APPENDIX B Administrators of New Plymouth since 1863 TOWN BOARD (constituted 15 December, 1863) Chairmen: William Devenish J. C. SharI and W. M. Crompton 1875 1875-1876 -1863 1864-1867 1868-1874 C. Brown A. Standish NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH (constituted 1876) Mayors: A. Standish 1876-1878 G. W. Browne 1911-1914 A. C. Fookes 1878-1879 J. E. Wilson 1914-1915 J. Davidson 1879-1881 C. H. Burgess 1915-1919 W. Bayly 1881-1884 J. Clark 1919-1920 J. Paul 1884-1886 F. E. Wilson 1920-1927 W. Bayly 1886-1888 H. V. S. Griffiths 1927-1933 J. B. Roy 1888-1889 E. R. C. Gilmour 1933-1953 J. Bellringer 1889-1893 (constituted a city, J. B. Roy 1893-1897 27 January, 1949) E. Dockrill 1897-1903 E. O. E. Hill 1953-1956 R. Cock 1903-1906 A. G. Honnor 1956-1968 E. Dockrill 1906-1908 D. V. Sutherland 1968-1980 G. Tisch 1908-1911 D. L. Lean 1980- Town Clerks: L. H. Cholwill T. Hempton C. E. Bellringer F. T. Bellringer N. H. Johnson 1876-1883 1884-1897 1897-1902 1902-1952 1952-1961 W. J. Connor 1961-1977 (also chief executive officer) K. N. Sampson 1977- (also chief executive officer) City Councillors (1980): J. G. Armstrong R. M. Barclay B. S. E. Bellringer R. J. Burkitt E. T. Collins E. K. Fletcher L. W. Hannan A. L. Herdman 1. J. Honnor M. Livingston (Mrs) H. D. Moss F. Newmarch A. C. Squire <br. Principal Departmenta! Officers: Town Clerk and Chief Executive Officer City Engineer Electrical Engineer-Manager City Treasurer Director of Parks and Recreation Transport Manager Gas Manager City Librarian Director Govett Brewster Art Gallery Director of Taranaki Museum K. N. Sampson N. G. Harris P. B. Priest K. G. McEvoy A. D. Jellyman B. W. Roebuck E. J. Mossop A. L. Shipherd (Miss) R. D. Bett R. E. Lambert POPULATION FOR NEW PLYMOUTH (Census figures) 1901 4,405 1921 11,395 1928 14,820 1936 16,424 1945 18,558 1951 21,747 1956 24,071 1961 29,368 1965 31,843 1971 34,314 1976 37,711 1980 (est.) 38,850