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===== 190-4. . 3ST O^W REA. DV. «. , "MW lh&U\m: OLD kUD MMU' 1642-1904. HISTORIC-REMINISCENT-ANECDOTAL- , 1 PJCTORSAL-DESCRIPTBVE. * Over One Hundred IHustrations — INCLUDING — , > Reproductions of Rare Engravings and Lithographs published by the New Zealand Company, many Early Photograms and Present-day Subjects taken expressly for this work, * \ SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. «, . THE VIRGIN ISLES. > "Aotea," the Dawnland. An ancient land, apparently peopled , ages prior to the great Maori invasion — Native and European nomenclature — Discovery by Tasman, 1642 — Failure to effect a ' landing — IVhirderers' Bay — Cook's arrival, 1769 ; his intercourse with the natives — Te Taniwha's reminiscences — French explorers ; their methods; massacre of Marion's party; Crozet's revengeEvil reputation of natives — Visits of whalers ; trade established The Boyd massacre ; vicarious vengeance — Character and industrial arts of the natives. Illustrations^— Portrait of Cook— View of Taupiri in olden days — Natives attacking Tasman's boats. 1 MISSIONS AND COLONISATION. > First Missionaries, Church of England, 1814.T- The Rev. S. Marsden > and his work — Colenso, the missionary printer — Other Missions Evangelisation of the Maoris — Tribal wars and disturbances ' Schemes of colonisation — Gibbon Wakefield and the New Zealand Company — The first Governor— Friction between officials and colonists — Treaty of Waitangi — Wairau massacre — The great v/ork of the New Zealand Company, > Illustrations : — Portraits of Mars'den, Wakefield, Dr. Burns and Godley — Group of Missionary Bishops — Hone Heke > and wife — Panel of portraits of old rangatiras — Landing of Marsden — Paihia mission station — Kororareka, 1536 Russell, 1904 — Waitangi monument. MAORI TROUBLES. > Land League— Maori king movement— Pai marire fanaticism. ' Illustrations: — Military barracks, Napier ; troops parading ' — Hauhau prisoners, 1866 — Maori tangi — Portraits of " Kingi Potatau " and Right Hon. R. T. Seddon. ' 1 AUCKLAND. . > "Last, loveliest, loneliest I" — First settlement at Kororareka — Arrival of Hobson, first Governor, 1840 — Seat of government , removed to Auckland — Kororareka pillaged and burnt— Auckland, ) a lady's reminiscences — Its progress — Agricultural and mining industries — The wonderland in the interior — Sir George Grey Rewi Maniapoto. 1 Illustrations : — Numerous views of Auckland old and new, from old drawings and recent photograms — Portraits of ' Sir George Grey and Rewi Maniapoto. NAPIER. , First settlement of Ahuriri — Separation of province of Hawke's Bay from Welliugton — Native land problem — The early press 1 ( Progress of district. Illustrations : — Views of Napier and port in 1863 and in ' 1904. , WHANGANUI. First settlement and Maori troubles — Early schools and schoolmasters — The old church — The "Avenue " in its primitive condition —The old stockades — The bridge — The town of to-day. , Illustrations : — Whanganui (" Petre "), 1844, 1841, 1868, 1904. • NEW PLYMOUTH. . » Its natural advantages and its early misfortunes — Costly mistakes j ' of early Governors — The ironsand — The dairy industry — Recent ' progress. Illustrations :— Views of New Plymouth, 1843, !844, 1857, 1873, 1904, v WELLINGTON. > " Port Nicholson," its discovery and its name — Picture of district 1 by the New Zealand Company's artists— Early Wellington— Photograms by the late Mr. W. T. L. Travers — Reclamation — New and Greater Wellington ; its steady progress ; its historic nomenclature. Illustrations : — Copy of large and very rare print by the New Zealand Company, " Bird's-eye view of Port Nicholson " • — Old drawings by Brees, Heaphy, and others — Early > photograms — Street views (1874) by the late Mr. Travers — City views of 1904. NEIISON. Tasman's adventures off Golden Bay, 1642 — Settlement by the New Zealand Company 1841 — The pioneers — The early press — Mineral wealth of the district — Its distinguished men. 1 Illustrations : — Views of old Nelson, and the city in 1904, CHRISTCHURCH. The first settlers and their difficulties — The French coldny at Akaroa — Mr. Godley and the Canterbury Association— Arrival of the special settlers — Disillusionment — Constitution modified, followed by influx of Australian sheepfarmers — Bishop Harper and the Anglican Church — The hill and the tunnel— Christchurch of to-day. Illustrations : — Emigrants on board ship, 1850 ; arrival at Lyttelton — Jublilee Reunion, 1900 — Views of Christchurch, 1852, 1854, 1858, 1904. TIMARU. < Its early history — The open roadstead — The old landing service and the modern breakwater — The press of-Timaru and political notabilities — Material progress. Illustrations : — Site of present breakwater, i860 ; landing service, 1873 ; breakwater, 1904 — Stafford Street, 1864 and 1904 — And other subjects. > DUNEDIN. Old " Otakou IJ and the whalers — The New Zealand Company and the Scottish pioneers — Captain Cargill and Dr. Burns — The primitive wilderness —^Early press of Dunedin — Discovery of rich goldfields in 1861 — "Gabriel's Gully" — The rush from Victoria — Mr. Cargill and " the old identity " — Thatcher's satire — The new order 1 , of things — " Purpose, achievement, turmoil, triumph."' Illustrations :— Portraits of Captain Cargill and Rev. Dr. Burns — Views of old Dunedin, 1860-62, and of the city of 1904— Gabriel's Gully, 1861. INVERCARGILL. 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