taken from HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS

25 March 1865
To his Honor the Superintendent of the province of Auckland
... Sir, - we the undersigned, being deeply interested in the prosperity of this port, and having seen the unjust reflections which have been thrown out against your Government for having agreed to the construction of the breakwater now going on at Point Britomart, beg respectfully to say that we do not concur in these reflections; on the contrary, having seen the shelter which the breakwater, though only very partially finished, has given to the shipping during the recent severe gales, we undestitatingly say that the breakwater, when completed, will be of the most essential benefit to the shipping of the port, and we beg to tender our warmest thanks for the public spirit manifested by you in carrying out this improvement in the face of so much opposition ... more at link above

? Charles ALEXANDER
? W. E. ANDERSON
? James ANSEENE
? S. S. AUSTIN

? J. Watson BAIN
? Edward BARNETT
? John BARRON
? Charles BELL
? R. BLEAZAID
? John BOULGRAIN
? William BOYD
? Thomas W. BROWN
? S. BROWNING
? G. R. BURNETT, ship-smith
? James BUTCHER
? BUTT and ANDERSON

? Alexander CAMPBELL
? John CARLIN
? J. CASEY
? James M. CLARK
? George CLARKE
? M. T. CLAYTON
? Walter COMBES
? Capt. R. COPPING
? Hugh CRAIG
? Thomas CRAIG
? George T. CHAPMAN
? D. B. CRUICKSHANK

? Patrick DARBY
? Thomas DEAN
? John DEFRABES
? James DERENHOLT
? J. H. DRABBLE
? Alexander DUTHEE
? EATON and DEWOLF
? R. T. EBBORN
? S. J. EDMONDS
? John EDWARDS
? Isaac EGGERTON

? James FLETCHER
? G. FROST
? Frank FURLONG

? George GRAHAM
? John GRAHAM

? W. P. HARDING
? Thomas HENDERSON
? Henry HOLBROOK
? Mathew HOOPER
? R. HORNE
? Thomas HUNT

? E. and H. ISAACS

? W. JONES
? JONES and Co.

? David KELL
? John KIRKWOOD

? F. H. LEWISSON
? W. LOMBARD

? Thomas H. MABIN
? A. McGREGOR
? Alexander McGREGOR
? Thomas MACKY
? J. MORLAND
? Andrew MURRAY
? Joseph MURRAY

? David NATHAN
? NEWMAN and EWEN
? NICCOL and Co.
? H. NICCOL
? John NICOLSON
? E. G. NORRIS

? P. A. PHILIPS
? John POLLOCK
? Robert POLLOCK

? Charles RICHARDS
? John RICHARDS
? James RIDDLE
? Charles ROBINSON
? J. W. ROBINSON
? Edward ROSE
? Murdoch ROSS
? Thomas RUSSELL

? John SALMON
? Alfred SCALES
? Daniel SELLARS
? George H. SHORT
? John SMITH
? S. Hague SMITH
? John SOPPET
? Duncan STEWART
? Charles STRONG

? Thomas THOMAS
? William THOMAS
? Robert TURNBULL

? H. WADHAM
? James WALLACE
? Robert R. WELLS
? Thomas WILLIAMS
? Seymour WILLS
? Thomas WYATT, master