Mr. F. Waymouth, Managing Director of the Belfast Freezing and Dairy Produce Export Company, Limited, was born in London in 1849. He is a son of the late Mr. John Waymouth, accountant, of Auckland, and came out to the colony in 1859 by the ship “William Watson.” Educated in Auckland, Mr. Waymouth was for five years in the office of Messrs John Roberton and Co., merchants of that city, and was for a time on the Thames goldfields. Subsequently he joined his father in business under the style of Waymouth and Son, public accountants, and came to Canterbury in 1874 on business in connection with the firm. Since 1889 he has been a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, representing St. Albans, and was chairman for several years. He was for many years connected with St. Albans Borough Council, and was for three years mayor of the borough. Mr. Waymouth was a member of the Domain Board, and of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president in 1896–7, and is vice-president this year. He is a member of the Masonic Order, being attached to Lodge St. Albans, and is now the W.M. of the District Grand Stewards' Lodge, E.C. In 1881 he was married to a daughter of Mr. William Collins, of Springston, and has two sons and two daughters.