i. 41; instructions for, i. 45; argues for self-government, i. 45-6; pastoral regulations, i. 47; ii. 145n; end of mission, i. 52, 54, 55, 121-2; and W. G. Brittan, i. 125; Sewell's judgment on, i. 119,132, 171, 173-4, 239, 262, 263, 273; school committee, i. 135; and pre-emptive right, i. 145; speech at Greenwich, i. 146-7, 417n; and Association accounts, i. 150-1; relations with Gov. Grey, i. 163; Robert Wadsworth's opinion of, i. 191; Mark Stoddart's opinion of, i. 196; Featherston's opinion of, i. 212; H. Tancred's opinion of, i. 243, 285; Paul's opinion of, i. 254-5; Willock's opinion of, i. 269; Sewell's praise of land policy of, i. 246, 364-5; and colonial church, i. 267; dispatches of, i. 271, 274; pessimism about Canterbury plan, i. 272; Akaroa lands, i. 330-1; rumours of return to New Zealand, i. 395; criticism of Association, i. 398-9, 430; £300 loan of, i. 435, 446, 465, 469, 478, 481, 507; ii. 224; Saxton's opinion of, ii. 15; land selections by, ii. 108; FitzGerald's account of first Assembly for, ii. 323-37
Godshill, Isle of Wight, i. 23
Gold, Col. Charles E., biog i. 210 n2; 218; 226
Gold rushes: effect on Lyttelton, i. 122; rumours about Canterbury Plains, i. 135-6, 268; in Auckland, i. 226; Australia as market, ii. 102, 152; fears about Nelson, ii. 251; Ballarat visit, ii. 297-300; Anderson's Creek (Vic.), ii. 302-3; diggers going home, ii. 309
Golden Fleece Hotel, Christchurch, i. 307-8, 311, 357, 358, 362; ii. 104, 197
Gollans Bay, i. 144, 155
Gore Browne, Governor. See Browne
Gouger, Robert, i. 31
Government Domain: Christchurch, i. 306; Auckland, ii. 255, 268; Sydney, ii. 279
Government House: Wellington, i. 184-5, 186-7, 195, 207, Plates 27-29; Auckland, ii. 254, 255, 261, 268, Plates 51 and 53; Sydney, ii. 278; Parramatta, ii. 284
Governors Bay, i. 57, 138, 142, 146
Granville, Earl, ii. 319-20
Great North Rd, Christchurch, i. 128
Greenwood, Major Joseph, biog ii. 31 n3; i. 77; ii. 33, 38, 74, 76-7, 88, 165, 166
Gresson, Henry Barnes, biog ii. 104 n3; 105, 167, 108, 143, 223-5
Grey, Governor Sir George, biog i. 118 nl; and 1852 Constitution Act, i. 51; relations with Sewell, i. 54, 55, 186; discontent with, i. 68-9; delay in calling Assembly, i. 70-1,137, 369, 378, 381, 382, 449; Sewell's opinions of, i. 71-2, 118, 160; Akaroa lands, i. 170, 331; calls first elections, i. 202; overland to Auckland, i. 203; Carleton's opinion of, i. 207; illness in Taranaki, i. 208; Wellington supporters of, i. 211; land regulations of, i. 213, 467; and Col. Campbell, i. 244; Hamilton's comment on Maori policy of, i. 340; goes on leave, i. 347, 350, 395, 404; Wairarapa purchase, i. 390; seizure of Canterbury Association property, i. 397-8, 403, ii. 115; Sewell's anger at, i. 414; rumours about successor, i. 431; Lyttelton meeting about land regulations, i. 439-40; farewell speech, Auckland, i. 468; William Brown's opinion of, ii. 25; neglect of Upper House, ii. 47; Colonial Office supports, ii. 82; and Taranaki Maoris, ii. 158-61; finances of, ii. 167-8, 186-8, 247; legacy of Maori policy, ii. 170; and Church of England grant, ii. 176-7; Sewell and Browne discuss, ii. 202; provincial bias of, ii. 231-2; and missionaries, ii. 251; second governorship, ii. 316; and garrison crisis, ii. 319; Plate 25
Grey, Lady, biog i. 195 nl; 184, 190, 196, 207-8, 213; Plate 26
Grey, Sir George, Bart., ii. 82
Grey, Third Earl, i. 37-8, 262n
Grey Institution, New Plymouth, ii. 266
Guarantee of 1850, i. 35, 40, 41, 43, 44, 53, 63, 239-40; ii. 191
Gwalior, i. 268, 280, 281, 289
Hadfield, Rev. Octavius, biog i. 389 n3; i. 112n, 195n, 389-90; ii. 45, 266
Hagley Park, Christchurch, i. 22, 66
Hall, John, biog i. 314 nl; provincial politics, i. 64, 65, 69, 371; colonial politics, i. 105, 108; Sewell
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meets, i. 314; Committee on Church Matters, i. 351; proposes Sewell as MHR, i. 365, 366; Select Committee on Association's accounts, i. 454, 469; Church Property Trustees bill, i. 459, 464, 468, 507; heads Provincial Executive, ii. 106n, 144-5; land policy of, ii. 123, 140-1; and church accounts, ii. 124-5; Sewell's opinion of, ii. 129, 142; and College lands, ii. 135; questions settlement with Association, ii. 150; 1855 election, ii. 191; MHR Christchurch Country Dist, ii. 195, 196; amends Roads Bill, ii. 225; joins Fox, ii. 235, 244
Hamilton, Thomas Ferrier, ii. 287-8 (biog)
Hamilton, William John Warburton, biog i. 159 nl; colonial politics, i. 71, 355-6; and College, i. 164; gold rumours, i. 268; provincial politics, i. 370, 371, 375, 454, 464; church matters, i. 277, 299, 351, 416; Lyttelton church building, i. 506n; magistrate, i. 339; attitude to Maoris, i. 340-1; possible partner for Bowler, i. 453, 458; Gov. Browne's visit, ii. 200
Hampshire, i. 276, 278, 280, 282, 295, 303
Hams Hall draft, i. 52, 84
Hansard, i. 83n
Harbinger, i. 430
Harewood Forest, i. 130
Harman, Richard James Strachan, biog i. 139 n3; 149, 247, 253, 256-7
Harper, Charles John, ii. 270
Harper, Leonard, ii. 270
Harper, Rev. Henry, Bishop of Christchurch, i. 63; ii. 118n, 192n, 270
Harris, John Hyde, biog i. 224 n6; 229
Hart, publican, i. 365
Hart, Robert, biog i. 180 nl; 82, 98, 389; ii. 44, 46, 68, 154, 155
Hashemy, i. 350, 357, 396-7
Hawdon, Joseph, ii. 302 (biog), 303
Hawker, George Charles, ii. 282 (biog)
Hawke's Bay, ii. 169
Hawkins, Ernest, i. 262 (biog)
Hay, John, biog i. 321 n2; 332, 441
Hayhurst, John, biog ii. 212 nl; 214, 221
Heathcote Ferry, i. 63, 127, 137, 140, 154, 159, 164, 281, 306, 509
Heathcote River, i. 126, 317
Heidelberg (Vic.), ii. 302
Hempleman, George, biog i. 245, nl; 246, 247, 298, 439, 444; ii. 109
Henslow, Capt. Frederick, biog i. 127 n3; 136,169, 205,217-18
Henwood, Sewell's servant, i. 185, 203, 205, 218, 226, 228, 282, 321, 345
Herries, Farquhar and Co., i. 40
Heslerton run, ii. 208
Hill, Rowland, ii. 307 (biog)
Hilton, Richard Alsop, biog i. 280 nl; 281, 283, 297, 427
Hinds River, ii. 212, 216, 221
Hobson, Capt. William, ii. 169 (biog)
Hocking's Hotel, Melbourne, ii. 290-1
Hodgkinson, Dr Samuel, i. 31 On
Holt, James, i. 298n
Holt, Thomas, ii. 282 (biog)
Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton: Sewell's description of, i. 123; services in, i. 127, 141, 162, 175, 251-2, 265, 280-1, 289, 303, 337, 349, 414, 446; Godley's role in building of, i. 272, 505-6; made unsafe by gale, i. 472, 474; worship in immigration barracks, i. 477; committee on the building, i. 479-80, 482, 491-2;debtof, i. 261,502, 503-6, 509; ii. 105
Hongi Hika, ii. 272 (biog)
Hope, Mrs, i. 181
Horace, Quotations from, i. 135, 269, 304, 339, 370, 466, 496; ii. 63, 124, 198, 200
Hornbrook, Major, i. 31 On
Horton, Robert Wilmot, i. 31
House of Representatives: constitution of, i. 72; first meeting of, ii. 22; question of prayers, ii. 23, 29-30; Wakefield's resolution for ministerial responsibility, ii. 28, 30-1; Mixed Ministry, i. 81-8, ii. 42; press reporting of debates, ii. 54; 1854 prorogation incident, i. 92n, ii. 70-3, 97-8, 100-2; second session of, ii. 77-8; Forsaith mixed ministry, ii. 77-81, 83; 1854 estimates, ii. 83-4; second session prorogued, ii. 85; closing dinner, ii. 86; 1855 session, i. 98-100, ii. 165; accounts of Colonial Government, ii. 167-9; Sewell's 1856 ministry, i. 103-7, ii. 231-6; Pensions Bill, ii. 232-3; Sewell's resignation, ii. 240; Fox's ministry, ii. 241, 244; Stafford's ministry, ii. 246-62; NZ Company's debt, ii. 248-9; new tariff, ii. 258-9; responsible government expected in Maori affairs, ii. 263
