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Bequests and Gifts
BEQUESTS
1897 – Martha King. £106 17s 5d
1905 – Isabella Small. £25
1906 – Peter Madsen. £25
1906 – Robert Govett. £100
1907 – Mrs. Broham. £100
1913 – Peter Matson. £25
1914 – Five large cases of ducks
1917 – Mrs Hulke. £100
1917 – C. W. Govett. £100
1924 – Mr. A. Shuttleworth £20
1927 – Newton King. £3,000. This was changed in 1933 to become the gifting of Brooklands.
1927 – Mr. J. Attrill. £100
1928 – Mary Ellen Freeth £50
1931 – Walter Haddrell. £50
1931 – Mrs Alice Paul. £50
1933 – Charles Score Sanders. £350 for rhododendron dell
1933 – Charles Score Sanders. Large cash bequest which paid for:
The replacement of The Poet’s Bridge in 1937, £877; Liardet St gates in 1938, approx. £1,500; relocating the Brookland grape house to the Fernery to become the first Begonia House, £150; extending the Tea House in 1946, £750; Partial cost of new administration building in 1952, £792. In 1959 there was still £776 in the Sanders Bequest.
1933 – Newton King, Brooklands estate
1933 – P. J. Flannagan. £50/ year for 21 years
1934 – Miss Hempton. £50
1935 – R. C. Hughes. £50
1941 – Mary Bingham. £250
1941 – T. C. List – Land in the Maranui Gully
1947 – A. R. Standish. £400
1948 – Doctor E. F. Fookes. £50
1951 – Leah Graham. £2,100 and 7 gold cups.
1954 Thomas Bell Jones Sinclair. £200
1956 – Frank Amoore. £100
1957 – George Home. £100
1971 – Mrs Eva Alice Wood. £1,000
GIFTS
1876 – Canterbury Domain 2000 shrubs
1876 – Mitchinson’s Nursery. Trees for planting on the opening day
1878 – Mr. Hirst, a commodious pleasure boat
1879 – Bathing Shed. Built by the swimming club from public donations
1881 – Mitchinson’s nursery. 1000 trees
1882 – Professor Furlong. Two alabaster nymphs, a fountain and a large glass ball reflector
1882 – R. C. Hughes. A pond
1882 – Doctor O’Carroll. A fountain
1883 – James Davis. The Poet’s Bridge
1883 – H. V. Barclay. Design of The Poet’s Bridge and supervision of its const’n
1884 – Thomas Furlong. A Dicky Barrett cannon
1884 – George Rhind. Ornamental Iron Gates for Liardet Street entrance
1885 – Chew Chong. Flagstaff from the wrecked Austalind
1885 – Mr. Sharland (UK). Six wrought iron garden benches
1885 – Mrs. Dougherty’s Egmont Ladies Academy: Circular seat round flagstaff
1885 – James Paul. £25 towards Band Rotunda
1886 – Mr. White, Smart Road Brick Works. Two large earthenware vases for the main lake
1887 – W.L. Newman. Cannon
1887 – W. F. Hoskin, from Waitara. A cannon and ball. Ball from H. M. S. Pelorus
1891 – Reginald Bayly. Cannon
1891 – Clement Govett. £20 to buy trees
1891 – Mrs J T Davis. Two flags and poles.
1892 – Archibald Hood. Planted a maze
1893 – Messrs Cave and Luckin, Bank Farm, Tataraimaka. Whale skeleton
1895 – Messrs Cummins & Son, carpenters. Garden seat
1897 – Sportsground committee. Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain
1899 – W.L. Newman. Six iron garden chairs
1900 – Mrs. Copland. Two garden seats
1901 – Kauri Timber Co, Auckland. Two substantial kauri spars for flagstaff
1901 – Sash & Door Co. 500ft of 2-inch planking to make seats
1902 – E. M. Smith. Six white swans brought from England
1903 – Mr A. Bayly mainmast of the Gairloch
1905 – Tea kiosk. Designed by J. A. Maisey and constructed by a local builder at no charge
1906 – W.F. Short. Marble tablet to memorialise deceased benefactors
1907 – Various people. Many seats for the redeveloped sportsground
1908 – Mr. E Whittle (Proprietor, Red House Hotel). Horse drawn roller and mower
1910 – Hon. O. Samuel. £50
1912 – Hon. O. Samuel. £25
1913 – Hon. O. Samuel. £25
1916 – C. H. Burgess £25
1917 – C. H. Burgess. Hot water fountain
1917 – Taranaki Jockey Club. £25
1918 – C. H. Burgess. Mayoral honorarium of £150 donated to Park
1919 – C. H. Burgess. Mayoral honorarium of £150 donated to Park
1922 – Charles Score Sanders. Planted a rhododendron dell in what is now Stainton Dell
1930 – W. D. Graham. £300 towards lighting the Sportsground
1931 – Mr and Mrs Burgess. Tea House. Cost approximately £1,000
1931 – Mr and Mrs Burgess. £150 for Tea House furnishings
1931 – Mr and Mrs Burgess. £60 for Tea House silverware
1934 – T. C. List – Land in the Maranui Gully
1934 – C. A. Wilkinson Land in the Maranui Gully
1936 – Bruce Trust. £250
1941 – Mrs Burgess. Replaced Tea House crockery, tablecloths and curtains
1948 – Junior Chamber of Commerce. £475
1949 – Internal Affairs Department. £500 towards cost of Ladies Pavilion
1950 – Junior Chamber of Commerce. £455
1952 – National Flower Show. £200
1953 – L. H. Johnston Motors Ltd. Automatic Stoking boiler to heat the Fernery
1955- Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ten seats placed around Fountain Lake
1960 – Jaycees. Constructing children’s paddling pool
1960 – Drinking water fountain and Don Driver’s Cats sculpture
1965 – Fred Parker orchid collection
1965 – Jaycees. Florafauna, Stage 1 of Brooklands Zoo
1967 – Mr & Mrs George Kibby. Begonia House valued at $30,000
1967 – P E Stainton $400
1967 – Jaycees. Deer &Peafowl enclosures
1970 – Jaycees. Wallaby enclosure
1974 – Jaycees. Free flight cage
1979 – Jaycees. Monkey Cage