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Naming of Gisborne.

The township was named Gisoorne in 1870 after the Hon. W. Gisborne, Colonial Secretary in the Fox Minstry, from 1869 till 1872. He came to New Zealand about 1848 and was Commissioner of Crown Lands till 1853, when he was promoted Under Secretary, holding that office until 1869. He was a member of the Leg islative Council in the sixties, and in 1877 was elected a member of the House of Representatives while in London.