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 Clara Rebecca, Archibald Phillip, Arthur Leonard. Mr. Narbey, a Frenchman, came to Akaroa in a whaler in 1849. After a time he purchased land at Long Bay, to the east of Akaroa. Here for many years Mr. Narbey carried on dairy farming, and at length acquired an estate comprising some 3,000 acres, on which he carried a large number of sheep, and proved himself a successful farmer and a good settler, having raised a family from one wife of no less than eighteen children, the “episode” of twins having twice occurred. Mr. Narbey died at Akaroa on July 20th, 1913, at the age of eighty-four years.

The following list of French immigrants was given to the author by Mr. Etienne Lelievre, of Akaroa, who took some pains to complete it by enquiries from his mother and Mr. Eteveneaux, who are still (August, 1911) alive:—

French pioneers landed at Akaroa on August 15th, 1840, from the ship Comte de Paris.

Saint Croix de Beligni (agent for the Nanto-Bordelaise Company); Eugene de Beligni, M. and Mme. Cebert; M. and Mme.