Mr. Thomas Fleming , who died at Rakahouka in 1893, came of an old Lanarkshire family of farmers. Before emigrating to New Zealand, Mr Fleming farmed for some years on his own account. He landed at the Bluff in December, 1862, by the ship “Storm Cloud,” accompanied by his family, and after four years at Mabel Bush, bought 320 acres of land at Rakahouka. To this property he added so considerably as to increase the area to 1,500 acres, and he also acquired 1,800 acres at Makarewa. Mr Fleming was a pioneer settler in the Rakahouka district. He took no part in local politics, but spent all his energy in developing his land. He was married, in 1841, to a daughter of Mr Scoullar, of Lanarkshire, and had a family of live sons and five daughters, of whom one son and one daughter died. His widow is still (1904) hale and hearty, although eighty-four years of age.