Buckland, John Channing, “The Glen,” Akaroa. Mr. Buckland is a son of Mr. W. T. Buckland, and was born in Auckland in 1844. He was educated at Dr. Kinder's Grammar School, and St. John's College, where he gained a scholarship which he held for four years. Mr. Buckland took an active part in the war in the Waikato, serving with Colonel Nixon's force of mounted volunteers. At the close of the war he went to England, and, on his return in 1867, settled at Otahuhu near Auckland. After a few years he moved to Otago, living first at Tumai near Waikouaiti, and afterwards at Taieri Lake station. Mr. Buckland remained there till 1899, when he sold out; and in 1902 he removed to “The Glen,” Akaroa. He has since bought the Mount Bossu estate on Akaroa harbour. Mr. Buckland was elected member of Parliament for Waikouaiti in 1884, and represented the district for four sessions. He was also a member of the Waikouaiti County Council and of the local road board. Mr. Buckland was married, in 1867, to a daughter of the Rev. William Fairburn, of Auckland.

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Mr. J. C. Buckland.

Castle Station, near Akaroa. This is the property of Mr. Jules Lelievre, who took it up from the Crown in 1865. It was then all in its native state, covered with dense bush and scrub, and stocked with wild cattle and pigs. There were no roads and only a rough bridle track to Akaroa, so all the stores had to be carried by men for a number of years. When a small portion of the land was cleared a few cow were purchased and cheese was made, but in consequence of there being no roads Mr. Lelievre and his men had to carry the cheese to Akaroa on their backs. Castle Station is beautifully situated on a piece of tableland well up in the valley, where a portion of native bush, reserved with great taste, surrounds the homestead and shelters the orchard. Cocksfoot, beef, wool, and mutton are the chief products of Castle Station, and large numbers of fat sheep are annually available for page 607 the export trade. Mr. W. J. Lelievre rents the property from his father.

Mr. W. J. Lelievre was born on the station in 1873, and educated at Akaroa. He visited Australia in 1893, and passed four months in the continental colonies After his return to New Zealand he travelled a great deal in the North Island, and visited Auckland twice. Mr. Lelievre was married, in 1898, to Miss Sunckell, and has one son.

Mr. W. J. Lelievre.

Glenwood Farm, Grehan Valley, Akaroa. This estate dates from 1873. In that year its present proprietor, Mr. David Curry, bought one hundred acres of rough bush land in its native state. Subsequent purchases have increased the property to 400 acres. Glenwood Farm is now well fenced and subdivided and laid down in good grasses. Cheese making and cattle rearing and grass-seed growing are carried on, and upwards of ten tons of cheese were produced in 1901.

Mr. David Curry, the present proprietor of Glenwood Farm, is a son of Mr Henry Curry, of County Armagh, Ireland. He was born in 1837, educated at the Armagh public schools, and brought up to farming. In 1864 Mr. Curry came to Lyttelton in the ship “Glenmark.” He worked at the Akaroa sawmills for a short time, and then began farming on his present property. Mr. Curry was married, in 1873, and has one son.

Mr. D. Curry.

Mrs D. Curry.

Heath, John, Farmer, Akaroa. Mr. Health was born in Worcestershire, England, in 1845, and was educated at a private school. In 1874 he left England in the ship “Merope,” for New Zealand. Shortly after landing at Lyttelton, he took up land at Akaroa. Mr. Health was at one time a member of the Akaroa Borough Council, and has also held a seat on the German Bay school committee. He is well known as a member of the Church of England, and is a vestryman of St. Peter's. Mr. Health was married, in 1892, to the widow of the late Mr. John Sunckell.

Mr. and Mrs J. Heath.

Mrs John Health was born in Lancashire, England, and brought up in Westmorland. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. John Wilson. In 1849 she was married to Mr. John Sunckell, and two years later left England, in company with her husband, for New Zealand. They landed at Lyttelton, and, in 1851, purchased about 120 acres of land in German Bay. In 1876, Mr. and Mrs Sunckell opened a boardinghouse in Lavaud Street, Akaroa. Mr. Sunckell died, in 1890, leaving a large family, and in 1892, Mrs Sunckell married Mr. John Health.