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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Drinnan, James

Drinnan, James, Farmer, Kaukapakapa. Mr. Drinnan was born in Ayrshire in 1855, came to New Zealand with his parents in the ship “Commodore Perry” in 1860, and was educated in Auckland. His father went to the Hokitika diggings, where he disappeared and was never heard of again. Mr. Drinnan finally settled in Kaukapakapa, where he entered into business as a store keeper. Some years ago he acquired his present property. “Waikaitea Estate,” which consists of 2000 acres, 1000 of which are under cultivation, the whole carrying about 1400 sheep and 150 head of cattle. The homestead is a one storey wooden building of nine rooms. Mr. Drinnan has been a member of the Kaukapakapa Road Board [gap — reason: illegible]nce its formation, and is also a member of the school committee. He has been for over twenty years engaged in the timber trade and ships cargoes direct to the Old Country; during that period he has shipped several million feet of timber. He is married to a daughter of Mr. Gavin B. Shanks, formerly of Glasgow, but now a settler in the district.

Mr. and Mrs J. Drinnan.

Mr. and Mrs J. Drinnan.