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Early Wellington

Native Population, 1845

Native Population, 1845.

Town of Wellington.—350: Chiefs Wi Tako, Mohi, Ngaponga. Purutu. Pakuahi, Moturoa and Wairarapa.

Port of Wellington.—290: Chiefs Te Puni, Watene and Puakawe.

Hutt.—350: Chiefs Kapara. Te Hau, Te Ringa-Kuri.

Wairarapa.—250: Chiefs Wereta, Himona and Pita. (Grimstone's Southern Settlements N.Z., pp. 39–43).

Buildings. The “N.Z. Gazette,” published at Port Nicholson, 1840, contains the following advertisement:—

“To be Sold.—A new wooden house, by Manning; 33ft. by 18ft., making five rooms, 8ft. high in the clear; two French windows, roller blinds, locks, etc., complete. Apply: Rev. T. F. Churton, Thorndon.” (May 23rd, 1840).

Mr. P. Thompson, manufacturer, New Road, Regents Park, advertised, in the “N.Z. Journal” on June 5, 1841, that he had “permanent houses for sale for the colony, consisting of framed studs with inside and outside boards, boarded floors, ceilings and roofs; doors and glazed windows complete, packed up for shipmént, well adapted for colonists, from their moderate cost, great portability, facility of erection and real comfort; plans and models on exhibition.”

Steam, saw, and grist mills were put into operation by Mr. E. Catchpool at this time (19/3/42). Logs were being brought from the Hutt. This was believed to be the first steam mill erected in New Zealand.

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1844.—Draught and farm horses, many of them used for pleasure horses, 129; grazing cattle, 1394; sheep, 4823; goats, 158; swine innumerable; heads of poultry, 5060; asses and mules, 3; working oxen, 60.