Houses, Price of, i. 137
Howard, William Lott, i. 168, 415n; ii. 195
Howitt, William, ii. 289 (biog)
Hume, George Ponsonby, ii. 201
Hutt: road to, i. 215-16; Sewell visits, i. 217-18; description of, i. 223-4; Wakefield MHR for, i. 369, 377; Sewells visit Ludlam's, ii. 98; Wakefield's last speeches, ii. 113
Hyde Abbey School, Winchester, i. 25
Hyde Park, Sydney, ii. 279
Immigration, i. 33
Independence, Advantages of, ii. 320-1
India, i. 34, 49, 493
Injunction case, i. 55, 69, 213-15, 216, 222, 227-8, 231-2, 235-6, 268, 271, 418; ii. 82, 183
Inkermann, News of Battle of, ii. 137, 138
Innes, David, i. 31 On
Intercolonial Mail Steamer Packet Co., ii. 312
Interest rates, Colonial, i. 165, 243 'Instant civilisation', i. 34
Isle of Wight: Sewell family, i. 23-6; Keeles, i. 121 n; Hadfield, i. 195n; Fenwick, ii. 305
Jackson, Rev. Thomas, i. 35, 36, 37, 58, 133, 148, 152, 165, 256-7; estate, 508
Jacobs, Rev. Henry, biog i. 139 n4; Collegiate GS, i. 57, 478; warden, Christ's College, i. 64; Sewell meets, i. 139, 253, 261, 264, 283, 306; college plans, i. 153-4, 164; earlier career of, i. 254n; stipend of, i. 259; Committee on Church Matters, i. 277, 291, 351, 416; Sewell's favourable impression of, i. 368; and Church Trustee Bill, i. 412, 440, 445; and Selwyn's constitution, i. 452; Canterbury Education Ordinance, i. 445, 486-7; Church Property Trustees, i. 493n, 507;
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Lyttelton church building committee, i. 506n; Gell's letter, ii. 105; church accounts, ii. 124
James, Sir Walter, biog i. 241 n2;23, 251,260, 500; ii. 108, 139
Jeffreys, Henry, i. 228-9 (biog)
John Taylor, i. 415
Jones, Henry, i. 302, 425 (biog)
Jones, John, i. 484 (biog)
Jury, Panapa case, i. 198-200
Juvenal, Quotations from, ii. 187, 270
Kaiapoi: Maori school, i. 57; church, i. 62, 126, 261, 373n; Gladstone settlers, i. 128-32, 136, 138-9; church lands at, i. 152-3, 247,256, 508-9, ii. 108; curate for, i. 259; Revell family, i. 275; Capt Fuller, i. 300; Raven settles, i. 304; Sidey's purchases, i. 336, 344, 348; Maoris of, i. 341; Sewell's view of prospects for, i. 375; progress of, i. 412; Sewell stays at Raven's, i. 417, 421;
Kaiapohia, i. 421; growth of the town, i. 424; income of church lands, i. 477-8; conveyances, i. 494; ride from Rangiora, ii. 104; 1855 earthquake, ii. 120; representation on Church Property Trustees, ii. 122, 128
Kaikouras, i. 246-7, 318, 380, 397; ii. 99
Kaipakopako Pa, ii. 161 n
Kaiwharawhara Pa, i. 206n
Kaka, i. 268, 271, 347, 449
Karaka, Arama, ii. 161 (biog), 162, 180-1
Katatore, Te Whaitere, ii. 160 (biog), 161, 180-1
Kawau Mining Co., ii. 243, 269
Keele, Dr Henry William, i. 349 (biog)
Keele, Theodore, i. 121 (biog)
Kelham, James, i. 389 (biog)', ii. 154
Kelly, Robert, ii. 43 (biog)
Kemp, Henry Tracy, i. 198 (biog)
Kenny, William Henry, ii. 89 (biog)
Kent, Thomas, i. 264 (biog)
Kevin's. See St Kevin's
King, Capt Henry, ii. 182 (biog)
King, John, biog i. 199 nl; 225, 227, 228, 230-1
King Movement, Maori, ii. 314-16
King, Thomas, ii. 163 (biog)
Kingi, Wiremu, ii. 180
King's Boardinghouse, i. 79, 90; ii. 65n, 67, 80
Kirkwood, Logan Campbell's man, ii. 266
Kissling, Rev. George Adam, ii. 27 (biog)
Kittoe, Mary Anne. See Elwyn Kittoe, Rev. Edward, i. 27,157,159, 227, 302, 411, 425, 449; ii. 194
Knight, Arthur Charles, ii. 136 (biog)
Knight, Dr Charles, biog i. 454 n3; 72, 458; ii. 21, 26, 167-8, 186-8, 190, 330
Knowles, Francis, biog i. 441 n3; 474; ii. 131
Kohimarama Conference, ii. 314
Kororareka, i. 298; ii. 169, 171
Koukourarata, ii. 130n
Labour, Shortages of, i. 499-500; ii. 38-9, 96
Lagmhor run, ii. 215
Lake, Alfred, ii. 208n, 222
Lake Ellesmere, i. 147-8, 338; ii. 116, 133-4
Lake Forsyth, ii. 133-4
Lancing College, i. 254n
Land: Mixed Ministry's policy, i. 82, 84; 1856 Compact, i. 109; Canterbury Association's title, i. 398, 400-1; FitzGerald's policy, ii. 328; purchases from Maoris, ii. 167-9, 206-7; provincial rivalries, ii. 174-5; General Government claims on the provinces, ii. 187-8; Fox's policy, ii. 235, 239; Sewell's Financial Resolutions, ii. 249, 338-41
Land Office, Christchurch: Sewell's visits to, i. 125-6, 127, 131, 242, 253, 256, 283, 309, 312; Sewell's arrangements for working of, i. 55, 134, 154-5, 160, 170, 264, 335, 400, 403, 434; Government seizure of, i. 64, 65, 397-8; Crown Land Office, i. 311; ii. 140; used as hustings (1853), i. 345; case about for Supreme Court, ii. 112,115; stock of to be paid for, ii. 188; Plates 17 and 20
Land Office, Wellington: i. 188; Sewell visits, i. 209-10, 214; Sewell's description, i. 220; maladministration of, i. 235, 382
Land Purchase Department, i. 113; ii. 41n
Land Rate Bill, Canterbury, ii. 141
Land Registry, i. 22, 26-7; ii. 312, 315
Land regulations: Colonial Government's, i. 46, 54, 68, 184, 188, 190, 204, 209-10, 211-12, 213-15, 412; ii. 145n; Lyttelton public meetings about, i. 439-40; Canterbury's, i. 467, 469, 480-1; FitzGerald's proposals, ii. 115, 117, 123, 140-1, 145-6, 147-8, 189-90
Land Transfer Bill: (1860), ii. 315; (1870), ii. 321
Lanfear, Rev. Thomas, ii. 243n
Laurie, David McCaa, i. 31 On, 455n
Leach, Francis George Parry, i. 421-2 (biog)
Le Cren, Henry John, i. 312 (biog) 446
Lee, Dr Walter, i. 73, 110, 111
Lee, Edward James, i. 312 (biog), 470
Legal profession, New Zealand, i. 198, 227, 455
Legislative Council, New Zealand: Hams Hall draft, i. 52; constitution of, i. 72; opening of first Assembly, ii. 25-6; and Mixed Ministry, i. 81, ii. 46-8; Gov. Browne sworn in, ii. 173; Fox ministry, ii. 244; prorogation, ii. 260; favours Auckland as venue, ii. 261; Sewell a member, i. 21, ii. 316
Levels, The, ii. 220
Little Pedlington, ii. 42, 203
Little River, ii. 133
Liverpool (NSW), ii. 284-5
Lloyd, Rev John Frederick, biog ii. 27 n2; 29-30
Loans: Sewell's half-million, ii. 312, 338-40; Vogel's ten million, ii. 320-1
'Logan Bank', Auckland, ii. 24; Plate 51
London, Sewell in, i. 26; ii. 312, 319-20
Longden, Joseph, biog i. 311 n2; 312, 368, 506n
Lowe, Robert, biog i. 420, 251; ii. 86
Luck, Isaac, biog i. 503 nl; 504
Lucretius, Quotations from, i. 179, 311
Ludlam, Alfred, biog ii. 29 n2; 65, 97, 98,127, 154, 253, 262, 324; house and gardens, Plate 36
Lyttelton: Capt Thomas's work at, i. 36; Sewell's first impressions of, i. 53, 122-3, 126; Town Reserve, i. 139, 141, 303; Dampiers Bay, i. 142; depression of, i. 144; price of sections in, i. 150; Queen's Birthday celebrations (1853), i. 292-3; first superintendency election at, i. 346; 1853 Assembly election at, i. 362-3; first Provincial
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Council elections at, i. 370; Sewell and prospects of, i. 375; arrival of first steamship, i. 372-3, 376, 378-9; meeting about Grey's 1853 land proclamation, i. 439-40; meeting about the Anglican Church constitution, i. 450; gale makes church unsafe, i. 472; temporary church in Immigration Barracks, i. 477; schools question, i. 486-7; town improvements, i. 488; freak hailstorms, i. 492; church land, i. 509; FitzGerald reports on first Assembly, ii. 100; public breakfast for MHRs, ii. 101; land jobbing by Sewell, ii. Ill;
Lyttelton Trust lands, ii. 114; representation on Church Property Trustees, ii. 122, 125, 128; meeting about provincial land regulations, ii. 123; meteor seen, ii. 138; visit of Gov. Browne to, ii. 200-2; choral society performance, ii. 202; dinner for Governor, ii. 204; map i. 305; Plates 12-13. See also Holy Trinity Church.
