Mr. John Carroll , J.P., at one time Mayor of Dunedin, was born in Country Tipperary, in the south of Ireland, on the 11th of June, 1836. Emigrating to the colonies, he landed in Victoria, and shortly afterwards, after spending some time on the gold-fields, crossed over to Otago, New Zealand, on the outbreak of the “rush” to Gabriel's Gully. Mr. Carroll worked at his trade—that of a stonemason—for about twelve months in Dunedin, and then returned to the diggings, being fairly successful on the Shotover River. In 1863 he married, and soon afterwards started in business as a licensed victualler, his first hotel being the “Douglas,” which he built and afterwards sold. As a public man, Mr. Carroll's first election took place in October, 1869, when he was returned as a member of the Dunedin City Council, which then had only eight members. In November, 1890, the citizens, in acknowledgment of his long and faithful services, elected him to the mayoralty by a majority of 490 votes over his opponents, the largest majority ever obtained in any civic election in Dunedin. From his first election as councillor up to the present time Mr. Carroll has continuously served the citizens, with the exception of two short breaks, when he declined to be nominated. He acted as trustee of the Benevolent Institution for page 105 several years, and also represented the city on the Harbour Board for the many yerrs. Mr. Carroll represented the City Councill as trustee for the Hospital, and was one of the few citizens who were instrumental in inducing the Provincial Council to change the old hospital site (that on which the present Corporation Buildings stand), and also to utilize part of that reserve for a market site. When the City and Suburban Tramway Company applied to the Council for an extension of its lease from fourteen to twenty-one years, Mr. Carroll determinedly opposed the granting of the concession until the company had agreed to forego a clause in its original lease, under which the Council was obliged to take over the tramway plant and good will at valuation. The advantage thus secured for the citizens may be gathered from the fact that, if the original agreement had been adhered to, the city in taking over the plant must have been saddled with a liability of from £80,000 to £100,000. Mr. Carroll retired from business some years ago, and purchased the property of the late Mr. Alexander Cairns, Walker Street. He died on the 10th of November, 1903.