Mr. George Harry Mason, Accountant at Canterbury College, was born in Kent, England, in 1863. He came to Lyttelton per ship “Ramsay” in 1870, was educated in Christchurch, and brought up as an accountant. Mr. Mason was appointed clerk to the Canterbury College Board of Governors in 1878, his being the first clerkship in connection with the institution, and in 1882 he assumed the duties of accountant, which he has since continued to perform. Mr. Mason has long been identified with outdoor pastimes such as football and cricket, and has filled the office of vice-president of the Canterbury Rugby Union for some years. He has also been a member of the Union Rowing Club since 1884, and on the executive for a number of years. Mr. Mason has been a member of the Savage Club since its formation. He was married in 1893 to a daughter of Mr. E. Thurlow Edwards, of St. Kilda, Victoria, and has three daughters.