Lyttelton and Cavendish Trust lands: origin of, i. 41, 350; ii. 157n; coal on, i. 138n, 139, 307; Ohoka Bush, i. 275, 411; Lyttelton Town Reserve considered, i. 303; Sewell's plans for, i. 467, 494, 509, ii. 110, 114, 120, 153; transfer to Church Property Trustees, ii. 189
Lyttelton, Lord: Canterbury Association chairman, i. 22-3, 28, 29, 30, 35-6; signs 1850 guarantee, i. 36, 43, 53, 63, 259, 260; trust created, i. 41; decision to wind up Association, i. 42; rebuke to Godley, i. 48; relations with Sewell, i. 49-51; Hams Hall draft, i. 52; Sewell's personal position, i. 100; and stipends for clergy, i. 152; and land regulations, i. 200, 201; pressure from Colonial Office, i. 238, 239n; attitude to self-government, i. 273-4, 285; dispatch on settlement of debts, i. 279-80, 284; rumours about Governorship, i. 361, 372, 395; reassuring letters from, i. 419; reports Crown debt paid, i. 500; and Lyttelton Church, i. 507; and Trust lands, ii. 114; obligations to, ii. 120; Akaroa lands, ii. 130, 132; Sewell reports Provincial settlement to, ii. 149; debentures posted to, ii. 193, 195; acknowledges settlement, ii. 223, 241; loans to Sewell, ii. 311; Sewell tells of Maori Wars, ii. 315
Lyttelton Times: origins of, i. 495-6; mentioned in text, i. 54, 55, 61, 64, 66, 124,142, 151,169,173, 174, 176, 212, 217, 237-8, 248, 262, 265, 282, 285, 300, 302, 306, 320, 334, 451, 453, 499, 506; ii. 126, 155
Macadam, John, ii. 301 (biog)
Macandrew, James, biog i. 484 n2; 73,93; ii. 29, 30, 36, 57, 58, 79, 235, 337
McBeth, John and James, i. 180
McCleverty, Col. William Anson, biog i. 210 nl; 221-2, 226, 235, 389, 390; ii. 139n
Macdonald, Allan Ranald, ii. 218-19 (biog)
Macdonald, Angus, ii. 218-19 (biog)
Macdonald, William Kenneth, ii. 218-19 (biog)
Macdonald brothers, ii. 221
Macfarlane, Dugald, i. 315 (biog)
Mackay, James, biog ii. 15 n3; i. 92, 98; ii. 57, 71, 97-8, 155, 166, 334
Mackie, Rev. Charles, i. 175, 283, 286
McLean, Allan, ii. 215 (biog)
McLean, Donald, biog i. 190 n2; 112, 113; official appointments of ii. 41 n, 168, 181-2, 230; reservation of Maori Affairs, ii. 263, 268, 269
McLean, John, ii. 215 (biog)
McLean, Robertson, ii. 215 (biog)
Macquarie St, Sydney, ii. 279
McQueen, Archibald, ii. 134 (biog)
Mail Services, slowness of, i. 45
Malvern Hills, i. 307-8
Manners. See Colonial manners
Manukau Harbour, ii. 17-8,90,164,179,228,267
Maori, ii. 185, 195
Maori Affairs: Sewell's interest in, i. 16-17; land purchases, i. 105; reservation of authority under responsible government, i. 102-4, 111-13, ii. 230, 255-8, 261, 262-4, 269, 318; Panapa case, Wellington, i. 198-200; franchise denied, i. 229; Grey's policies for, i. 340; land titles, i. 341-2; Col. McCleverty's fears about, i. 390; troubles in Taranaki, i. 407, ii. 158-63, 166, 251; improvement in Taranaki, ii. 269; Civil List grants for, ii. 177-8; troubles in Auckland Province, ii. 272-4; King Movement, ii. 313; outbreak of wars, ii. 314-15
Maoris: Tuahiwi Reserve, i. 129-30; Wellington pa, i. 206; Lady Grey's story of healing, i. 208; industrial schools, i. 219; Te Aro people, i. 219; RC orphanage, Wellington, i. 232; Banks Peninsula pa, i. 291-2, 341; boatmen in Port Cooper, i. 321; reserves, i. 341-2, ii. 178, 251, 252; Rapaki Pa, i. 435-6; fishingat Pigeon Bay, i. 441; Port Levy, ii. 130; Wainui Pa, ii. 132; Dunedin Reserve, ii. 318; Three Kings school, ii. 264-5
Marriage Act (1854), ii. 85
Marshman, John, biog i. 253, n2; 64-5,256, 263-4, 293-4, 299-300, 434; ii. 125, 143
Martin, Dr James Henry, i. 432 (biog)
Martin, Sir William, biog ii. 23 nl; i. 81; ii. 40,173, 179
Marx, Karl, i. 31-2
Mason, William, ii. 27n
Masonic Hotel, Auckland, i. 80; ii. 20, 34, 39, 44, 164, 172; Plates 40 and 41
Mathias, Rev. Octavius, biog i. 123 n3; challenges Association's title to lands, i. 58, 397-8; Sewell meets, i. 123, 124, 127; stipend, i. 133; Bishop's commissary, i. 139, 149; Church land and finances, i. 150, 151-2; College question, i. 153-4, 164-6; and Godley, i. 155; status of clergy, i. 162-3; Committee on Church Matters, i. 277, 283-4, 351-3, 368; grievance against Association, i. 316; supports Fooks for Assembly, i. 358; becomes Sewell's main antagonist, i. 61, 62, 362; Church Trustee Bill, i. 366, 412,440, 463-4; view of church lands, i. 417; offensive letters to Sewell, i. 465, 510; arrears of stipend, i. 478, 481; Church Property Trustees, i. 493n; Jackson estate, i. 508; church for Riccarton, ii. 119; Sewell's annoyance with, i. 507, ii. 51, 105, 113; 'malignant', ii. 136
Matson, George, i. 321
Maunsell, Robert, ii. 265-6 (biog)
Mechanics Institution, Wellington, i. 224
Melbourne (Vic.), i. 24; ii. 116-17, 143; Sewell visits, ii. 289-93; hotels in, ii. 290; Pentridge Stockade, ii. 305-7; Crystal Palace, ii. 307
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Merchantman, ii. 172, 185, 190
Merivale, Herman, i. 96-7, 470 (biog)
Meryon, Dr E., i. 349, 410
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, i. 89, 90; ii. 66
MHRs, Ll allowances for, ii. 85, 198
Militia, ii. 250n, 274
Milton run, ii. 208, 222
Minerva, i. 53, 142, 144, 162, 168, 174, 176, 192, 269, 355, 472; ii. 192
Minister of Justice, ii. 320
Ministerial responsibility. See Responsible government
Missionaries, ii. 243, 251, 263-6
Mitre Hotel, Lyttelton, i. 276, 347, 353, 364
Mixed Ministry (1854): FitzGerald's, i. 21, 78-87, ii. 36,60, 61,62; Forsaith's attempt, i. 77-81, 83; FitzGerald's account of first Assembly, ii. 326-36
Molesworth, Sir William, ii. 46 (biog)
Monopolists, ii. 86
Monro, Dr David, biog i. 450 nl; MHR for Nelson, i. 77, ii. 16; consulted by Wynyard, i. 78, 89, 93, ii. 75; possible Speaker, ii. 20; Address in Reply, ii. 30; Sewell sees as possible leader, ii. 33, 40, 42, 150, 324; NZ Company debt question, ii. 48; centralist, ii. 325; opposes Wakefield, i. 90, ii. 66; opposes Forsaith, ii. 81; impartiality of, ii. 112; Sewell meets, Nelson, ii. 158; candidate for Nelson superintendency, ii. 269
Monsell, William, ii. 319
Moore, David, ii. 303-4 (biog), 305, 307
Moore, George Henry, i. 465 (biog), 480
Moore, Dr Thomas Richard, ii. 192 (biog)
Moorhouse, William Sefton, biog i. 344, n2; 346, 369-70, 371; ii. 154, 337
Morning Chronicle, i. 416-17
Mould, Col. T. R., ii. 27n, 268n
Mount Eden, ii. 171, 264
Mount Egmont, ii. 91, 158, 159, 163, 180, 182
Mount Grey, i. 128, 181, 425
Mount Pleasant, i. 344
Mountain Maid, i. 442; ii. 106
Mountfort, Benjamin Woolfield, biog i. 291 n2; 123n, 474n, 479-80, 504; ii. 268n
Muter, Capt. i. 170 (biog)
Nanto-Bordelaise Co., i. 246n, 442
Native Affairs Council, ii. 313-14
Native Assessors, i. 341
Native Hostelry, Auckland, ii. 258
Native Industrial School, Wanganui, ii. 266
Native Land Court Bill, ii. 317
Native Offenders Bill (1856), ii. 257
Native Policy. See Maori Affairs
Native Protectors. See Protector of Aborigines
Native Secretary, i. 113; ii. 262
Necromancer, i. 347
Nelson: i. 32, 50, 104, 110, 128, 450; Sewell's description of, ii. 13-14; church trustees of, ii. 15; Sewell visits after first Assembly, ii. 87, 90, 92, 96; newspapers from, ii. 112; 1855 earthquakes, ii. 126, 183; routes to Canterbury, ii. 143; Sewell visits in 1855, ii. 154, 158, 182; gold discoveries, ii. 251; Sewell hopes to live in, ii. 313; 1856 Compact, ii. 339-41; Plate 37
Nelson, SS, i. 488; ii. 67, 90n, 118, 138, 143-4, 164
New Caledonia, i. 419, 420, 447
New College, Oxford, ii. 194, 311
New Munster, i. 48
New Plymouth, i. 21, 32; Taranaki Maori feuds, i. 99, 104, ii. 251; 1856 Compact, i. 109; Sewells visits to, ii. 158-63; Wynyard and troops, ii. 180-1; Sewell MHR for, ii. 318; Plate 35
New South Wales: land regulations of, i. 197; Sewells visit to, ii. 276-87
New Zealand Company: and Canterbury Association, i. 27, 28, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43; failure of, i. 32, 35, 38; compromise with Association, i. 44, 278, 300, 350, 370; Fox, agent in Nelson for, i. 50; Colonial debt to, i. 83, 101, 105, 109; survey costs of, i. 160; Belligny's deed, 169-70, 192; General Assembly and debt to, ii. 46, 48-9, 86, 206, 248-9; Sewell's view of compromise with Association, ii. 82; Fox's policy, ii. 239; 1856 Compact, ii. 338-41
New Zealand Journal, i. 399
New Zealand Rebellion, Sewell's pamphlet, ii. 317
New Zealander, Auckland, ii. 70, 89-90, 100
Newcastle, 5th Duke of: and Canterbury Association, i. 28, 260, 279n, 420; Sewell protests to about Grey's land proclamation, i. 68, 196, 200, 201; Sewell's 15 Oct 1853 letter to, i. 71, 395, 449, ii. 178,247,258; Wakefield writes to, i. 334; Secretary of State for Colonies, i. 234, 243, 349, ii. 46; Secretary of State for War, ii. 82; rumours about India Office, i. 385
