Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Customhouse.

Mr. Robert Evans, Locker of H.M. Customs at Queen's Bond, Wellington, was born at Limerick in 1846, and was educated at Kilkenny College. Arriving in the Empire City in 1862, he joined the Militia at Wanganui, subsequently becoming a member of the A Troop, Wellington Defence Force, in which he continued till its disbandment. He was superintendent of the local transport service during General Cameron's campaign on the West Coast, and of the River Transport Corps at the seige of Pipiriki. Mr. Evans afterwards accompanied the expeditionary force to Opotiki to avenge the Volkner murder, and subsequently saw active service under Captain Bryce in the Kai Iwi Cavalry. He is a recipient of the Imperial and New Zealand war medals. In 1870 Mr. Evans went to Ireland, remaining two years, and after eighteen months in America he returned to the Colony. In 1870 he was appointed to the office he has since filled. Mr. Evans was married in 1880 to a daughter of Mr E. G. Osgood, late sub-collector of Customs at Jamaica and Trinidad, and has one son and one daughter.