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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Post Office

Post Office.

The Circulation Branch of the Wellington Post Office is, of course, quite distinct from the general offices, although it occupies a portion of the same building. The ground floor on the left of the entrance is the portion set apart for the Circulation Branch. There is a large room for the reception of parcels, the sale of stamps and the delivery of letters, etc., over the counter, a smaller one for the Savings Bank and Money Order Office, and a very commodious sorting-room, besides the necessary rooms for the Chief Clerk and his more immediate assistants. For some inscrutable reason Wellington is denied the dignity of a postmaster, and quietly submits to her principal officer being called a chief clerk. The officers of the Wellington Circulations, consist of the Chief Clerk, the superintendent of the mailroom, the senior money order clerk, about thirty other clerks, twenty letter-carriers, and five messengers. The private boxes number 385, and are nearly all occupied. Mails are usually made up forty minutes before the ascertained time of departure of steamers; but the Postal Guide should be consulted on all matters concerning inland mails. The hours are 9 to 5, but occasionally the office is opened in the evening for the delivery of English mails.

Mr. John Hoggard, Chief Clerk of the Circulation Branch of the General Post-Office, has been post official for over thirty years. He is a son of the late Mr. J. F. Hoggard, who landed in Monganui in 1840, and walked overland to the Bay of Islands. Removing to Wellington, he was for many years chief postmaster, having been the second to be appointed to that position. He died in the service in 1871. Mr. John Hoggard was born in Wellington in 1848, and was educated at local schools. At sixteen years of age he joined the Post-office as junior clerk, in Wellington, and has steadily advanced in the service. Mr. Hoggard was sent, on several occasions, as mail agent on the American liners between Auckland and San Francisco. He has also acted [unclear: as]
Mr. John Hoggard

Photo by Wrigglesworth and Binns.

relieving officer in different places from time to time. In 1883 the subject of this shetch married Miss Edwards, second daughter of Mr. Henry Edwards, manager for Messrs. Sclanders and Co., of Nelson. His family numbers three, one daughter and two sons.