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From the Southern Cross Tuesday 8th August 1851

AUCKLAND LUNATIC ASYLUM

A letter having been received from the Lieutenant-Governor, stating that His Excellency is prepared to cause the Building to be proceeded with as soon as the necessary amount of Subscriptions has been obtained; - Subscribers are requested to pay their contributions into the account at the Union Bank of Australia on or before Saturday next, the 9th instant.

CONTRIBUTIONS ALREADY PROMISED:-

£10 from the following:

The Right Rev. the Bishop of NZ
His Honor the Chief Justice
BLACKETT, J C
COOLAHAN, Hugh
ROUGH, David

£5 from the following:

ABRAHAM, Rev C J
BROWN, W
CAMPBELL, J L
CHURTON, Rev J F
FYNES, Rev T
GILFILLAN, J A
GILFILLAN, Robt
GRAHAME, W S
GRAHAM, R
GUNDRY, W R
HADLOW, Henry
KENNEDY, Alex
KNIGHT, Charles 		LEWIS, Thos
LLOYD, Rev J F
MACKY, James
McELWAINE, Geo.
McGAURAN, T F
MITCHELL, Robert
NATHAN, D
OUTHWAITE, Thos
SALMON, Jno
SINCLAIR, A
WHITAKER, F
WILLIAMSON & WILSON

£4 from the following:

HAULTAIN, Capt
THATCHER, Rev F

£3.3S.0d. from the following:

BURTT, Jas
DALDY, W C
LIGAR, C W
MACKENZIE, W
ROUT, Jno
WOOD, R G

£3 from the following:

BUDDLE, Rev Thos
CONNELL, W
FAIRBURN, W F
FLETCHER, Rev J H
HUGHES, W
RIDINGS, Richard
TURNER, W

£2.2S.0d. from the following:

GISBORNE, W
GLAISTER, Mr
GLAISTER, Mrs
KENNY, Major
KISSLING, Rev G A
MERRIMAN, F W
O’NEILL, J
TAYLOR, R J
TAYLOR, T E
VIDAL, R

£2.0s.0d. from the following:

DINGWALL, Alex.
FALWASSER, Miss
GREENWOOD, Major
MARSHALL, Alex
WRIGHT, Alex

£1.1s.0d. from the following:

BENNETT, J B
CLARK, Archd.
CLARK, Hugh
DALLISTON, J J R
ELLIS, Henry
GRAHAM & HENDERSON
HEAPHY, Charles
KEVEN, Thos		 MAHON, Dr
O’BRIEN, Edward
SIMMS, James
THOMPSON, Dr, 58th Regt
TRAVERS, Capt, R A
WARDELL, Edward
WILLIAMSON, James

£1.0s.0d. from the following:

ASHER, A
BABER, R K
BROWN, Samuel
BYLAND, D G
CODLIN, G
COOPER, Alfred
CROSBIE, D
DAY, H
DODDS, James
ENGLAND, Joseph
FIELDING, Joseph
GEORGE, Jas
GIBSON, Thos
GOODFELLOW, Wm		 HARDINGTON, H
HARGREAVES, Joseph
IRELAND, J S
LAZARUS, Mr
MAYNE, Edward
MOFFITT, C H
SHARP, J
SMITHSON, G
TATTERSALL, Mrs
WALSH, J H
WATT, J H
WESTON, T & Co
WISE, G W

10s.6d. from the following:

DILWORTH, Jas
FORSYTH, Wm

10s.0d. from the following:

HARKINS, W
MARSHALL, W
NATHAN, Henry

By order of the Committee,
J F CHURTON, Chairman
F THATCHER, Hon. Sec.
August 1st, 1851


From the Southern Cross Friday 8th August 1851

THE LUNATIC ASYLUM

We have received numberless inquiries relative to this projected institution :- namely, what interest, if any, subscribers may expect to possess in its arrangements; what spot it is intended to be built on; and whether they are merely to enjoy the honor of paying over their money to Government, leaving our dearly beloved rulers to build where and how they please, and to conduct the establishment, when formed, according to their own lordly inclinings? In reply, we beg to state our profound ignorance of the subject. With respect to the report that the building is about to be founded in Auckland Park, we can only suppose such a report to have originated with some hair-brained dreamer. A Lunatic Asylum planted in a domain set apart for public recreation, and for embellishment of a nascent city? Expose females and children to the freaks of some of its chance escaped inmates? Preposterous! The very idea is an insanity and requires but a marked expression of public disapprobation to set the project at rest for ever.

Transcribed: January, 2001 by Jackie Walles, New Zealand

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