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Index

• Abolition of Provinces, causes leading to, 111
• Acland, L. G. D., early runs of Canterbury, 12
• Adelaide, Queen, anecdote of, 7
• Algidous, Mount, sheep run, 13, 15, 16, 18
• Alpers, O. T. J., on Parihaka, 160
• Ancestry of Rolleston, 1
• Andrew, Rev. J. C., 6
• Atkinson, Sir Harry, carries abolition of Provinces, 113
  • death of, 200
  • defeat of Ministry, 1884, 164
  • Leader of Opposition, 130-2
  • leasehold views, 143
  • Ormond, J. D., on, 131
  • Premier 1876, 123
  • Premier 1883, 139
  • Premier 1887, 171
  • reasons for joining Vogel, 169
  • "Rest and be Thankful" Budget, 124
  • Rolleston, letters to, 169, 177; offers seat in Legislative Council, 175
  • socialistic views, 138
  • Speaker in Legislative Council, 178
  • Stout on, 170
  • various characteristics, 106, 138
  • "Auckland Rats", save Hall Ministry, 137
  • their patriotism, 137
• Ballance attacks Sir G. Grey, 165
• Bank of New Zealand dispute with Rolleston, 37
• Banquet to Rolleston on retirement, 201
• Beaglehole, J. C., 48n.
• Bealey, Samuel, Superintendent, 25
• appeals to Rolleston, 20
• resignation of, 26
• Bell, Sir Dillon, criticism of lease-hold, 150
  • death of (1896), 201
  • efforts to improve immigration, 56
• Bell, Sir Dillon (cont.)
  • immigration views, 55
  • letters to Rolleston, 148
• Biblical quotations by Rolleston, 121
• Bowen, Sir C. C., meets Rolleston on arrival, 11
  • offers post to Rolleston, 120
  • Rolleston rejects offer, 121
• Bowen, Sir Geo., consults Rolleston, 120-1
• Brittan, Miss (Mrs Rolleston), 203
• Browning, Robert and Domett, 57
• Bryce, John, arrests Te Whiti, 159
  • censured by Parliament, 180
  • conflicts in Cabinet, 139
  • declines leadership, 183
  • defence of Rolleston, 160
  • Native Minister, 155-8
  • Opposition Leader, 180
  • resignation, 180
• Buller, Sir Walter to Rolleston, 126
• Butler, Samuel, returns to England, 18
  • visits Rolleston, 17
• Cambridge, Rolleston at, 7
• Canterbury College, 48
• Canterbury Settlement, 11
• Carroll, Sir James, on Poverty Bay Massacre, 70
• Cave of Adullam, 81
• Centralisation, Rolleston opposes, 94, 100
• Chatham 1s. prisoners escape, 70 et seq.
• Chimera, stream named by Rolleston, 17
• Christ College, Rolleston examiner at, 17
• Church Schools, 43
• Civil Commissioners, Native Affairs, 64
• Coal Mines, nationalisation of, 181
• Cobden, Richard, quoted, 195
• Coleridge, Lake, station, 15
• Condliffe, J. B., on land regulations, 60n.page 212
• Confiscation of Native lands, 153
• Rolleston on, 69
• Cox, Alfred, tribute to Rolleston, 73
• Cross, Viscount, anecdote by, 7
• Deaf and Dumb Institutes, Rolleston initiates, 127
• Decentralisation, Rolleston urges, 109
• Deferred payment system, 140, 143
• De Latour, C. A., on Vogel, 92 on Rolleston, 93
• Domesday Book and Rolleston property, 1
• Domett, Alfred, to Rolleston, 57
• Dove, Rolleston on, 3
• Education, early problems, 43 et seq.
  • Rolleston's tribute to Bowen, 46
  • Rolleston's views on, 9, 45
  • University of New Zealand, 46
  • University of Otago, 47
  • Weld, Sir Frederick, on, 49
• Education Act, 1877, 46
• Education Commission, 1863, 43
• Education Ordinance, 1857, 43; 1875, 41, 45
• Essentials of social order, 43
• Family of Rolleston, 203
• Featherston, Dr J. E., Rolleston's letters to, 97, 110
• Fenton, Judge F. D., Rolleston to, 87
• Fitzgerald, J. E., death of, 200
  • letter to Rolleston, 201
  • Rolleston to, 39, 40, 102
• Fitzherbert, Sir Wm., Rolleston to, 102, 122
  • and Stafford, 98
  • becomes Speaker, 123
• Forestry Bill and abolition, 112
• Fox, Sir William, attacks Rolleston, 69, 95
  • and Massey, W. F., 104
  • character of, 83
  • Ormond, J. D., on, 132
  • returns to Parliament, 77
  • Vogel's tribute to, 104
• Fox-Bell Commission, 154
• Fox-Vogel Ministry, brief defeat of, 1872, 101
  • Rolleston on, 95
• Franchise extended, 107
• Free selection, Rolleston on, 61
• Freehold and Leasehold Debates, 142-4
• Gargarus, Mount, 16
• Gillies, T. B., Rolleston to, 38, 107
• Gisborne, history of New Zealand quoted, 75
  • New Zealand Rulers and Statesmen, 9n.
