Mr. G. De Vries, General Manager for New Zealand of the Oleo and General Produce Export Company of New Zealand, Ltd., is a native of Rotterdam, where he was born in 1862. He was educated in England, and brought up to mercantile life. Mr. De Vries was subsequently for five years in Persia and in Arabia, where he was engaged in commercial concerns. After returning to London he was appointed to proceed to Christchurch on behalf of his company to establish the industry in New Zealand, in which he has been very successful. Mr. De Vries was married in 1892 to a daughter of Mr. Adams, of London, and has one son.