GOLD-SMITH, ERIC CHARLES (1848-1912) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of Captain Henry Gold-Smith, C.E. (who came to New Zealand in 1862 in command of No 5 company, 1st Waikato regiment). He was educated at the Boys High School at Highgate, London, and the Grammar School at Denmark Hill, and came to New Zealand in the Bosphorus (1864). Early in 1867 he joined the Volunteer engineers at Tauranga, and took part in the campaign against the Hauhau (being present at Te Irihanga and Whakamarama in 1867). Gold-Smith joined the survey in the Waikato in 1867 and in 1869 gained his license. In 1870 he was transferred to the government staff engaged on the triangulation of the North Island, and he was surveyor to the Tauranga district land court and district surveyor for the Bay of Plenty (1871-89). In 1897 he was appointed commissioner of crown lands for Hawkes Bay. He was promoted to Canterbury (1908) and Auckland (1909). Gold-Smith married (1873) a daughter of Charles Jepson Kensington (Auckland). He died on 13 Mar 1912.

Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Weston; Cycl. N.Z., vi (p); Cowan ii; Jourdain; Evening Post, 19 Mar 1912.

Reference: Volume 1, page 170

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