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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Stewart, John Tiffin

Stewart, John Tiffin, J.P., Settler, “Haumoana,” Aramoho, near Wanganui. Mr. Stewart, who was born in 1827 in Rothesay, Scotland, was apprenticed to a civil engineer in Glasgow, and in 1852 left England for the colonies, landing in Melbourne. In 1855 he came to New Zealand, and three years later was employed by the Government. He surveyed (in 1859–60) the native blocks purchased by the Government in the Manawatu and Waitotare districts. Afterwards, till 1870, Mr. Stewart was surveyor and engineer in the employ of the Wellington Provincial Government. He planned, and page 1355 John Tiffin Stewart afterwards carried out, the Manawatu Gorge Road, connecting the East and West Coast districts through the main dividing range. From 1870 he was district engineer in the Public Works Department, being engaged on road and railway construction and other works till 1889, when he retired. Since the inauguration of the Wanganui River Trust in 1891, Mr. Stewart has acted as chairman, in which capacity he has undertaken the honorary superintendence of the works carried on by the trust, for the improvement of navigation on the upper river, to admit of light steamer traffic between Wanganui, Pipiriki, and Tangarakau. Mr. Stewart married a daughter of the late Mr. S. Carkeek, of Wellington, who was Inspector of Customs for New Zealand, and has five sons and five daughters.