Author talk:Edward Melland

Edward Melland?
E. Melland was elected to the Otago Institute in 1886 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18861202.2.65 Otago Daily Times, Issue 7735, 2 December 1886, Page 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18861202.2.65?end_date=31-12-1890&items_per_page=10&page=5&phrase=2&query=E+Melland&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1885

E Melland put Hill Head Farm 18 miles from Dunedin 1.5 miles from Otakaia up for sale in 1887 and again in 1889 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18880413.2.105.1 Otago Witness, Issue 1899, 13 April 1888, Page 37

E.Melland was active in the Dunedin Parliamentary Union https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18850713.2.24 Otago Daily Times, Issue 7293, 13 July 1885, Page 3 Noracrentiss (talk) 08:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

His paper "The Financial Depression: its causes and remedies" was included in the list of papers read at the Otago Institute https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18941114.2.24 BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS Otago Daily Times, Issue 10206, 14 November 1894, Page 4

Probate documents for Edward Melland describe him as "formerly of Dunedin". "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GL-F98H-R?cc=1865481&wc=4BVZ-D9Y%3A1045248401%2C1578957301 : 15 October 2015), Wellington Court > Probate records 1927 P40467/27-P40530/27 > image 182 of 759; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.

There are many more Papers Past references to E Melland.

It seems more likely than not that E Melland is Edward Melland.