Bolton, Charles Frederick, Farmer, General Storekeeper, Gum Buyer, and General Produce Merchant, Waione. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales, Auckland, Postal and telegraph address, “Bolton, Opononin.” Mr. Bolton, who established his business in 1892, keeps a general stock of merchandise, chiefly for domestic consumption. He was born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1852, and was educated at the grammar school of that town. He entered the service of and subsequently became a partner in, the firm of Edward Bolton and Sons, glass manufacturers and exporters. After being ten years in the business, and still retaining an interest in it, he came out to the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. After a trip Home he established himself in business in Sydney and Queensland as a general importer, representing his own English firm for ten years, and exhibiting their products at the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions. In 1892, he again came to New Zealand, and subsequently settled down in Waione. He is married to a daughter of Mr. William Oakden, of Warrington, and has two sons and one daughter.