Newport, Isle of Wight, i. 23, 25
'Newry', ii. 98n
Ngapuhi, ii. 273n
Ngati Ruanui, ii. 161 n, 269n
Ngati Whatua, ii. 273n
Nicol, William, ii. 20n, 164 (biog)
Ninia Pa, ii. 161 n
Norman Morrison, ii. 100
Norman, William and Lizzie, i. 306 (biog), 314
North Cape, ii. 276
North fleet, i. 417, 418, 419, 430, 431, 435, 437
Nugent, Major Charles, ii. 180 (biog)
Oakleigh run, ii. 209
Oats, i. 373
O'Brien, Loughlin, biog ii. 32 n4; i. 75-6
O'Connell, Major Maurice Edward, biog i. 172 nl; 176-7, 180, 181, 194, 310n
Ohi Karipo, i. 417, 421; ii. 100-2, 146
Ohoka Bush, i. 275, 411, 429
Ollivier, John, ii. 196 (biog)
Onehunga, ii. 18-19, 23, 87-8, 164, 176, 179, 228
Oneida, ii. 301, 302
Orari run, ii. 218-19
Orders in the Church. See Church of England
Orphanage, RC, Wellington, i. 232
Orpheus, HMS, Wreck of, ii. 90n
Otago, i. 32, 224, 418, 449n, 450, 484; ii. 340
Otaki, i. 195, 216, 376; ii. 266
Owen, Professor Richard, i. 308 (biog)
Oxford, i. 23, 24
Packer, Richard, biog i. 345 n5; Sewell consults, i. 357, 358, 404; role in politics, i. 360, 370; FitzGerald uses his store for office, i. 410; Select
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Committee on the Association's accounts, i. 64, 66, 454, 469, 485; Lyttelton Church building committee, i. 506n; Church Property Trustees, i. 507
Paddock, Charles and Mary, ii. 101, 104,110, 189, 203
Paikea te Hekeua, ii. 272-3 (biog)
Pakington, Sir John, i. 52, 69, 193, 200, 213, 229n, 238n, 476
Panapa, i. 198-200
Pandora, HMS, i. 92; ii. 17, 113, 116, 118
Panmure, ii. 268
Paora, ii. 205
Papanui, i. 57, 128, 259, 301, 337, 339, 423, 430, 469; ii. 196
Paraone, ii. 243n
Parker, Henry Watson, ii. 277-8 (biog), 283
Parliament, New Zealand, i. 43, 48, 52; building of, Plates 51 and 52
Parliament House, Melbourne, ii. 292
Parnell, ii. 27
Parramatta (NSW), ii. 283-5
Parsons, Charles, i. 147 (biog)
Parties, Political, i. 78, 101, 105, 288, 345; ii. 86, 228, 233, 234-6, 242, 246, 248, 324-5
Pastoral runs. See Runs Pasturage rights, i. 34, 47, 197
Patteson, Rev. John Coleridge, ii. 270 (biog)
Paul, Rev. Robert Bateman, biog i. 123 n4; preaches at Lyttelton, i. 127, 162; Sewell meets, i. 123, 163, 241, 262, 275, 278, 294, 296, 305; stipend of, i. 133; and church lands, i. 149-50, 257; and college plans, i. 63, 139-40, 153-4, 164-6, 261; opinion of Godley, i. 254-5, 270; Committee on Church Matters, i. 276-7, 282, 283-4, 291, 351; and bishopric question, i. 304, 320; in Wellington, i. 395; archdeacon of Waimea, i. 413; visits Canterbury, ii. 125; 1855 General Assembly, ii. 156
Peaches, i. 195, 218, 445; ii. 132
Pearson and Coleman Co., ii. 312
Peel, Augustus, i. 418, ii. 12
Peel, Frederick, i. 97; ii. 82
Pencarrow Head, i. 178, 182
Peninsula and Oriental Steam Company, i. 376, 379, 381
Pensioner Villages, Auckland, i. 201, 221; ii. 19-20, 88, 268
Pensions Bill: (1855), i. 99; ii. 165-6; (1856), i. 104, 105; ii. 232-3
Pentridge Stockade, Melbourne, ii. 305-7
Penyark Park, i. 302, 347-8, 361
Perceval, Augustus George, i. 137 (biog)
Perceval, Charles John, i. 137 (biog)
Perceval, Spencer Arthur, i. 328 (biog)
Perry, Rev. Charles, Bishop of Melbourne, ii. 293 (biog), 303
Phillips, Henry, biog i. 157 n4; 158, 306, 421
Picton, i. 110
Pidford, Isle of Wight, i. 25
Pigeon Bay, i. 292, 317, 321-2, 341, 441-2, 444-5, 474; ii. 130-1
Pipitea Pa, i. 206
Plains, South Canterbury: Draper's death on, i. 287-8; Sewell's journey through, ii. 207-22
Plenty Range (Vic.), ii. 293
Pliny, Quotation from, ii. 253
Pollard, Richard, i. 264 (biog), 438
Pompallier, Bishop, biog ii. 171 n2; 173, 243
Population: Canterbury, i. 53; Maori, i. 341, 390
Port Cooper, i. 298
Port Jackson, i. 276
Port Levy, i. 317, 341; ii. 130
Port Phillip, i. 127; ii. 288-9
Porter, Joshua Charles, biog i. 439 nl; 365; ii. 51 n
Post Office, i. 415
Potatoes, i. 373, 414; ii. 117, 121, 152, 275
Potter, Rev. John, ii. 299
Potts, Thomas Henry, i. 42In
Poverty Bay, ii. 319
Pre-emptive right, i. 36, 46, 47, 145, 172; ii. 123, 150
Premier, i. 102-4. See also Domett, Fox, Sewell, Stafford, Weld, Whitaker.
Price, John Giles, ii. 306 (biog)
Price, Joseph, ii. 134 (biog)
Prices: flour, i. 282; meat, i. 296; double those in London, i. 414, ii. 106
Prima Donna, i. 467, 470
Pritchard, Charles Edward, biog i. 130 n3; 173, 253, 283, 315, 357; ii. 117
Prorogation scene (1854), ii. 70-2, 333-4
Protector of Aborigines, i. 75, 341
Provincial Council, Auckland, i. 76; ii. 323
Provincial Council, Canterbury: i. 22, 49, 59, 61; responsible government, i. 69; Simeon's view of possible members, i. 289; venue of, i. 368-9, 374; elections for, i. 370-1; Sewell drafts standing orders for, i. 373; college and church trust bills, i. 409-410; FitzGerald's bills, i. 438; Select Committee on the Association's accounts, i. 63, 454, 455-7, 469; ii. 106; Church Property Trustees Bill, i. 461-5; Sewell's description of council chamber, i. 462-3; revenues, i. 470-1; Sewell critical of legislation, i. 475-6; absentees' lands, i. 476, 479; FitzGerald's enlargement of, ii. 103, 136; queries about the accounts, ii. 115, 122; Sewell elected to, i. 96, ii. 137; anti-Association party in, ii. 139; new committee on the accounts, ii. 140; agrees to pay Association's debts, ii. 148, 150-2; Canterbury Association Ordinance, ii. 189; end of 1855 session, ii. 191; 1856 session, ii. 225
Provincial Council, Wellington, i. 391-4; ii. 139n
Provincialism: i. 70; Mixed Ministry, i. 81-2, 83; Wellington Fafty, i. 101; Sewell's view of, i. 104; of Fox, i. 105, 107; Grey's 1853 policies, i. 382-4, 386-9; of Featherston, ii. 117; Sewell and Browne discuss, ii. 202; Sewell's proposals, ii. 206-7
Public House Bill, Canterbury, ii. 225
Public Reserves Act (1854), ii. 85
Public Works Bill (1871), ii. 321
Puckle, Rev. Charles Edward, biog i. 139 n6; 153, 159, 170, 272, 296, 300, 301, 337; ii. 104
Pudsey Dawson, ii. 117
Puketapu feuds, i. 99
Purau, i. 46
Puseley, David, ii. 201 (biog)
Puseyite, i. 27
Quail Island, i. 157n, 297
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Quarantine land, i. 297
Quarries, i. 144
Quartz reefs, ii. 300, 303
Queen, SS, ii. 68
Races, Christchurch, ii. 135
Radicals, ii. 86
Radley, St Peter's College, i. 24, 63, 67, 349; ii. 250, 311
Railway: suggested for coalfield, i. 307, 379, 471; suggested between Port and Plains, i. 481; Parramatta to Liverpool (NSW), ii. 284-5; Sandridge to Melbourne (Vic.), ii. 289-90; to Ballarat, ii. 294-5
Rajah, i. 417
Rakaia River: gold in, i. 268;
Raven's station, i. 280; Draper's death near, i. 287; moa remains, i. 308;. Cridland's expedition, ii. 122; Sewell's South Canterbury expedition, ii. 208-9, 210-11, 221
Rangiora, i. 129, 130, 240, 336, 429
Rangitata, i. 287n; ii. 217-18, 221
Rapaki Pa, i. 142, 147, 291-2, 341, 435-6; ii. 205
Rapley family, i. 149
Raven, Rev. John, biog i. 122 n4; talks with Sewell, i. 123, 125-6, 127; Gladstone settlement, i. 127, 131, 136; preaches at Lyttelton, i. 141, 175, 289; Minerva voyager, i. 142, 162; and Kaiapoi, i. 240, 304-5; Sir Thomas Tancred, i. 280; visits Sewell, i. 281, 313, 316, 320, 335; at Rangiora, i. 336; house burnt down, i. 409-10; Sewells stay with, i. 421-9; worship in house of, i. 429; prefabricated cottage, i. 426; stay with Sewells at Lyttelton, i. 432; visits Rapaki Pa, i. 435-6; Sewells stay with after Assembly, ii. 100-2; Church Property Trustees meetings, ii. 121; Elizabeth stays with, ii. 146, 156; entertains Gov. Browne, ii. 204; visits Lyttelton, ii. 205; with Sewell to South Canterbury, ii. 207-22
Rawiri Waiaua, ii. 160 (biog), 180-1
Read, Alexander, biog ii. 264 n3; 265
Registrar-General of Lands, i. 22; ii. 315-17
Registrar of Deeds, ii. 43
Remuera, ii. 55
Reserves: Maori, i. 229, 341-2; Canterbury Association, i. 178; ii. 190
Resident Magistrate's courts, i. 340-1, 452, 454-5
Responsible government: in Canterbury and Wellington, i. 69-70; Sewell and the 1852 Act, i. 71-2; called for by House of Representatives, i. 73-5, 85; Colonial Office view, i. 96-8; Wakefield's resolution in favour of, ii. 28, 30-3; the Mixed Ministry, i. 78-97, ii. 28, 34; tenuous state of, ii. 55; Wynyard retains officials, ii. 62; Ludlam moves address, ii. 65; Sewell's retrospective view of mixed ministry, ii. 73-5; For-saith's attempt at mixed ministry, ii. 77-80; address to Crown for, ii. 83; postponed in 1855 session, ii. 152-3, 154, 165, 166, 171, 174; Gov. Browne's intention, ii. 176; Browne's conditions, ii. 228, 230; pensions for officials, ii. 232; reservation of Maori Affairs, ii. 255-8, 261, 262-4, 269; Sewell's ministry, i. 102-7, ii. 233 ff; Stafford's ministry, i. 108-13, ii. 245 ff; in Wellington Province, i. 449-50; Rev. Abraham's attitude to, ii. 267; in Australian colonies, ii. 283-4; full control over Maori Affairs, ii. 318; FitzGerald's account of the Mixed Ministry, ii. 326-36
