Mr. Wesley Spragg, the Manager, is the second son of the late Mr. Charles Spragg, of Auckland, and was born at Madeley, Shropshire, England, in 1848. He was educated at the Wesleyan school in his native town, and came to New Zealand with his parents by the ship “Ulcoates,” in 1863. Mr. Spragg was married, in 1872, to Miss Neil, daughter of the late Mr Robert Neil, of Epsom, Auckland, and has a family of five daughters and one son.