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 sawmill at Laverick’s Bay, but it was burned down; not, however, before the timber was nearly all cut out.

Thomas White, 1840-50, was a whaler. He landed in New Zealand, down south, in 1840, and carried on whaling on the south of Banks Peninsula. After this he lived for a few years in Port Levy, whence he eventually came to Pigeon Bay, where he settled and married a Maori woman. Mr. White was an excellent boatman, and for some years he carried passengers between Pigeon Bay and Lyttelton in a whaleboat. He left a large family, and died at the age of eighty-five.

Thomas Green, 1840-50, was also a whaler, who was here in the early ’forties. He lived for a time in Port Levy, and was ultimately drowned between there and Lyttelton.

Thomas Brown, Samuel Brown, 1840-50, lived in Port Levy in the end of the ’forties.

Alexander Coffin, 1840-50, arrived in 1840. He assisted Messrs. Rhodes Brothers to drive the first mob of sheep to Timaru. For many years he was sawing timber in Okain’s Bay. He died leaving a large family.

Seth Howland, 1830-40, came from America in a whaler in 1835, and landed in one of the Sounds of Cook Strait. He