Revans, Samuel, biog i. 384 nl; 387, 392; ii. 36, 45, 154, 325
Revell family, i. 136, 141, 143, 144, 240, 269, 275, 293, 299, 429, 471
Revenue: Sewell and FitzGerald disagree over sources of, ii. 92-5; Sewell's ideas on sources, ii. 206-7
Revising Court, Electoral Roll, i. 339-40
Rhodes brothers, i. 46, 169, 298n, 31 On; ii. 220
Rhodes, George, i. 287, 298 (biog)
Rhodes, Robert Heaton, biog i. 295 n2; 298-9, 369-70, 371
Rhodes, William Barnard, biog i. 389 n2; ii. 19, 71, 97
Riccarton, i. 46, 57, 124, 259, 261, 373n, 493; ii. 119, 196
Richards, Joseph Loscombe, ii. 51 n
Richardson, Marie Louise, biog ii. 14 n2; 96, 182, 227
Richardson, Dr Ralph, biog ii. 14 nl; i. 108; ii. 15, 47, 87, 91-2, 96, 157, 182, 227, 244; Plate 38
Richardson, Ralph, ii. 14 (biog)
Richmond, Christopher, biog ii. 240 n2; i. 108, 112, 114; ii. 246, 259, 261, 269-70, 312\Plate 61
Richmond, Major Mathew, biog ii. 14 n4; 56, 96
Ring, Charles, i. 226n
Roads: Lyttelton to Plains, i. 36, 37, 460, 481, ii. 116; Torlesse's view of Thomas's work, i. 295; to Kaiapoi, i. 337, 423; condition of, i. 306, 315, 445-6, 479, 488-9, 509-10; Onehunga to Auckland, ii. 23-4; Canterbury Provincial Road Bill, ii. 225; Geelong to Ballarat (Vic.), ii. 294-7; as agents of peaceful policy, ii. 317
Robert Syers, i. 385
Robinson, Charles Barrington, i. 327 (biog), 331
Robinson, John Perry, i. 421 n; ii. 269
Robinsons Bay, ii. 132
Roman Catholic Church: Clifford family, i. 189; Wellington cathedral of, i. 187, 215, 219, 233; schools of, i. 222; Sewell visits Wellington establishment of, i. 232-3; and Anglican Church Constitution, i. 266-8; Sisters of Mercy, Auckland, ii. 60; Maori schools of, ii. 177-8
Romford, Essex, ii. 322
Rose, Conway, biog i. 243 nl; 87, 277, 283, 335, 351, 357, 368, 417, 493n, 496
Ross, Hugh Cokeley, i. 199-200 (biog)
Rotten boroughs: Pensioner villages, ii. 88; Akaroa, ii. 199
Royal Charter, ii. 304, 307-8
Royal Colonial Society, i. 320
Royal Hotel, Christchurch, i. 253, 255, 264, 283, 309, 360; ii. 204
Royal Stuart, ii. 118
Ruataniwha, i. 425n
Runs: J. C. Aitken, i. 47; in Wellington Province, i. 188-9; Grey's land regulations, i. 194; first ten outside Association's block, i. 310; as topic of conversation, i. 312, 415; Tripp and Acland, ii. 118; profitability of, ii. 146-7; Sewell's South Canterbury journey, ii. 207-22; Heslerton, Milton, ii. 208; Oakleigh, i. 426n, ii. 209; Acton, ii. 210; Ashburton, ii. 212; Lagmhor, ii. 215; Orari, ii. 218
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Runanga scheme, ii. 316
Rural sections, i. 34; map, 116
Russell, Capt. Andrew Hamilton, i. 225 (biog)
Russell, George Gawler, i. 31 On
Russell, John Charles Watts. See Watts Russell
Russell, Purvis, biog i. 189 nl; 210, 220-1
Russell, Thomas, ii. 317
Russley family, i. 249, 337
St Barnabas' Church, Parnell, ii. 27
St Bartholomew's Church, Kaiapoi, i. 424n
St Columba's College, Ireland, i. 24; ii. 56
St Hill, Harry Woodford, ii. 55 (biog), 96
St Hill, James Henry, biog i. 218 nl ;221,389; ii. 96
St John's Church, Parramatta (NSW), ii 284
St John's College, Tamaki, i. 447n; ii. 55-6, 266-8; Plate 49
St Joseph's Providence Orphanage, Wellington, i. 232
St Kevin's, Auckland, ii. 29n; Plate 48
St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, ii. 163n
St Mary's RC Cathedral, Wellington, i. 187, 215, 219, 233
St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch. See Schoolroom-cum-Church
St Paul's Church, Auckland, ii. 27; Plates 40, 41,51
St Paul's Church, Papanui, i. 423
St Paul's Church, Wellington, i. 187, 205, 215; ii. 99; Plates 27 and 31
St Peter and Paul's Church, Hutt, i. 224n
St Peter's Church, Wellington, i. 187n, 205, 206
St Peter's College. See Radley
Salting, Severin Kanute, ii. 287 (biog)
Sandridge (Vic.), ii. 289, 294
Savage, Dr H., i. 349, 410, 432
Sawmills, i. 444, 495n; ii. 132
Saxton, John Waring, ii. 15 (biog)
Schoolmasters, Canterbury Association, i. 57, 256, 259, 487
Schoolroom-cum-Church, Christchurch, i. 124, 127, 241 n, 500; Plates 21 and 22
Schools: of Canterbury Association, i. 57; role of church, i. 135; RC in Wellington, i. 233; examinations in, Lyttelton, i. 320; Knowles's Academy, i. 441 n; Canterbury Education Ordinance (1854), i. 482-4, 485-6; Civil List grants for, ii. 177-8
Scrip, i. 181, 184n, 188-90, 220-1, 236, 377; ii. 62, 259
Seal, Canterbury Association, i. 335, 376, 452, 454, 459; ii. 109, 112-13
Seat of Government, i. 104, 108; ii. 60, 157, 174, 183, 190, 228, 245, 254, 261
Sebastopol, News of, ii. 202
Secondary Punishments Bill (1854), ii. 85
Secretary for Native Affairs, Proposed, i. 82, 111; ii. 36
Selfe, Henry Selfe, biog i. 278 n2; 41-2, 43, 64, 65, 279, 300; ii. 82, 104, 185
Self-government: Godley's pamphlet on, i. 45; Canterbury Association's plans for, i. 47-8; 1852 Constitution Act, i. 51; Godley and Association, i. 273; Lord Lyttelton's attitude, i. 273-4; Sewell's attitude, i. 274. See also Responsible government
Self-reliance, ii. 318-19
Selwyn, Rev. George Augustus, Bishop of New Zealand, biog i. 151 nl; visited Christchurch, i. 63, ii. 192; Church constitution drafted by, i. 266-8, 270, 288, 412-13; Canterbury bishopric question, i. 304; and missions, i. 446-7; Christchurch and Lyttelton revisions of draft constitution, i. 450-1; and Church Property Trustees Bill, i. 464-5; farewell speech of, Auckland, i. 468; and Jackson Estate, i. 508; and Nelson Church Trustees, ii. 15; rumour of move to Sydney, ii. 45; and Communicant test, ii. 143; Sewell's impressions of, ii. 176-9; visit to Taranaki, ii. 180-1; Kawau mine robbery, ii. 243; Pacific Island cruise of, ii. 270
Selwyn River, ii. 207-8
Servants, lack of: Canterbury, i. 156, 422, 426-7; Wellington, i. 203; Indian coolies, i. 492; Auckland, ii. 29
Settlers' Constitutional Association, Wellington, i. 211
Sewell, Elizabeth (nee Kittoe), biog i. 126 n3; marries Sewell, i. 27; walks with Sewell, i. 136, 141, 271, 291, 294, 316-18; unwell, i. 162, 228, 236, 289, ii. 322; voyages by, i. 176, ii. 11-19; dines at Government House, Wellington, i. 184; Lyttelton Ball (1853), i. 293; and Bowlers, i. 189, 204; stay in Christchurch, i. 306; view of FitzGerald, i. 355; pleased at Sewell becoming MHR, i. 367; reproves Sewell for uncharitableness, i. 414; visits Ravens, i. 421-9, 458, ii. 156; visits Rapaki Pa, i. 435-6; visits Akaroa, i. 441-5; visits Sumner, i. 486; view of Church Property Trustees, i. 493; arrival in Auckland, ii. 23-4; suburban walks, ii. 38-9; visits St John's College, ii. 55-6, 266-8; visits Sisters of Mercy, ii. 60; visits Richardsons, Nelson, ii. 91-2,96; visits Ludlams, Hutt, ii. 98; attitude to 1855 elections, ii. 193; preparations for Gov. Browne's visit, ii. 200; parting visits, Christchurch, ii. 225; handwriting of, ii. 238; dines with Brownes, ii. 268; dislikes New Zealand, ii. 311
Sewell, Elizabeth Missing, i. 24-5,418, 500; ii. 194
Sewell, Ellen Mary, i. 24; ii. 157
Sewell, Emma Francis, i. 24
Sewell, Harris and Estcourt, i. 26
Sewell, Henry: career of, i. 21-3; family, i. 23-27; and Canterbury Association, i. 28-30; deputy-chairman, i. 36-48; church land purchases, i. 41; Godley's instructions, i. 45; attitude to Godley's policies, i. 46; attitude to pastoralists, i. 47; hesitations of, i. 49-51; Hams Hall draft by, i. 52; appointed Agent, i. 52-3; arrival at Lyttelton, i. 53, 121-2; rented lodgings, i. 134-5, 141; visits Governors Bay, i. 147-8; church finances, i. 151-3; considers college sites, i. 153-4; visits Sumner, i. 156; criticisms of Godley, i. 173-4; voyage to Wellington, i. 55-6, 178-81, 181-236; meets Governor Grey, i. 186; and Grey's 1853 land proclamation, i. 184, 188-90, 192-5; injunction case, i. 213-15, 216, 222, 225, 227-8, 230, 231-2, 235-6, 268; visits Hutt, i. 218-19; admitted to Supreme Court practice, Wellington, i. 222; visits Christchurch, i. 242; surveys ecclesiastical and educational work, i. 254-62; feelings of confidence grow, i. 265-6; and Selwyn's Church constitution proposals, i.
