New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 7

Page 197

✨ Postmaster Appointments, Post Office Openings, Immigration Statistics

Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 197

Postmasters appointed.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st February, 1886.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-General by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the Postal-Telegraph Service of the colony.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Name.	To be Postmaster at	Postal District.	Date
Blair, R.	Beaumont	Dunedin	1 Jan., 1886.
Day, H. J.	Blueskin	Dunedin	1 Jan., "
Foote, F.	Caversham	Dunedin	1 Jan., "
Drake, W. C.	Carterton	Wellington	25 Jan., "
Shuttleworth, R.	Chorlton	Christchurch	1 Feb., "
Anderson, J.	Clarkesville	Dunedin	1 Jan., "
Osborne, O. H.	Dreyerton	Wellington	25 Jan., "
Napier, James	Endeavour Inlet	Blenheim	1 Jan., "
Inglis, A.	Groper’s Bush	Invercargill	5 Jan., "
Marks, J.	Haast	Hokitika	1 Jan., "
Annett, A.	Hillend	Dunedin	1 Jan., "
Murrell, R., jun.	Mararoa	Invercargill	1 Jan., "
Gilbert, J. J.	Pukearuhe	New Plymouth	1 Jan., "
Robertson, A. J.	Seacliff	Dunedin	1 Jan., "
Jeffrey, B.	Wedderburn	Dunedin	1 Jan., "

Post Offices opened.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st February, 1886.

THE following names of additional post offices which have been opened in the colony are published for general information.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Name of Office.	Postal District.	Circulating Office.
Chorlton	Christchurch	Christchurch.
Haast	Hokitika	Hokitika.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND, during the MONTH of JANUARY, 1886, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries.	ARRIVALS.	DEPARTURES.
	Adults.	Children
	M.	F.
United Kingdom	286	124
Queensland	223	79
New South Wales	276	142
Victoria
South and Western Australia	25	11
Tasmania	46	15
Other places
Totals	856	371

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.
Russell	1	..	1	..	1	1	4	2	3	5
Auckland	430	61	342	149	491	208	21	175	54	229
Wellington..	90	5	67	28	95	180	36	128	88	216
Napier	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1
Greymouth..	5	2	5	2	7	11	1	5	7	12
Hokitika	2	1	..	3	3	..	..	..	..	..
Lyttelton	17	23	24	16	40	2	..	1	1	2
Timaru	..	..	..	..	..	4	3	3	4	7
Dunedin	235	41	189	87	276	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill	447	36	318	165	483	631	87	541	177	718
Totals	1,227	169	946	450	1,396	1,038	152	856	334	1,190

It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the colony are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1886, No 7

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🚂 Postmaster Appointments

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated1 February 1886
KeywordsAppointments, Postmaster, Postal-Telegraph Service
👱🏽 Names

15 names identified

R. Blair, Appointed Postmaster at Beaumont
H. J. Day, Appointed Postmaster at Blueskin
F. Foote, Appointed Postmaster at Caversham
W. C. Drake, Appointed Postmaster at Carterton
R. Shuttleworth, Appointed Postmaster at Chorlton
J. Anderson, Appointed Postmaster at Clarkesville
O. H. Osborne, Appointed Postmaster at Dreyerton
James Napier, Appointed Postmaster at Endeavour Inlet
A. Inglis, Appointed Postmaster at Groper’s Bush
J. Marks, Appointed Postmaster at Haast
A. Annett, Appointed Postmaster at Hillend
R., jun. Murrell, Appointed Postmaster at Mararoa
J. J. Gilbert, Appointed Postmaster at Pukearuhe
A. J. Robertson, Appointed Postmaster at Seacliff
B. Jeffrey, Appointed Postmaster at Wedderburn

👩‍💼 Officials

JULIUS VOGEL, Postmaster-General

🚂 Post Office Openings

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated1 February 1886
KeywordsOpenings, Post Office, Christchurch, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

JULIUS VOGEL, Postmaster-General

🛂 Immigration and Emigration Statistics

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated8 February 1886
KeywordsStatistics, Immigration, Emigration, January 1886
👩‍💼 Officials

WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General

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