  • on Gillies, 107
  • on Rolleston, 96
  • on Stafford, 76
• Gorgon, stream, 17
• Graduated Land Tax, 192
• Grain rates on railways, 164, 171
• Grenville, Lord, despatch, 84
• Grey, Sir George, as Premier, 126
  • attack by Ballance, 165
  • conflicts with colleagues, 130
  • contrasts in his career, 129
  • contrasts with Rolleston, 133
  • defeat of, 136
  • defends arrest of Te Whiti, 159
  • Land Regulations, 1853, 60
  • on Land settlement, 134
  • Provincial system, 22
  • Reeves on, 129
  • Rolleston on, 133
  • urges separation, 124
• "Gridironing" land, 61, 142
• Hall, Sir John, defends Rolleston, 72
  • denounces leasehold, 143, 145, 185
  • joins Fox-Vogel Ministry, 91
  • on Politics, 172
  • praises Rolleston, 36
  • Prime Minister (1879), 137
  • reasons for resignation, 139, 143
  • Rolleston's letters to, 91, 92
  • to Rolleston, 25
• Hampton, Herbert (sculptor), on Rolleston, 208
• Harman, R. J. S., tribute to Rolleston, 41
• Harrop, England and the Maori Wars, 75
• Hill, H., School Inspector, and Rolleston, 46
• Hugo, Victor, quoted, 28page 213
• Immigration, Rolleston on, 51 et seq.
  • and Public Works Act (1870), 34, 53
  • success of Rolleston in, 53
  • Vogel's policy of, 54
• Kooti, Te, escape from Chatham Island, 70
• Lance, J. D., contests Superintendency, 27
  • letter to Rolleston, 27
• Land, price of, 59
  • Provincial legislation, 58
• Land Aggregation, 9
• Land Bill (1882), 142
• Land Legislation, 113 et seq., 182
• Land Regulations (1853), 134
• Leases, Pastoral, 60
  • in Perpetuity, 184
  • Perpetual, 143
• Lewis, Charles, on Rolleston, 207
• Lillie, Dr, Education Commissioner, 43
• Liverpool, Lord, Rolleston tutor to, 7
• Local Government, Rolleston on, 118
• Macandrew, James, opposes leasehold, 146
  • on Public Works policy, 88
• MacKay, James, to Rolleston, 64
• McKenzie, Sir John, 145, 182 et seq.
  • tribute to Rolleston, 197
• Mackenzie, Scobie, 184, 197, 207
• McKerrow, James, 209
• McLean, Sir Donald, 81, 125, 154
• Maltby Hall, 4
• Maltby Memorial, 209
• Maning, Frederick, on Maori conflicts, 69
• Massacre, Poverty Bay, 70
• Massey, W. F. and Fox, 104
  • and freehold, 145, 186
  • tribute to Rolleston, 209
• Mathias, Duncan, 8
• Mathias, F., 14
• Middle Party (1876), 125
• Mitchelson, Sir E., 175
• Monro, Sir David, elected for Waikouaiti, 106f.
