Dillon, John , Farmer, “Winning Park,” Otama. Mr Dillon was born at Courtwood, Queen's County, Ireland, in 1846, and was brought up to farming. He arrived in Australia in 1862, visited New Zealand the following year, and on his return to Australia followed the diggings for some years in various parts of the country. In 1877, Mr Dillon finally settled in New Zealand, and took up land at Gore. He afterwards sold his Gore property and bought “Winning Park,” a compact farm of 400 acres at Otama, where he carries on mixed farming, and he also owns another farm of about 500 acres near Riversdale. Mr Dillon has been a member of the Otama and Croydon school committees. He was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Ree, of Caithness, Scotland, and has eight sons.

Mcbain, Donald , Farmer “Lynwilg,” Otama. Mr McBain was born in the parish of Alvie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1843, was educated at Baldow, and arrived in Melbourne in 1862, by the ship “Lightning.” He was engaged in goldmining for some time at the Charters Towers “rush,” Port Darwin, and through the Gulf of Carpentaria. Mr McBain owned an hotel in Victoria for about two years, and in 1876 he came to New Zealand, and took up 400 acres of land at Otama; but he has since increased his area to 556 acres, and devotes his land to sheepfarming. Mr McBain has been a member of the Otama school committee since 1873, and he is also a member of the Otama branch of the Farmers' Union, and of the committee of the Otama Presbyterian church. He was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr Angus McEachem, sheepfarmer, Victoria, and has a family of seven sons and five daughters.