Hunter, James , Poultry Farmer, North Forest Hill; postal address, Winton. Mr Hunter was born in 1840, at Broxburn, Midlothian, Scotland. He came out to Victoria with his parents in 1853, and crossed over to New Zealand in 1861. For some time he worked on the Gabriel's Gully diggings, and afterwards commenced business as a cordial and sodawater manufacturer at Wetherstones; and was subsequently in the same business at the Dunstan. Three years later, he sold out, and removed to Shotover, and worked for eighteen months at Sutherland's Beach diggings, where, with nine mates, he took 1,700 ounces of gold out of a claim. At the end of 1864, Mr Hunter went to the West Coast, and established an aerated water factory at Okarito, with a branch at Brighton, and carried on business till the “rush” was over. He afterwards went into business at Charleston, but again sold out and turned his attention to mining, and was engaged in crushing cement from the black lead. He worked on his claim for eleven years, and finally left the West Coast in 1879. Mr Hunter then settled at Winton, where he established a drapery business, which he conducted for about twenty years, till he sold out to Mr Raines, in 1900. Mr Hunter served on the Licensing Committee at Charleston, and was at one time chairman of the Charleston Hospital Committee. Since retiring from business, Mr Hunter has devoted himself to practical poultry farming. He has studied the best methods of breeding and rearing young stock, and page 994 has a large number of purebred fowls. The varieties include gold, silver and white Wyandottes, black and buff Orpingtons, Minoreas, and Pekin ducks, with which he has carried off numerous prizes at the Gore and Invercargill shows. Mr Hunter was married, in 1867, to Miss Treseder, of Melbourne, and has one daughter.