Mr. Edward William Harris, of Okain's Bay, was born near London, in 1838. He spent some years at the plastering trade, and, in 1851, sailed in the ship “Steadfast” for Lyttelton. In 1854 he made his way to Okain's Bay, where he still resides. He is married, and has a grown-up family of three sons and five daughters.

Mr. George Mason, sometime of Okain's Bay, was born in London in 1810. His boyhood was spent at sea, and, while a young man, he made his way to Australia. Shortly afterwards he arrived in New Zealand, where he was engaged for a little while in the whaling industry. About 1852, he settled in Okain's Bay, and commenced work as a sawyer. Mr. Mason took up a section of land in the early fifties; in fact, he was one of the first to buy land at Okain's; and when the bush was exhausted and the timber industry had died away, he turned his attention to farming. He subsequently bought other sections, and continued in business as a dairy farmer until his death in the year 1889. Mr. Mason was married, in 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Rix, daughter of an early colonist who landed in Wellington in the forties, and died about 1887, in Little Akaloa, where he had been the first settler. Mr. and Mrs Mason had twelve children, of whom four sons and six daughters are alive; and most of them are married, and settled at Okain's. Mrs Mason, who still resides at the old homestead, is one of the earliest settlers now living in the district.

The late Mr. G. Mason.

Mrs G. Mason.

Mr John Bond Ware was born in Devonshire, England, in 1848. He arrived at Okain's Bay in 1851, was educated at a private school, and afterwards worked as a sawyer. Subsequently he turned his attention to farming, and later on he bought a vessel and commenced to trade between Lyttelton and the Bays. He still carries on this trade, and also keeps a general store in Okain's Bay, whilst his sons look after the farm. Mr. Ware was married, in 1870, to Miss McConnell, of Okain's Bay, and has two sons and four daughters living.