Mr. George Jameson, formerly General Manager of the New Zealand Farmers' Co operative Association of Canterbury, Limited, is a native of Manchester, where he was born in 1850. Before coming to the Colony he attended the Manchester Grammar School, and after his arrival in Lyttelton per ship “Sebastopol” on the 21st of May, 1863, he attended Christ's College for a time. Mr. Jameson entered the service of Messrs. Robert Symington, general merchants, Cathedral Square, who occupied the site on which Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s new building is erected. From 1868 to 1873 he was employed by Messrs. Twentyman and Couzens, and subsequently for five years occupied the position of accountant to the New Zealand Shipping Company. Removing to Ashburton, Mr. Jameson commenced business on his own account as a grain and produce merchant, which he conducted till 1891, when he purchased the Moston estate at Springston. Having disposed of his Ashburton business to Messrs. Mills and Co., in February, 1895, Mr. Jameson went to England to represent the Christchurch, Timaru, and Napier Farmers' Co-operative Associations, and returned to the Colony in March, 1897, when he was appointed general manager of the New Zealand Farmers' Co operative Association of Canterbury. Mr. Jameson has long been a member of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association on the committee of which he has acted for some years. During his residence in Ashburton, he was chairman of the Stock and Saleyards Company, for a long period, and for many years was a director of the Ashburton Building Society. He has long been a member of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce. In outdoor recreations, Mr. Jameson has been associated with aquatics, having been one of the promoters of the Union Rowing Club, in which he took part in the early days in competitions at Lyttelton, Heathcote, and Kaiapoi, winning many cups and other trophies. Mr. Jameson has a farm of 1000 acres at Springston. He was married in 1877 to a daughter of the late Mr. I. Macfarlane, of Coldstream, Rangiora, an old settler, and has six sons and four daughters.