Richmond is the name of a flag station seven miles from Oamaru, and is on the main railway line from Christchurch to Dunedin. The station stands at an elevation of 101 feet above the level of the sea, and is surrounded by a farming district, which forms part of the Papakaio riding of the county of Waitaki. Settlers take their milk to the Pukeuri creamery, and their children attend the school in that settlement. The population of the district at the census of March, 1901, was sixtysix.

Gray, Andrew , Farmer, Richmond, Mr. Gray was born in Glasgow. Scotland, in 1850, educated at Millerston, near Glasgow, and was brought up to a country life. He arrived in Port Chalmers in 1879, and settled at Richmond, where he found out-door employment for a number of years. In 1897 he bought eighty-five acres of land, which he had previously leased, and farms this property, together with an adjoining seventy acres which he holds under leasehold. Mr. Gray has served as a member of the Pukeuri school committee, and also on the committee of the local library. He was married, in December, 1886, to a daughter of Mr. W. L. Gray, of Pukeuri, and has one son and three daughters.

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Mr. and Mrs G. McPherson.

Mcpherson, George , Farmer, Richmond. Mr. McPherson's farm consists of 212 acres of freehold land, devoted to mixed farming. He was born at Brora, four miles from Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, on the 18th of June, 1844, and was brought up to country life. In October, 1869, Mr. McPherson landed at Port Chalmers from the ship “James Nicol Fleming,” (Captain Logan). He settled in the Taieri district, where he was employed by the Rev. Mr. Bett for thirteen months. Subsequently, he was for twelve years a shepherd on the Omarama station, Waitaki, and for eleven years of that period, was head shepherd. In October, 1882, he settled at Richmond. The handsome trees on his estate were planted by himself. Mr. McPherson served for two years as a member of the Papakaio Road Board, and was for a good few years a member of the local school committee. He was married, on the 27th of January, 1877, to a daughter of Mr. Edward Lapsley, of County Donegal, Ireland, and has five sons and five daughters.