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266-8, 452; and self-government, i. 274-5; attends Committee on Church Matters, i. 58-9, 276-7, 282-4, 351-3; reconciliation with Selfe, i. 279; partly reconciled with FitzGerald, i. 285-6; stays in Christchurch, i. 306; visits Pigeon Bay, i. 321-2; first visit to Akaroa, i. 322-32; Association loses power to sell land, i. 332; ideas about 1852 Constitution, i. 342; 1853 elections, i. 343-7; view of Committee on Church Matters, i. 348-9; annoyed with FitzGerald, i. 354-5; candidate for Assembly, i. 355, 357, 358-9; MHR for Christchurch, i. 359, 362; polling day, i. 366-7; Canterbury Executive Council created, i. 371; second visit to Wellington, i. 379-81; talks with Stafford and Featherston, i. 386-9; attends Wellington Provincial Council, i. 391-4; return to Lyttelton, i. 396-7; discussions with FitzGerald, i. 399-401; declines appointment as Provincial Solicitor, i. 402; money due from Association to, i. 405; prepares College and Trust Bills, i. 409,410, 412; plays cricket, i. 419-20; visits Raven's, i. 421-9; visits Rapaki Pa, i. 435-6; second visit to Akaroa, i. 441-5; Seal case, i. 454-5; Provincial Council examines Association's accounts, i. 453-7; and Church Property Trustees, i. 493-9; income of, i. 501-2; first voyage to Auckland, i. 510, ii. 11-17; arrives in Auckland, ii. 20; favourable impressions, ii. 25; invited to be Solicitor-General, ii. 34; suburban walk, ii. 38-9; Wakefield's growing antagonism towards, i. 89, 95, ii. 39-40; Mixed Ministry, i. 78-87, ii. 42-5, 73-4; visits St John's College, ii. 55-6, 266-8; resignation of, ii. 62; attitude to Wakefield, ii. 69, 72; prorogation incident, i. 92, ii. 70-73; opposition to Forsaith's mixed ministry, i. 93, ii. 80; view of Association's compromise with NZ Co., ii. 80; 'Leader of the House', i. 93-5, ii. 83-5; farewell meeting with Wakefield, ii. 86-8; judgment of Wakefield, ii. 63-4, 88, 98; visits Richardsons at Nelson, ii. 91-2; Constitutional differences with FitzGerald, ii. 92-5; visits Wellington, ii. 97-8; visits Hutt, ii. 98; rides over N. Canterbury Plains, ii. 102; meets constituents, ii. 102; meets Provincial Council select committee into accounts, ii. 106; round robin rebuke from Association members, ii. 119; third visit to Akaroa, ii. 130-5; elected to Provincial Council for Lyttelton, i. 96, ii. 137, 143; Association's settlement with Province, i. 64-7; ii. 148-9, 150; Bowen's description of, i. 62; ending of mission, ii. 151, 226; revisits Nelson, ii. 154, 158, 182; visits Wellington, ii. 157, 182-4; visits Taranaki, ii. 158-63, 182; 1855 session, leader of the House, ii. 167-71; and colonial finances, ii. 186-8; re-elected MHR, ii. 192-5; describes 1855 elections, ii. 195-7; Gov. Browne's visit to Canterbury, ii. 200-5; 1856 journey to South Canterbury by, ii. 207-22; calls at Wellington and Nelson, ii. 227; summoned to form ministry, i. 102-7, ii. 228-9; defeated, ii. 236; back as Colonial Secretary, ii. 237; resigned, ii. 240; Fox appeals to for a coalition, ii. 242; defeat of Fox, ii. 244; Stafford's ministry, i. 108-13; appointed Treasurer, ii. 246; financial compact, i. 109, ii. 249-53, 338-41; fears gold rush in Nelson, ii. 251; resigns Christchurch seat, ii. 260-2; visits Three Kings School, ii. 264-5; dines with Brownes, ii. 268; parting comment on New Zealand, ii. 272; packing-up, ii. 274-5; visits Sydney, ii. 276-87; visits Melbourne, ii. 288-9; voyage home, ii. 308-10; ministerial mission in London, ii. 311-12; returns to New Zealand (1859), ii. 312; drafts Native Affairs Council Bill, ii. 313; attitude to Maori King Movement, ii. 314; first Registrar General of Lands, ii. 315; Attorney-General, ii. 316-17; attacks Confiscation, ii. 317; Addington sub-division, ii. 318; visits England (1866-70), ii. 318; garrison crisis, ii. 319-20; returns to New Zealand, ii. 320; first Minister of Justice, ii. 321; retires to England, ii. 322; in FitzGerald's account of the first Assembly, ii. 326-8, 336
Sewell, Henry, Jnr, ii. 223, 322
Sewell, James Edwards, i. 24; ii. 194
Sewell, Jane, i. 24, 500
Sewell, Jane Edwards, i. 24; Plate 3
Sewell, Lucinda Marianne (nee Nedham), i. 25-6
Sewell, Mary Ellen, i. 51
Sewell, Rev. William, Henry's grandfather, i. 23
Sewell, Rev. William, of Radley, i. 24, 27, 36, 50, 63; ii. 51, 56n, 100, 223; Plate 4
Sewell, Richard Clarke, i. 24
Sewell, Robert Burleigh, i. 24, 26, 50, 67, 239-40, 370, 454; ii. 96,149,175,185,194,223,241,269
Sewell, William, Henry's son, i. 349; ii. 194, 223; visits New Zealand, ii. 318, 322
Sewell, Thomas, Henry's father, i. 23-4; Plate 2
Seymour, Arthur Penrose, ii. 96 (biog)
Sheep: i. 53; from Australia, i. 282, 319; scab, i. 297;
Sidey's shipments of, i. 428; strays, i. 457; Lake Ellesmere district, ii. 134; profitability of runs, ii. 146-8, 152; problems of farming, ii. 219. See also Stations and Runs
Shepherd, Alexander, biog ii. 21 n2; i. 72, 86; ii. 37, 44-5, 168
Shepherdess, i. 232, 236, 244, 349, 369, 370, 395, 396-7; ii. 117
Shipley, William D., ii. 201
Shrimpton, Ingram, biog i. 495 nl; 416, 491, 496, 499
Sidey, Charles, biog i. 300 n2; 310, 336, 344, 348, 351-2, 412, 424-5, 429, 433, 466, 470; ii. 108
Sidey's Hotel, Kaiapoi, i. 428; Plate 23
Sidney, Samuel, i. 299 (biog)
Silk, Alfred, ii. 131 (biog)
Simeon, Capt Charles, biog i. 122 n2; acting Agent of Association, i. 49, 50; and clergy stipends, i. 123; Sewells stay with, i. 127, 130, 137; salary of, i. 132, 481; Sewell's relations with, i. 134; Gladstone scheme, i. 136; church lands, i. 139; College plans, i. 139-40, 164; girls' school, i. 143-4; pre-emptive right, i. 145; visits Governors Bay, i. 146; church finances, i. 151, 154; possible superintendent, i. 161, 168; magistrate, i. 163; Akaroa lands, i. 170-1, 244-7; to Wellington with Sewell, i. 176-236; visits Otaki mission, i. 216; attitude to FitzGerald, i. 217; Committee on Church Matters, i. 266, 277, 283, 351, 416; Sewell frets about, i. 289; agency ends, i. 333, 336; Lyttelton electoral roll; i. 339; Native Protector, i. 341; superintendency election, i.