  • on Abolition, 115
  • on Vogel, 114
  • Rolleston to, 105
  • to Rolleston, 115
• Moorhouse, W. S., "friend of progress", 31
  • contrast with Rolleston, 30
  • declines office, 77
  • grant to, 39
• Morrell, W. P., quoted, 21, 29, 30, 33, 81
• Museum, Rolleston's text for, 48
• Native Affairs, Fox-Bell Report on, 154
  • Rolleston on, 68; Under Secretary, 62; Minister of, 153
• Native Schools, Rolleston's Report, 67
• Nettleship, Anne (Rolleston's mother), 4
• Newcastle, Duke of, despatch on Native Policy, 62
• Old Age Pensions, Rolleston on, 197
• Oliver, Richard, 172, 173, 179
• Ormond, J. D., on Fox, 132
  • on Separation, 74
  • on Stafford, 79
  • on Te Whiti, 157
  • urges Rolleston to lead, 131-2
• O'Rorke, Sir Maurice, resigns, 113
• Parihaka, 153, 158, 159
• Parris, 63-5
• Pastoral Leases, 60
• Perpetual Leases, 143
• Poor Law, Rolleston on, 127
• Poverty Bay massacre, 70
• Pre-emption of land, 60
• Prohibition, Rolleston opposes, 192
• Provincial Secretary, Rolleston as, 22
• Provincial System, 20, 33, 41
• Public men, two classes, 31
• Public works' policy, 88, 89, 112
• Railway policy, 35
• Rangitata, Rolleston's farm at, 203
• Reeves, W. P., on price of land, 59
  • on Rolleston, 183, 206
  • on Sir George Grey, 110
  • on women's franchise, 191
• Reid, Donald, 140, 143page 214
• Revell, W. H., 24, 25
• Richardson, Major, 102
• Richmond, J. C, 139, 161
• Richmond, Judge, death of, 200
• Rolleston, Rev. George, Vicar of Maltby, 3
• Rolleston, George, M.D., F.R.S., 4
• Rolleston, John, Rector of Aston, 3
• Rolleston, John de, Vicar of Beverley, 2
• Rolleston, Ralph de, 3
• Rolleston, Robert (grandfather), 3
• Rolleston, Rev. Robert (brother), 139, 163
• Rolleston, William, ancestry, 1
  • attacks Stafford, 78, 80
  • birth, 4
  • declines Legislative Council, 175
  • defeated, 171, 191, 199; for Speaker, 178
  • education, 5
  • elected for Avon, 74; Geraldine, 165; Halswell, 178; Riccarton, 193
  • enters Parliament, 74
  • in office, 137
  • land legislation, 140
  • marriage, 9n.
  • migration, 9
  • Minister, Native Affairs, 153-6
  • on Bishop Suter, 161
  • on McKenzie's Land Bills, 182
  • on Old Age Pensions, 197
  • on Vogel, 119
  • Provincial Secretary, 20
  • sheep-farming, 8
  • Superintendent of Canterbury, 28 et seq.
  • Under Secretary, Native Affairs, 62 et passim
• Rolleston, Mrs, 203
• Ross, G. A. E., 11-14
• Rossall School, 5, 7
• Rotorua laid out by Rolleston, 162
• Runholders support Vogel, 106, 118
• Russell, Capt., 186, 194, 196
• Russell, G. W., defeats Rolleston, 199
• Sale, Professor J. S., 10, 15, 16, 18, 25
• Salmond, Sir John, on Local Government, 118n.
• Saunders, Alfred, on Rolleston, 178
• Saunders, Samuel, on Rolleston's speeches, 206
  • to Rolleston, 200, 202
• Seat of Government, 85-7
• Seddon, R. J., and Te Kooti, 70
  • appeal to Rolleston, 163
  • his career, 189 et seq.
  • on Rolleston, 209
• Selfe, Rolleston to, 81, 83, 88
• Separation, clamour for, 74
  • Rolleston on, 85
• Sewell, Journal quoted, 30
  • resignation, 94
  • to Rolleston, 136
  • tribute to Rolleston, 63
• Sheep-farmer, Rolleston as, 8 et seq.
• Simois and Scamander streams, 16
• Splendide Mendax speech, 134
• "Spotting" land, 60
• Stafford, Sir E., 76, 80, 101
  • defends Rolleston, 95, 96
  • Rolleston to, 89, 91, 94, 99
• Stevens, E. C, to Rolleston, 32
• Stout, Sir R., and Parihaka, 162
  • Rolleston to, 166, 204
  • various, 167, 171, 191
• Stout-Vogel Ministry, 164, 171
• Superintendent of Canterbury, Rolleston, 28 et seq.
• Suter, Bishop and Parihaka, 161
• Tancred, H. J., 43, 44
• Te Kooti, escape of, 70
• Te Whiti and Parihaka, 152, 161
• Thomas, Capt. R. M., on Te Kooti, 72
• Thompson, Prof. G. E., 46f.
• Titan stream, 17
• Trimble, Col., to Rolleston, 167, 168
• Trollope, Anthony, quoted, 21
• Turnbull, Dr, to Rolleston, 28
• Village Settlements, 141
• Vogel, Sir Julius, attacks Rolleston, 96
  • returns to New Zealand (1876), 116; (1884), 165
  • Rolleston on, 83, 96, 166
  • sails for England (1875), 113; (1876), 123
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• Vogel, Sir Julius (cont.)
  • triumph of, 83, 89
  • Waterhouse and, 104, 105
• Wakefield, Rolleston to, 98
• Wakefield System, 10, 59
• Waterhouse, G. M., 94, 104, 105
• Watnall Hall, 3
• Weld, Sir F., on Education, 49
  • on sheep-farming, 14
  • resignation, 76
  • self-reliant policy, 62
  • to Rolleston, 63
• West Coast Goldfields, 24
• Whitaker, Sir F., 123, 129
• Williams, Sir Joshua, xiv

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