Wilkin, Joseph Alexander, Farmer, The Kaike, Akaroa. Mr. Wilkin was born in Norway, in 1832, and is a son of Mr. Joseph Wilkin, an engineer of Bergen. He was educated at a private school, and at an early age joined a whaling expedition to the Arotic Ocean. Mr. Wilkin remained on the Northern Seas until 1856, when he sailed in the ship “Westminster” for Lyttolton. In 1858, he made a voyage to the Baltic, and for eighteen months following his return to New Zealand he was engaged in trading along the coast of the colony. Mr. Wilkin first acquired property at The Kaike, in 1860, but subsequently disposed of it, and bought his present farm of sixty acres, which overlooks the entrance to the Akaroa harbour. He carries on dairying on a large scale, and, in spite of his age, he is a most enthusiastic farmer. In earlier years he took considerable interest in educational matters, and was, for some time, a member of the local school committee. Mr. Wilkin was married to Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of Akaroa, and has eleven sons and three daughters.