21 1 1885 Letter complementing Recreation Ground. (TH)

30 1 1885 Swimming Club organising Competition. (TH)

2 2 1885 Naming of Recreation Ground Egmont Park Suggested. (TH)

4 2 1885 Advert for swimming gala. (TH)

7 2 1885 Bunting installed for swimming Carnival. (TH)

7 2 1885 Ladies Bathing Area provided. (TH)

7 2 1885 Liardet St gates under construction – Ladies bathing area being used(TH)

7 2 1885 Near Drowning in the Lake. (TH)

10 2 1885 Chew Chong offers flagstaff. (TH)

11 2 1885 Plaque to be ordered for The Poets Bridge. (TH)

11 2 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)

11 2 1885 Visitor offers garden seats for park. (TH)

12 2 1885 A thousand people attend swimming tournament – Results. (TH)

27 2 1885 Accounts for 1884. (TH)

2 3 1885 Fountain fixed. (TH)

2 3 1885 One of Furlong’s lake statues destroyed. (TH)

3 3 1885 Tender for flagstaff erection. (TH)

5 3 1885 Broken statue. (TH)

7 3 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting-Egmont Park name adopted. (TH)

9 3 1885 Change of Name to be confirmed. (TH)

17 3 1885 Remaining lake statue blown over. (TH)

17 3 1885 W Bennett collected money for Rec. (TH)

31 3 1885 Name suggestion. (TH)

8 4 1885 Captain Davidson commits suicide. (TH)

8 4 1885 Captain Davidson Inquest. (TH)

11 4 1885 Permission given for Football in the Recreation grounds. (TH)

11 4 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)

25 4 1885 Chew Chong flagstaff. (TH)

7 5 1885 Donation of seven Seats. (TH)

12 5 1885 Government appoint F P Corkill to Board. (TH)

23 5 1885 Large tree planting from donation. (TH)

8 6 1885 New Path to be made by Strawberry Patch. (TH)

9 6 1885 Fish in park. (TH)

9 6 1885 Carp to be put in lake. (TH)

7 7 1885 Board successful in cultivating Australian golden Wattle. (TH)

18 7 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting- vases – flagpole seats. (TH)

18 7 1885 Request for boundary survey. (TH)

18 7 1885 Thinking about angling licenses. (TH)

30 7 1885 Large vases for rec ground. (TH)

24 8 1885 Tree donation from Mitchinson and Messenger (Pohutukawa). (TH)

25 8 1885 Trout found in lake. (TH)

5 9 1885 Gravel put in Lake for trout. (TH)

12 9 1885 Mitchinson donates water lily plants. (TH)

21 9 1885 More plant donations. (TH)

30 9 1885 150 Puriri donated by Captain Wilson. (TH)

3 10 1885 Iron garden seats from UK. (TH)

5 10 1885 Box planted round lake. (TH)

12 10 1885 More plant donations. (TH)

21 10 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)

24 10 1885 Notice of fireworks display. (TH)

6 11 1885 Account of Fireworks display. (TH)

17 11 1885 Garden seats and seats around Flagstaff. (TH)

17 11 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Bandstand. (TH)

30 11 1885 Swamp reclamation for cricket and rugby. (TH)

11 12 1885 Moonlight Band Concert ad. (TH)

14 12 1885 Request for bandstand. (TH)

19 12 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)

21 12 1885 Donation from Union Boating Club. (TH)

28 12 1885 Lake evaporating. (TH)