Mr. Henry Bussell, Headmaster of the Flaxton Main School, was born in London, in 1852 He arrived in Wellington in 1874, by the ship “Douglas,” and served under the Education Board of Westland at Greenstone, and after coming to Canterbury was at Wainui, Akaroa, for three years, and also for a similar term at Sedgemere. In page 455 1888 he was appointed to Ohoka. Mr. Bussell was married, in 1873, to Miss Heffernonn, of London, who died in 1891, leaving five son and three daughters.