# Municipal and Official Handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand

ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.
Description—Arms: Argent, upon Waves ot the Sea a two-masted Ship in full Sail proper flagged Gules, on a chief per pale Azure and Gules to the dexter a Cornucopia Or, to the sinister a Shovel surmounted by a Pick, in saltire proper. Crest: Issuant out of a Mural Crown Or a representation of the Phormium Tenax flowered proper. Supporters: On either side An Apteryx (or Kiwi) proper.
MUNICIPAL AND OFFICIAL
HANDBOOK
OF THE
CITY OF AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
Edited by
JOHN BARR
Chief Librarian.
Prepared by Direction of the Auckland City Council.
AUCKLAND, N.Z.;
Wilson & Horton. Printers, Queen and Wyndham Streets
1922.
FOREWORD.
The civic administration of Auckland has now made 70 years of history. They have been years of wonderful expansion and progress. The facts and records call for wider and more effective publicity than any yet given to them. Resident citizens and visitors from abroad ask for information that has hitherto not been available in any convenient form. This Handbook, compiled by the Chief Librarian under the direction of the Council, is intended to meet the need so widely felt and expressed. The book will be found to cover nearly all the activities and interests of the Corporation and of other local bodies whose work is connected with the City.
The views of early Auckland placed in contrast with corresponding ones of recent date are especially impressive. They show at a glance how the pioneer town has become a modern city.
The compiler's work is ably done; and it is confidently predicted that the book will command wide interest and appreciation.
J. H. GUNSON,
Mayor.
Town Hall, Auckland, N.Z. May, 1922.
CONTENTS.
| | Page. |
| General Data | ix. |
| Auckland City Council | xi. |
| The City Council | xii. |
| Other Important Local Bodies | xiv. |
| Introductory: The City of Auckland | 1 |
| Town Hall | 23 |
| Town Hall: The Organ | 36 |
| Public Library, Art Gallery, and Old Colonists' Museum | 41 |
| Parks and Recreation Reserves | 63 |
| City Engineer's Department | 87 |
| Water Supply | 121 |
| Electricity | 133 |
| Tramways | 139 |
| Electoral Department | 159 |
| Valuer's Department | 163 |
| Traffic Department | 170 |
| Stores Purchasing Department | 175 |
| Sanitation and Public Health | 177 |
| Abattoir | 187 |
| Fish Market | 193 |
| Finance | 196 |
| Harbour Board | 201 |
| Drainage Board | 211 |
| Fire Board | 223 |
| Appendices:— |
| A.—Table of Population | 229 |
| B.—Imports and Exports | 229 |
| C.—Shipping of the Port | 230 |
| D.—Shipping Companies and Agents | 230 |
| E.—Consuls Resident in Auckland | 233 |
| F.—City Banks | 234 |
| G.—Chief Trades | 234 |
| H.—List of Religious Denominations | 236 |
| I.—Principal Benefactors of the City | 238 |
| Index | 241 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| | Page. |
| Coat of Arms | Front. |
| The City Council | xiii. |
| Heads of Departments | xv. |
| Auckland, 1840 | 2 |
| Auckland's Harbour Frontage, 1922 | 3 |
| Queen Street in 1843 | 6 |
| Queen Street in 1922 | 7 |
| Mayors of the City | 11 |
| Photograph of Auckland from a Seaplane | 14 |
| Town Hall | 22 |
| The Council Chamber: Council in Session | 26 |
| Mayor's Room; Mayoress's Room | 29 |
| Town Hall: Reception of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1920 | 30 |
| Public Library, 1880; Public Library, to-day | 40 |
| Central Library: The Reference Department | 44 |
| Central Library: The Grey and Shaw Collections | 44 |
| Central Library: Upper Landing | 47 |
| Central Library: Children's Room | 47 |
| The Leys Institute | 49 |
| Branch Libraries | 52 |
| The New Gallery | 56 |
| The Art Gallery: General View | 56 |
| Albert Park: General View | 62 |
| Albert Park | 64 |
| Albert Park: The Princes Street Border | 64 |
| Bowen Avenue | 66 |
| Domain: Cricket Ground | 68 |
| Domain: Main Drive | 70 |
| Domain: The Botanic Gardens | 70 |
| Victoria Park | 74 |
| Myers Park and Kindergarten | 74 |
| Point Erin Park | 76 |
| Parnell Park | 78 |
| City Reserves | 81 |
| Anzac Avenue: Before and After Completion of Improvements | 89 ​ |
| Gillies Avenue | 91 |
| Customs Street West | 91 |
| O'Connell Street: before and After Widening | 94 |
| Grafton Bridge | 96 |
| Waitakere Reservoir | 99 |
| Nihotupu (Main) Dam | 100 |
| Nihotupu (Main) Dam | 102 |
| City Markets | 104 |
| Shelly Beach and Parnell Baths | 106 |
| Workers' Cottages, Grey Lynn | 110 |
| Municipal Depot | 116 |
| Auckland's First Water Supply | 120 |
| Western Springs Pumping Station | 123 |
| Ponsonby Reservoir | 126 |
| The Waterworks Shop | 127 |
| "Venturi" Meter and Valves | 127 |
| Service Reservoirs: Old and New Types | 129 |
| Pumping Stations: Western Springs and Khyber Pass | 130 |
| Electric Power Station: Generators | 134 |
| Electric Power Station: Switchboard and Boiler Room | 136 |
| Tramway Power Station: Boiler House and Engine Room | 144 |
| Tramway Workshops | 146 |
| Tramway Workshops: The Machine Shop and General Store | 148 |
| Epsom Tram Depot | 152 |
| Type of Tram | 154 |
| Abattoir: General View | 186 |
| Abattoir: Exterior and Interior | 189 |
| Fish Curing | 194 |
| A Catch on a Trawler | 194 |
| Plan of Auckland Waterfront | 202 |
| Auckland. Looking Eastward | 204 |
| Auckland, from the North Shore | 204 |
| Chairmen of the Auckland Harbour Board | 206 |
| Okahu Bay | 212 |
| Building containing Screening Plant | 219 |
| Mechanical Screens | 221 |
| City Fire Station | 224 |
| Map of the City of Auckland | At End of Book. |
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