Young, James , Farmer, “Green-lees,” Waianiwa. Mr Young was born on the 22nd of November, 1836, in Duly parish, Perthshire, Scotland, and educated in Forfarshire, where he was brought up to a country life. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Henrietta,” in 1860, and, after residing in Dunedin for two years, went to West Taieri, where he was employed. successively, by Mr J. Reid and Mr J. Borrie. Mr Young afterwards worked for a time at Gabriel's Gully; he was then employed in brickmaking making for nine months, and subsequently was engaged in carting, between the Dunstan and Dunedin, with his brother. Having gone to Southland, Mr Young resided for some time at West Plains, but removed, in 1865. to Mabel Bush, where he was engaged in farming with his brothers till 1879. Mr Young then returned to West Plains, where he bought 200 acres of land, but sold out three years later and bought 460 acres of freehold in the Spar Bush Block, which he has redeemed from its natural condition. While at Mabel Bush, Mr Young was for some years a member of the Road Board and school committee. He was married, in 1862, to Miss Dachers, of Forfarshire, Scotland, but his wife died in August, 1891, leaving one son and two daughters.