1856 in New Zealand

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1856 in New Zealand:

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After several attempts at a Government collapse, New Zealand finally achieved "Responsible Government", with a majority of the members of the House of Representatives supporting the Government. ^[1]

Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government and law 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 7 References 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1856 was 58,300 Māori and 45,540 non-Māori. ^[2] The total population reached the 100,000 mark during the year.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

[edit] Government and law

The 2nd Parliament is formed on 15 April. The election of its members had in fact concluded on 28 December the previous year.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Charles Clifford
• Colonial Secretary – Henry Sewell becomes New Zealand’s first Colonial Secretary on 7 May. His government is defeated on 20 May and he is replaced by William Fox. Fox’s government is in turn defeated on 2 June and Fox is replaced by Edward Stafford.
• Colonial Treasurer – Dillon Bell becomes the first Colonial Treasurer on 7 May. When the Sewell government is defeated on 20 May he is replaced by Charles Brown. When the Fox government is defeated on 2 June Brown is replaced by William Richmond
• Chief Justice – William Martin

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• 18 September: The Wanganui Chronicle publishes its first issue. The paper started as a fortnightly publication, moved to tri-weekly in 1867, and then to daily in 1871. It continues today.^[3]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
2. ^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at Long-term data series. Retrieved on 2008-03-14., in particular A1.1 Total population.xls (Excel). Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
3. ^ Wanganui Chronicle. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

[edit] Births

• 10 October: Florence Young, missionary.

• Arthur Brown, Mayor of Wellington.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1856 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1856