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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. William Henderson

Mr. William Henderson , Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, was born in the year 1845, in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he was educated. His early business experiences were received in connection with the Inland Revenue department. In 1867 he arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “William Davie,” and entered the service of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company in Southland. He was afterwards accountant in the office of Mr. James Harvey, solicitor, Invercargill, and, later still, was connected, successively, with the Bank of Otago and the National Bank of New Zealand, in Dunedin. He left the bank to join Messrs Guthrie and Larnach as correspondent, at the time Mr. Larnach joined the firm, and in 1879, he went to London to represent them as buyer. Three years later Mr. Henderson returned to Dunedin, as manager of Messrs. Guthrie and Larnach's business in the city; and held the position till 1887—the year of the fire—when he was appointed to the position he now holds under the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd.