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✨ Marriage Officiants and Immigration Statistics

Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 105

Brethren.

Brunton, Mr. Alfred.

The New Church.

Backhouse, Mr. John Philemon.

The Forward Movement.

Evans, the Reverend William Albert.

Salvation Army.

Bennett, William, Staff-Captain
Birkenshaw, Joseph, Major
Cain, John, Staff-Captain
Evans, Jonah, Major
Harris, Alfred James, Major
Holdaway, Albert Arthur Ernest, Major
Hoskin, William Thomas, Brigadier.

Seventh Day Adventists.

Crothers, Pastor William Martin
Farnsworth, Pastor E. W.
Steed, Pastor David
Teasdale, Pastor George.

I, GEORGE DRURY, Deputy 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 the Registrar-General, in conformity with the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880,” for insertion in the list for the year 1898.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of DECEMBER, 1897, 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	Adults. Children. Total
	M. F. M. F. Persons.	M. F. M. F. Persons.
United Kingdom	209 152 29 27 417	12 6 3 3 24
Queensland	.. .. .. .. ..	.. .. .. .. ..
New South Wales	722 411 62 60 1,255	527 236 32 17 812
Victoria	210 153 21 24 408	135 68 7 11 221
South Australia	.. .. .. .. ..	.. .. .. .. ..
Western Australia	.. .. .. .. ..	1 .. .. .. 1
Tasmania	36 28 4 2 70	46 25 1 1 73
Fiji	5 7 .. 6 18	5 .. .. .. 5
Other British possessions	53 21 3 1 78*	13 1 2 .. 16†
Pacific Islands	11 2 .. 1 14‡	.. .. .. .. ..
Other foreign ports	28 17 5 3 53§	8 .. .. .. 8∥
Totals, December, 1897	1,274 791 124 124 2,313	747 336 45 32 1,160
Totals, December, 1896	1,222 669 129 123 2,143	601 330 59 46 1,036

From Norfolk Island, 31; Cook Islands, 27; Vancouver, 20.
† For Cook Islands, 8; Vancouver, 8.
‡ From United States of America, West Coast, 52; New Caledonia, 1.
§ From United States of America, West Coast.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	ARRIVALS.	DEPARTURES.
	Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total	Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total
Kaipara	.. .. .. .. ..	4 2 3 3 6
Auckland	603 74 417 260 677	381 26 278 129 407
Wellington	1,033 123 709 447 1,156	423 27 321 129 450
Lyttelton	.. .. .. .. ..	1 2 1 2 3
Invercargill	429 51 272 208 480	274 20 189 105 294
Totals, December, 1897	2,065 248 1,398 915 2,313	1,083 77 792 368 1,160
Totals, December, 1896	1,891 252 1,351 792 2,143	931 105 660 376 1,036

CHINESE.—Arrivals at Wellington, 1; Departures from Wellington, 2.

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, 18th January, 1898.

GEO. DRURY
Deputy Registrar-General

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 4

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated18 January 1898
KeywordsMarriage Act, Officiating Ministers, Congregational, Baptist, Lutheran, Hebrew, Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, Catholic Apostolic, Unsectarian, Brethren, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventists
👱🏽 Names

14 names identified

Alfred Brunton (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
John Philemon Backhouse (Mr.), Listed as Officiating Minister
William Albert Evans (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
William Bennett (Staff-Captain), Listed as Officiating Minister
Joseph Birkenshaw (Major), Listed as Officiating Minister
John Cain (Staff-Captain), Listed as Officiating Minister
Jonah Evans (Major), Listed as Officiating Minister
Alfred James Harris (Major), Listed as Officiating Minister
Albert Arthur Ernest Holdaway (Major), Listed as Officiating Minister
William Thomas Hoskin (Brigadier), Listed as Officiating Minister
William Martin Crothers (Pastor), Listed as Officiating Minister
E. W. Farnsworth (Pastor), Listed as Officiating Minister
David Steed (Pastor), Listed as Officiating Minister
George Teasdale (Pastor), Listed as Officiating Minister

👩‍💼 Officials

GEO. DRURY, Deputy Registrar-General

🛂 Return of Immigration and Emigration for December 1897

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated18 January 1898
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, December 1897, Ports, Countries, Statistics, Adults, Children
👩‍💼 Officials

GEO. DRURY, Deputy Registrar-General

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