Duxbury, John, Robinson's Bay. Mr. Duxbury was born in 1841 at Langcliffe, Yorkshire, England, and passed his younger days in Lancashire. He arrived in Otago in November, 1862, by the ship “Chili,” and was one of forty-two men who were engaged in Dunedin by Mr. Hughes for road work on Banks Peninsula. The party were conveyed to Akaroa in the schooner “Isabella Jackson,” and they were ever afterwards known as the “Barracouta gang.” When gold was discovered on the West Coast, Mr. Duxbury went overland by the old Hurunui track and the Teremakau Saddle. He, however, made only a brief stay on the Coast, and returned by the schooner “Dancing Wave,” to Lyttelton, whence he made his way back to Akaroa, and commenced road contracting. In conjunction with Mr. Vangioni he made the first road to Pigeon Bay, and took payment in land, which he subsequently disposed of. Mr. Duxbury purchased the first portion of his present farm in 1870, since which it has been added to from time to time, and now comprises 120 acres. The land, once covered with bush, has been cleared, and is well grassed, and subdivided into paddocks. Mr. Duxbury carries on dairying and milks as many as thirty cows. He has served on the road board and school committee, and is postmaster at Robinson's Bay. In 1873 he was married to Miss Morgan, and has five sons and three daughters.

Mr. J. Duxbury.

Kingston, Henry, Farmer, “Round Hill,” Robinson's Bay. Mr. Kingston was born in 1838, in Somersetshire, near Bristol, page 632 and after leaving school he joined his father, who was a sawyer by trade. He came to New Zealand in 1860, in the ship “William Miles,” and worked at his trade at Pigeon Bay for two years. After residing for a short time on the Plains he returned to the Bays and followed sawmilling for years. In 1870, Mr. Kingston purchased the first portion of his present farm, which is named “Round Hill.” The land was then densely covered with bush; twenty-one telegraph poles were sawn from one tree, which had stood close to the site of Mr. Kingston's house. Mr. Kingston has now increased his area to 150 acres. His farm is stocked with Shorthorn cattle of the milking strain, and he manufactures their milk into cheese. “Round Hill” homestead is pleasantly situated on a piece of tableland high up the valley, overlooking Robinson's Bay and Akaroa harbour. Mr. Kingston has served on the school committee. He was married, in 1858, to Miss Stephen, and has five sons and two daughters.

Mr. H. Kingston.

Whitfield, William, Farmer, Robinson's Bay. Mr. Whitfield was born in 1835 in Bristol, where he was educated and apprenticed to the shipwright trade. After serving three years with Mr. William Paterson, he went to sea and joined the navy in 1855. His ship was ordered to Sebastopol during the Crimean war, but when peace was proclaimed the squadron returned home, and he was discharged. After a brief holiday he joined another man-of-war, which proceeded to South Africa, and while at the Cape was ordered to Bombay during the Mutiny. Subsequently he obtained his discharge and joined a merchant ship, but he left the sea at Sydney in 1859, and worked on a station. On the discovery of gold in Otago, Mr. Whitfield crossed the Tasman Sea in 1861, and visited the Waipori and Dunstan diggings. In 1862, he shipped in the “Isabella Jackson,” for Akaroa, and helped to make the road from German Bay, and also to form the streets of Akaroa. He worked in sawmills for a time, and purchased the first part of his present farm in 1866, when he stocked it with seven heifers. Mr. Whitfield now has 200 acres, on which he cultivates grass seed and carries on dairying. He has been a member of the road board for many years, and was for seven years its chairman. He was also chairman of the school committee, and was chief organiser of the Farmers' Association, of which he is now treasurer. Mr. Whitfield has been an Oddfellow for over thirty years, has gone through all the chairs, and served as Grand Master of the Lyttelton district. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Morgan, who came out with her parents in the ship “Lady Nugent.”

Mr. W. Whitfield.