New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 5

Page 135

✨ Ministers List and Immigration Stats



JAN. 31.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 135

Church of Christ.
Mr. George Aldridge
Dr. William Hammond
Mr. Robert Laing
Mr. Edward Lewis
Mr. J. W. Shepherd
Mr. Edmund Harvey Taylor
Mr. Albert F. Turner.

Independent Wesleyan.
The Reverend Benjamin Vanes.

Brethren, usually denominated Plymouth Brethren.
Mr. Alfred Brunton.

Bible Christians.
The Reverend John Gillies Whait Ellis
John Orchard
Frederick Quintrell
William Ready.

New Plymouth Scotch Church.
The Reverend Moses Soames Breach.

Salvation Army.
Josiah Parsons Taylor (commonly called Colonel Taylor).

I, WILLIAM ROBERT EDWARD BROWN, Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and true copy
of a list in which I have entered all names of Officiating
Ministers which have been sent in to me, in conformity with
the provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880," for insertion in
the list for the year 1889.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine.

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

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND, during the YEAR ended 31st
DECEMBER, 1888, 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. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Total Persons. Excess of Immig. over Emigration. Excess of Emi. over Immigration.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
United Kingdom 2,179 1,259 383 317 4,138 1,032 580 191 161 1,964 2,174
Queensland .. 3 6 3 12 32 18 6 10 66 ..
New South Wales 2,533 941 147 156 3,777 4,693 1,705 632 581 7,611 ..
Victoria 2,951 1,277 154 183 4,565 6,306 3,190 1,051 1,003 11,550 ..
South Australia .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 ..
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania 267 134 12 16 429 200 122 49 44 415 ..
Fiji 129 48 7 14 198 58 32 12 6 108 ..
Other British Ports 32 21 11 4 68 196 11 1 4 212 ..
Hawaii and South Seas 266 94 32 22 414 461 184 81 57 783 ..
Other Foreign Ports 3 1 .. .. 4 39 14 5 7 65 ..
Totals 8,363 3,782 749 712 13,606 13,018 5,858 2,030 1,875 22,781 ..

*ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.

Ports. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons.
Russell .. 1 2 .. 3 18 1 17 2 19
Kaipara .. 25 .. 2 3 46 .. 12 36 22
Auckland 3,296 349 2,506 1,139 3,645 5,665 1,091 4,725 2,031 6,756
Gisborne .. 2 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. ..
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. 110 19 93 36 129
Wellington 2,668 464 2,086 1,046 3,132 2,492 460 1,992 960 2,952
Wanganui .. 4 .. 6 3 10 2 .. 1 2
Napier .. 5 .. 4 1 5 37 .. 29 11
Nelson .. 3 .. 2 .. 3 .. .. .. ..
Westport .. 3 .. 1 .. 4 .. .. .. ..
Greymouth .. 19 .. 6 19 25 157 25 110 72
Lyttelton .. 249 .. 49 174 298 669 161 539 291
Timaru .. 9 .. 4 .. 7 52 17 39 30
Oamaru .. 2 .. .. 2 .. 8 .. 5 3
Dunedin .. 1,280 .. 211 950 1,491 26 8 .. 12
Invercargill .. 4,579 .. 367 3,342 1,604 4,946 9,594 2,107 7,439
Totals .. 12,145 .. 1,461 9,112 4,494 13,606 18,876 3,905 15,048

Chinese (included above).
Arrivals from
China .. .. .. 308 .. ..
Australia .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. .. 308 .. ..

Departures to
China .. .. .. 147
Australia .. .. .. 64
Totals .. .. .. 211

  • 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, 28th January, 1889.

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



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🏛️ Publication of Officiating Ministers under The Marriage Act, 1880, List Continuation (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
31 January 1889
Clergy lists, Marriage Act registrations, Ministers, Church denominations, Wellington
15 names identified
  • George Aldridge (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • William Hammond (Dr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Robert Laing (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Edward Lewis (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • J. W. Shepherd (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Edmund Harvey Taylor (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Albert F. Turner (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Benjamin Vanes (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Alfred Brunton (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • John Gillies Whait Ellis (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • John Orchard, Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Quintrell, Listed as Officiating Minister
  • William Ready, Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Moses Soames Breach (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
  • Josiah Parsons Taylor (Colonel), Listed as Officiating Minister

  • WILLIAM ROBERT EDWARD BROWN, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand

🛂 Return of Immigration and Emigration Statistics for the Year Ended 31st December, 1888

🛂 Immigration
28 January 1889
Immigration statistics, Emigration statistics, Arrivals, Departures, Population movement, 1888
  • WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General