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343-6; Colonists' Society, i. 366; Provincial Executive Council, i. 371; baby son born, i. 461; Holy Trinity Church building committee, i. 491n, 503; Church Property Trustees, i. 493n; Sewells stay with after Assembly, ii. 99, 101;
Seal case, ii. 109; superceded, ii. 142; departure, ii. 195
Simeon, Sir John, i. 28, 35, 36, 41, 42, 259; ii. 100, 114, 120
Sinclair, Dr Andrew, biog ii. 21 nl; i. 72, 86; ii. 37, 45, 188
Sinclair, Elizabeth, ii. 131 (biog)
Sir Alan McNab, ii. 183
Sisters of Mercy, Auckland, ii. 60
Sladen, Charles, ii. 298 (biog), 303, 307
Smart, John Franklin, i. 268 (biog); ii. 101
Smart, William, i. 268n
Smith, William, i. 128 (biog)
Society of Canterbury Colonists, i. 27, 346, 360, 366, 487, 488; ii. 99-100, 117
Society of Land Purchasers, i. 48, 50,140,150,175
Somes, Mrs Maria, i. 63, 164-5; ii. 15
South Australia, i. 32, 299
South Canterbury, Map, i. 143; Sewell's visit, ii. 207-22
South Head Road, Sydney, ii. 280
Southern Cross, i. 96
'Southrons' (Southern Members of Assembly), i. 102, 356, 491; ii. 20, 29, 44, 89, 165, 228, 262, 328
Spain, William, ii. 159, 281 (biog)
Speaker: Auckland Provincial Council, ii. 22-3; Canterbury Provincial Council, i. 462; Wellington Provincial Council, i. 391-3; House of Representatives, ii. 20, 25; Legislative Council, ii. 27
S.P.C.K., i. 258
S.P.G., i. 508
Spowers, James, biog i. 363 n2; 408, 416, 470, 478, 486, 491 n, 497, 499
Squatters: Wairarapa, i. 189; in Canterbury, ii. 145-6;
Squattocrats, ii. 86; See also Australian squatters
Stafford, William Edward, biog i. 381 nl; view of politics, i. 85, 102, 103, 107; Superintendent of Nelson, i. 71, 106, 381-2; Sewell meets in Wellington, i. 384; agrees with Sewell about Provincialism, i. 387-9; Sewell's opinion of, i. 460, ii. 40; arrives in Auckland, ii. 51; reluctant to take lead, ii. 61, 68; dines at Richardson's, ii. 92; 1855 Assembly session, ii. 155, 157; beginning of responsible government, ii. 228; attempts to form a ministry, ii. 240-1; attacks Fox's policy, ii. 245; forms ministry, i. 108-13, ii. 245-59; resigns Nelson Superintendency, ii. 269; lacking in tact, ii. 274; Sewell meets in Sydney, ii. 312; appoints Sewell Registrar-General of Lands, ii. 315; and Imperial garrison, ii. 319
Stately, i. 191, 475
Station life, i. 415; ii. 208, 212-14, 218-19. See also Runs and Sheep
Steamships: Ann at Lyttelton, i. 372-3, 376, 378; at Wellington, i. 379-81, 384-5; Nelson arrives Lyttelton, i. 488, 491; difficulties at Nelson, ii. 16; Canterbury Council offers bonus, ii. 116; need of subsidies, ii. 207, 255, 270; Sewell's negotiations in Australia, ii. 277, 287; inter-colonial service, i. 99, ii. 307; mail contract, ii. 311-12
Stephen, Judge Sidney, biog i. 198 n2; 204, 209, 214-15, 231, 234; ii. 113, 288
Steward, Capt Frederick, ii. 201, 202
Stewart, William, i. 137 (biog), 140
Stock trespassing, i. 456-7
Stoddart, Mark Pringle, biog i. 157 n5; 176, 180, 184, 196-8, 217, 308, 311, 339, 355, 356
Stuart-Wortley, James Frederick, biog i. 168 n2; 94, 358, 361, 364-5, 460, 484-5; ii. 32, 80, 81, 154, 157, 198
Sufficient price, i. 31, 85
Sumner, i. 129,140,141, 143,154,156-7,239, 318; ii. 116, 191, 201
Superintendent, Canterbury. See FitzGerald
Superintendents: Grey's policy, i. 361-2; ii. 231-2; salaries of, ii. 137-8
Supression of Rebellion Bill (1863), ii. 317
Supreme Court: Injunction case, Wellington, i. 55, 69, 213-15; Panapa case, Wellington, i. 198-200; Sewell admitted to practice, i. 222; Wellington, mentions of, i. 225, 231-2; Lyttelton, mentions of, i. 452n, ii. 109, 112-13; Canterbury Land Office case, ii. 99
Survey Office: Auckland, i. 79, ii. 37, Plates 40, 41; Wellington, i. 220
Swainson, William, biog ii. 22 nl; Speaker of Legislative Council, i. 73, ii. 27, 47; question of minsterial responsibility, i. 76-7; future of officials, ii. 33, 36; the FitzGerald mixed ministry, i. 78-9, ii. 37, 40-1, 44, 46; prorogation incident, ii. 72-3; Wakefield as adviser, i. 92-3; role in fall of Mixed Ministry, ii. 77n; sees off Assembly members, ii. 90; opposes confiscation policy, ii. 317; Plate 47
Sydney: market for Canterbury, i. 282; Sewell's description of, ii. 276-7; Government House, ii. 278; main streets, ii. 278-9; scenic road to South Head, ii. 280; Botany Bay, ii. 281; University of, ii. 282; Parramatta, ii. 283; meat supplies for, ii. 285; Museum, ii. 286
Systematic colonisation: theory of, i. 31-2; Canterbury plan, i. 33; Working Man's Land Association, i. 209-10; Sewell admits weakness of theory, i. 427
Takamatua, i. 326, 442; ii. 132
Tako Ngatata, Wiremu, i. 218 (biog)
Talbot Forest, ii. 218, 220
Tancred, Henry John, biog i. 140 nl; meetings with Sewell, i. 243, 249-50, 253, 263, 264, 281, 300, 467; provincial politics, i. 155, 161; candidates for Superintendency, i. 342, 344-7; Provincial Executive, i. 371; gold rumours, i. 268; Committee on Church Matters, i. 277-83; Christchurch house, i. 284-5; Select Committee on Association's accounts, i. 454; Church Property Trustees Bill, i. 468; first Assembly elections, i. 358; 1855 session of Assembly, ii. 156; dispatch of debentures to Lord Lyttelton, ii. 195; member of Sewell's ministry, i. 103, ii. 231; in Stafford ministry, ii. 313
Tancred, Lady, i. 276, 278,280,286,293, 336, 422
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Tancred, Sir Thomas, biog i. 276 n2; 280,286, 290, 293, 304-5, 306, 346, 415, 423
Taranaki: Sewell's ship in roadstead, ii. 17, 126; Sewells' visits, ii. 158-63, 182; unsettled Maori affairs in, i. 390, 407, ii. 159-63, 166, 251, 269; soldiers posted to, ii. 180; outbreak of wars, ii. 314-15; in Compact, ii. 340
Tariff Bill (1856), ii. 258-9
Tasmania, i. 225, 240
Taumutu, i. 287n
Taylor, J. C., ii. 68
Te Aro, i. 219
Te Hapaku, ii. 168
Te Ika a Ranganui, Battle of, ii. 272-3
Te Kooti, ii. 319
Te Koro Mautai, i. 436 (biog)
Te Puni, Honiana, i. 218 (biog), 224
Te Tirarau Kukupa, ii. 272-3 (biog)
Telegraph to Ballarat, ii. 302
Templer, Edward Merson, i. 157 (biog)
Tennant, Charles, i. 31
Terence, Quotation from, i. 173
Te Wherowhero, ii. 162 (biog)
Thetis, ii. 100
Thomas, Capt Joseph, biog i. 295 nl; 34, 36
Thomas, Rev. W. R., i. 170 (biog)
Thomas and Henry, ii. 125
Thompson, Frederick, ii. 120 (biog)
Thomson, William, i. 66
Three Kings Maori school, ii. 264-5
Timaru: Draper's death near, i. 287; future township, i. 329, ii. 218; Sewell's description of, ii. 220; transport problem of, ii. 221; Plate 24
Timber: at Kaiapoi, i. 130, 275, 300, 344; near Lyttelton, i. 318; price of, in Melbourne, i. 320; trade in, i. 337; in N. Canterbury, i. 429; near Akaroa, i. 442, ii. 129, 131, 132
Times, Attacks on Canterbury in The, i. 297, 300-1, 302, 306, 420
Titokowaru, ii. 319
Torlesse, Charles, biog i. 129 n2; 136, 176, 282, 286, 290, 294, 295, 311, 429
Torrens system, i. 22; ii. 321
Tory, i. 470
Town Hall, Lyttelton, i. 509; ii. 113, 202, 204
Town Reserves: Christchurch, i. 178, 255-6, 313, 452-3, 469, 501 \Map 115; Lyttelton, i. 139,141, 303, 316-17; Map 305
Townsend, James, biog i. 141 nl; 140, 282, 290, 311-12
Tram road: for coalfield, i. 307, 315; Port to Plains, ii. 184-5, 191
Transportation, Penal, ii. 143, 306
Travers, Capt Frederick, biog i. 225 n3; ii. 164, 172n
Travers, William Thomas Lock, biog ii. 51 nl; 65, 79, 92, 155, 188, 337
Treasurer, Colonial. See Sewell, Shepherd
Treasury guarantee for loan, ii. 311, 339
Tribe, George Henry, biog i. 441 nl; 371; ii. 106n, 131
Tripp, Charles George, biog ii. 118 nl; 129, 130, 132, 135
Tuahiwi Reserve, i. 129-30, 425
Tunnel, Talk of, i. 319, 460, 471, 481
Turton, Rev. Henry Hanson, biog ii. 162 n2; 180-1
Tutu, i. 29n, 281; ii. 212-13
Twigger, Rev. Joseph, biog i. 345 nl; 346, 350
Ultra-Provincialism, i. 101-2, 104; ii. 144, 175, 228, 230, 233
Union Bank of Australia, i. 36, 42n, 350; ii. 241, 277, 338
United States, ii. 226
Unofficials, Executive Council, i. 86, 103, 108; ii. 246, 270, 274
Upper House. See Legislative Council Utu, i. 199; ii. 160
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, i. 24, 25
Viard, Monseigneur, P. J., i. 232 (biog)
Victoria, Colony of, Sewell's visit to, ii. 289-308
Victoria, HM Colonial Brig, i. 490
Virgil, Quotations from, i. 125, 185, 249, 257, 286, 336; ii. 39, 153, 186, 240, 309
Vogel, Julius, ii. 320-1 von Gartner, Gustav, i. 308 (biog)
