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John Marchant

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John Marchant settled in New Zealand in 1863 and practised as a surveyor in Invercargill. He joined the Department of Lands and became surveyor for Wellington in 1879, a commissioner of Crown Lands in 1884 and surveyor-general in 1902. He held this last post while serving on the Scenery Preservation Commission, from which he retired in 1906.

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Private collection

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John Marchant, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/john-marchant, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated


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