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 extended to him as that enjoyed by the other immigrants, and he secured his grant along with them.

Mr. Lelievre built the first accommodation house at Duvauchelle’s Bay, called the “Travellers’ Rest.” He sold it to one Anderson, and it was then opened as a public-house. After this, Mr. Lelievre settled in Akaroa, where he developed into a good and successful farmer, and reared a family of four sons and four daughters, who still own his property. He died at the advanced age of ninety-one, universally esteemed and respected.

Stephen Hunt, 1859, Mrs. Hunt, first family; John, William, Stephen, Annie (now Mrs. Luke Wright), Josiah, Charles, Lena (now Mrs. Giddens), Susan (now Mrs. Lecompt), Harriet (now Mrs. Giddens), Mary (now Mrs. Haldam)—Susan, Harriet and Mary were triplets—Joseph, Phoebe (now Mrs. Giddens); second family: Mrs. Hunt (nee Libau), Arthur, Rose (now Mrs. Abel), Hubert, Fred, David, Amelia (now Mrs. Bersley), Lucian, Albert, Robert, Eli, Oscar, Oliver, Wilfred, Leslie, Edward. Mr. Hunt came to Canterbury in 1859. He lived in Pigeon Bay for a short time, and then went