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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. John Ainslte Torrance

Mr. John Ainslte Torrance , Chaplain of the Dunedin Hospital, and of the Gaol and Lunatic Asylum, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1832, and was educated in his native city. He arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Ben Lomond” in 1863. Mr. Torrance was first appointed chaplain by the provincial government of Otago in 1863. Nine years afterwards the government chaplaincy ceased, when the provinces were abolished. Thereupon (in 1877) the Dunedin Patients' and Prisoners Aid Society was established, and by it the chaplaincy was continued, with the addition of an aid branch, Mr. Torrance being retained as the Society's chaplain and agent. In 1901 Mr. Edward Andrew Axelson was engaged as assistant, and appointed junior chaplain and agent in 1902. He was born in Skusdesnes, Norway, in 1870, was educated in his native city, and arrived in the colony by the “Tainui” in 1889.