Voyages, Sewell's inter-island: Lyttelton-Wellington, i. 178-80; Wellington to Lyttelton, i. 236-7; Lyttelton-Wellington, i. 379-81; Wel-lington-Lyttelton, i. 396-7; Lyttelton-Wellington, ii. 11-12; Wellington-Nelson, ii. 12-14; Nelson-Manukau, ii. 16-18; Manukau-New Plymouth-Nelson, ii. 90-1; Nelson-Wellington, ii. 97; Wellington-Lyttelton, ii. 99; Lyttelton-Wellington, ii. 156-7; Wellington-Nelson, ii. 157-8; Nelson-New Plymouth, ii. 158; New Plymouth-Manukau, ii. 163-4; Manukau-New Plymouth, ii. 179-80; New Plymouth-Nelson, ii. 182; Nelson-Wellington, ii. 182-8; Wellington-Lyttelton, ii. 184; Lyttelton-Wel-lington, ii. 227; Wellington-Nelson, ii. 227; Nelson-New Plymouth-Manukau, ii. 227-8 Voyages, Sewell's longer: Auckland-Sydney, ii. 275-6; Sydney-Melbourne, ii. 287-9; Melbourne-Cape Horn-Liverpool, ii. 308-10
Wadsworth, Robert, i. 191 (biog)
Wages: i. 14; sawyers, Akaroa, 10s a day, i. 329; gardeners, Lyttelton, 6s a day, i. 414; common labourers, 6s-7s a day, i. 418; harvest (1854) 10s a day, i. 461; labourers, sure of 5s a day, i. 471; Auckland 6s-8s a day, ii. 38; paradise for English poor, ii. 39; 7s 6d a day in Nelson, ii. 96; 9s a day N. Canterbury, ii. 102; in Australian gold fields, Ll a day, ii. 300
Waikato Committee, ii. 315
Waikato, Invasion of, ii. 317
Waimakariri River, i. 126, 128-9, 336, 423-4, 471; ii. 104, 120
Waimea Valley, ii. 15
Wainui, ii. 132-3
Wairarapa, i. 209, 390; ii. 127
Wairau, ii. 143, 169
Waitangi, Treaty of, ii. 169n
Waitara sale, ii. 314
Waitt, Robert, i. 31 On
Wakatu Hotel, Nelson, ii. 16
Wakefield, Daniel, biog i. 191 n2; 69, 192, 198, 201, 214-15, 223, 225, 226, 232, 234, 386
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, biog i. 121 nl; and Canterbury Association, i. 23, 27, 28, 29, 30;
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1850 guarantee, i. 35, 42; relations with Sewell, i. 50; arrives Lyttelton, i. 54,121-2; visits Kaiapoi, i. 127-9; impressions of Canterbury, i. 146-7; public letter to Mathias, i. 155; meets FitzGerald, i. 167; discussions with Sewell, i. 168-9; goes to Wellington, i. 182, 196, 201, 203; land question, i. 205, 224, 226; opposition to Gov. Grey, i. 230; visits Hutt, i. 234; Wellington politics, i. 288, 333; FitzGerald's opinion of, i. 354; MHR for Hutt, i. 369, 377; and Sewell's second visit to Wellington, i. 381, 384; Wellington Provincial Council, i. 392-4; dinner for Maori chiefs, i. 431; and Dr Knight, i. 458; opening of General Assembly, ii. 20-2; resolution for ministerial responsibility, i. 74, ii. 28; consultations with, i. 78, ii. 35-6; dissatisfied about Mixed Ministry, i. 81, ii. 39, 44, 48, 55, 58-9, 60-2; adviser to Wynyard, i. 87-90, ii. 63-6; former adviser to Metcalfe in Canada, i. 89, ii. 66; Sewell's view of his policy, ii. 69; ceases to be adviser, i. 93, ii. 75; behind Forsaith's attempt at mixed ministry, ii. 76-7; policies, ii. 78-9; £1 a day allowances for MHRs, ii. 85, 198; Sewell's personal reconciliation with, i. 95, ii. 86-8; New Zealander account of first Assembly, ii. 89-90; speech at Hutt, ii. 113; Working Settlers scheme, Auckland Province, ii. 116; position in Wellington politics, ii. 117; serious illness of, ii. 120, 138, 154; and Lyttelton Trust, ii. 157n; in FitzGerald's account of first Assembly, ii. 324-39
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, biog i. 136 nl; Sewell meets, i. 146, 204; Gibbon Wakefield's move to Wellington, i. 205; first Canterbury elections, i. 360, 361, 364, 365, 376; fears about Taranaki Maoris, i. 407; opposes FitzGerald's mixed ministry, i. 83, ii. 57, 76; Forsaith mixed ministry, i. 93, ii. 79; aftermath of Assembly in Canterbury, ii. 100,102,106, 109,112, 337; and Riccarton church, ii. 113, 119; Sewell meets in Wellington, ii. 157
Wakefield, Felix, biog i. 144 n3; 157, 349, 354, 398, 401; ii. 106
Walker, John, i. 280-1
Wanderer, i. 320
Wanganui, i. 200; ii. 161, 266
Ward, Crosbie, biog ii. 198 n2; 191, 195-6
Ward, Edward Robert, i. 157 (biog)
Ward, John Hamilton, i. 356 (biog)
Waresley (Hunts), i. 117n; ii. 117, 139, 311, 322
Waste Lands Bill (1854), i. 83, 85; ii. 46, 50, 54, 57-8, 61, 85, 328
Waterwich, i. 470
Watkins, Daniel, i. 330 (biog)
Watson, John, biog i. 330 nl; 438; ii. 132
Watts-Russell, Elizabeth, i. 130
Watts-Russell, John Charles, biog i. 130 n2; 315, 355-6, 357-9
Weather, New Zealand, i. 13-14
Webb, William Honkley, ii. 132 (biog)
Weighall, Henry, ii. 302 (biog), 307
Weld, Frederick Aloysius, biog i. 137 nl; recipient of Sewell's political letter, i. 71; prayers in House, i. 73; question of responsible government, i. 76; FitzGerald mixed ministry, i. 77-8, ii. 28, 34, 42; mentioned as leader, i. 137, ii. 33, 40; Stonyhurst run, i. 31 On; Waste Lands Bill (1854), ii. 58, 329; visits Sisters of Mercy, ii. 60; rumours about Mixed Ministry, ii. 73, 77; visits Canterbury, ii. 143; absent from 1855 Assembly, ii. 154; visits England, ii. 157; ministry of, i. 22, ii. 318; garrison crisis, ii. 319 Wellington: i. 32; Sewell visits, i. 55-6, 68, 181-236, 381-95; ii. 13, 97-8, 182-4; possible capital, i. 84, 110; Sewell's description of, i. 182, 186-7; Government Offices in, i. 185-6; Courthouse of, i. 198; churches of, i. 205, 206, 212, 215, 217, 227, 228; opinions of Canterbury in, i. 212; injunction case, i. 213-5; steamship Ann, i. 381, 384; 1855 earthquake, ii. 125-7, 138, 157; alternative venue for Assembly, ii. 262; FitzGerald's view of political situation, ii. 324. See also Wellington, Province of.
Wellington, i. 386, 394-5
Wellington Beach Party, i. 101, 105; ii. 228, 233, 242, 246, 248. Plates 55, 56, 57. See also Featherston, FitzGerald, Fox
Wellington Hotel. See Alzdorff
Wellington Independent, i. 71, 207, 209, 211, 225; Sewell's letter to Duke of Newcastle, i. 395
Wellington, Province of: Featherston Superintendent of, i. 376; Provincial Council of, i. 391-5, ii. 117; responsible government in, i. 69-70, 449-50
Wesleyans, Maori schools of, ii. 177-8
West Ballarat, ii. 298
Westenra, Capt Richard, i. 328 (biog)
Westenra, Richard, i. 328, 441
Wheat, i. 127, 318, 373; ii. 152, 275
Whitaker, Frederick: opponent of Auckland Progress Party, i. 78; consulted by governor, i. 93; ii. 75; land policy, Auckland, ii. 116; unsuccessful candidate for Auckland Superintendency, ii. 137; 1855 session of Assembly, ii. 165; Attorney-General, i. 103, 105, ii. 173, 188, 231, 234, 240, 244, 246, 259, 270, 317, 324; visits Three Kings school, ii. 264; Premier, ii. 317
White Hart Hotel, Christchurch, i. 243, 360
Whitewood's Hotel, the 'Rose of the Valley', Hutt, i. 224
William and Jane, ii. 226
William Denny, ii. 68, 74, 81,250,255,270-1,275, 286
William Prowse, i. 289
Williams, Daniel Theodore, i. 309-10 (biog)
Williams, Rev. Henry, ii. 45 (biog)
Williamstown (Vic.), ii. 289
Willock, Rev. William, biog i. 269 nl; 268, 277, 283, 413
Wilson, John Cracroft, biog i. 492 n2; ii. 316
Wilson, Rev. James, biog i. 127 nl; 164, 173, 174, 253, 335, 351, 368; ii. 135
Winchester College, i. 24
Wiremu Kingi. See Kingi, Wiremu
Wodehouse, James Hay, biog i. 182 nl; 183, 190, 207
Wonga Wonga, ii. 287
Woodard, Nathaniel, i. 254n
Wool, i. 144; ii. 117, 121, 219
Woolcombe, Belfield, biog i. 465 n2; 466
Woolley, Dr John, biog ii. 278 n3; 282, 286, 287
Woolley, Mr, i. 380
Woolloomooloo, ii. 276, 279
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Working classes, i. 82, 85, 210, 333; ii. 62, 69, 112, 137n, 198
Working Man's Land Association, Wellington, i. 209
Working men, lazy habits of, i. 149
Working Settlers scheme, i. 85, 333; ii. 61-2, 69, 78, 116, 337
Wormald, Richard, biog i. 268 n2; 432, 497, 506n
Worsley, Francis Henry, i. 142 (biog)
Worsley, Sir Richard, i. 24
Wortley. See Stuart-Wortley
Wreck of Orpheus, ii. 90n
Wynyard, Col. Robert Henry, biog i. 382 nl; 64, 72; question of responsible government, i. 76-8; opens General Assembly, ii. 21, 25, 26-7; Wakefield's resolution, ii. 32; Shepherd's view of, ii. 45; FitzGerald mixed ministry, i. 79-87, ii. 33-74; Wakefield as adviser, i. 87, ii. 62-6, 69; Forsaith mixed ministry, i. 93, ii. 76-7; end of second Session, ii. 85-6, 89; Colonial Office and responsible government, i. 97-8; Gov. Browne announced, ii. 128; Auckland gold rush, i. 226; deputy-Governor, i. 382, 407, 413, 454, 468; Superintendency of Auckland ends, ii. 137; 1855 Assembly, ii. 153, 155, 165-73; sends troops to Taranaki, ii. 161-3; Gov. Browne's arrival, ii. 172; visits New Plymouth, ii. 180-1; in FitzGerald's account of the first Assembly, ii. 323, 325, 326, 330, 331, 335
Yan Yean Reservoir (Vic.), ii. 293
Yarborough, Earl of, i. 24
Yarra, River, ii. 290, 303, 307-8
Zingari, SS, ii. 90n, 118, 137, 138, 144, 149, 151, 164, 244, 251, 253, 255, 262, 269
