REEVES, CHARLES STEPHEN (1836-1912), a native of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, was educated at the Barrow and Tarvin schools in Cheshire, and in 1854 came to Victoria. Crossing to New Zealand eight years later, he settled in Dunedin, and established the firm of Reeves and Co., accountants and commission agents. In public life he was a member of the City Council (1873-76), and mayor (1876-77). He represented Dunedin in the Provincial Council (1874-76) and served as chairman of the harbour board; as a member of the land board (1879-85), as a hospital trustee and as representation commissioner (1904). In 1863 he joined the Dunedin Artillery; he was captain of the North Dunedin Rifles for nine years, and commanded the first battalion of Otago volunteers (1885-90). Reeves was a master mason and an oddfellow. He died on 29 Nov 1912.

Cycl. N.Z., iv (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Otago Daily Times, 2 Dec 1912

Reference: Volume 2, page 109

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