Kakanui is on the Kakanui river, close to the coast, and counting the residents on both sides of the river, it has a population of 370. Oamaru is seven mold distant, and the Maheno railway station is only four miles away. The township has a post and telephone office, a public school, fellmongery and meat preserving works, and a hotel. Visitors may obtain good shooting and fishing. The Kakanui district is devoted to agriculture; practically the whole of the land has been under cultivation, and the crops are excellent in yield and quality.

The Kakanui Public School is a stone building of two rooms, and stands on part of six acres of land, on which the schoolmaster's residence of six rooms has also been erected. There is accommodation for 130 scholars, and there are sixty-two on the roll, with an average attendance of fifty-one. There is a large playground, and a covered shed for the protection of the children in rough weather. The staff consists of the headmaster and a mistress.

Loyal Band Of Friendship Lodge I.O.O.F., M.U. , Kakanui North. The lodge was established in 1872, and has a hall which is conveniently situated in the township.

Mr. Samuel Burns , P.G.M., Of The Loyal Band Of Friendship Lodge, Was One Of The Lodge's Charter Members, And Was Born In 1846, In Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Where He Learned His Business As A Baker. In 1868 He Came To Port Chalmers By The Ship “Otago,” And One Year After His Arrival He Settled In Kakanui, Where He Established A Bakery, Which He Continued Till 1892 He Has Served His Fellow Settlers On The School And AthenÆum committees. Mr. Burns was married in January, 1867, to a daughter of Mr. H. McClymont, of Newton Stewart, Wigtonshire, Scotland, and has four sons and three daughters.

Kakanui Lime Kilns (Charles Calvert, Hazeldean Road, Christchurch, proprietor), Kakanui. The land occupied by these works consists of fourteen acres, of which five acres are freehold. There is abundance of limestone on the property, and the output of lime is from two to two and a half six-ton trucks a week.

Williams, David , Horse-shoer, Wheel-wright and General Blacksmith, Kakanui North. This business was established in 1876 by the late Mr. W. McKenzie, and purchased by the present proprietor in 1894. The shop is of wood and iron, and there are two cottages, the whole standing on a freehold section. Mr. Williams was born in Kerry, page 466 Ireland, in 1871, and came with his parents to Port Chalmers, in the ship “Marlborough,” in 1876. Having learned his trade, he worked as a journeyman till he became owner of his present business. Mr. Williams has served as a member of the Kakanui school committee since 1887. As an Oddfellow, he was initiated in Ngapara, and is now a member of the local lodge, of which he is a trustee. Mr. Williams was married in November, 1896, to a daughter of Mr. T. King, of Oamaru, and has one son and two daughters.

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Mr. D. Williams.

Marwick, John , Farmer, Kakanui. Mr Marwick was born in the Orkney Islands, in 1850, and was brought up to an out-door life. He came to Port Chalmers in 1871 by the ship “William Davie,” and for about fifteen years found employment in various parts of Otago, and in the Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay districts in the North Island. After taking a trip Home. Mr Marwick settled in the Waitaki Valley, where he owned 126 acres of land near the Peebles railway station. He, however, sold that property, and bought Mr G. Gee's farm in the Kakanui district. He was married in 1883 to Clementina, fifth daughter of the late Mr James Houston, of Orkney.

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Mr. and Mrs J. Marwick.

McKenzie, T. And H. (Thomas McKenzie and Hugh McKenzie) Farmers, Allday Bay, Kakanui. The Messrs McKenzie hold two properties, which comprise over 270 acres of freehold land. They are sons of the late Mr. Thomas McKenzie, who died in 1894; he came to Queensland in 1861, and in the following year landed in Otago. He was for some years shepherd on “Mount Royal” and a manager of other stations, and in 1870, settled in the Kakanui district, where he purchased that portion of the property known as the Allday Bay estate. Till 1898 Mr. Thomas McKenzie, the senior partner of the present firm, managed the property in the interests of the family. Messrs T. and H. McKenzie are now farming the entire estate.

Minty, William , Farmer, Kakanui. Mr. Minty was born in 1843, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and farmed on his own account for ten years before emigrating to Melbourne in the s.s. “Northumberland.” He came to Otago in 1881, and settled at Kakanui, where he purchased forty-six acres—part of the Awamoa estate—on which his homestead stands. He has also acted as foreman in charge of the roads of the Kakanui riding of the Waitaki county since 1892. Mr. Minty was one of the first members of the Aberdeen Rifles, with which he was connected for ten years, and was sworn in by Sir Arthur Gordon, ex-Governor of New Zealand, and afterwards Lord Stanmore. Mr. Minty was married, in 1875, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Gordon, of Crovie Farm, Bunffshire, Scotland, and has two sons and seven daughters.

Mr. P. Russell.

Bussell, Peter , Farmer, “Grassmere,” Otepopo and Allday Bay, Kakanui. This old settler was born in Bathgate, Scotland, in 1824, and has been engaged in country pursuits since his earliest days, except during a short experience of goldmining in Otago. He arrived at Port Chalmers, in 1861, by the ship “Pladda,” and settled four years afterwards in Otepopo district, where he acquired page 467 his first portion of the “Grassmere” property, which now consists of 180 acres of freehold. Subsequently Mr. Russell purchased his fine property at Allday Bay, consisting of 521 acres. Mr. Russell has served on the Otepopo Road Board and school committee, and was married in 1884.

Rutherford, Samuel , Farmer, “Mamre,” Kakanui. Mr. Rutherford is a native of Victoria, where he was born in 1862. He arrived in Otago in 1879, was brought up to sheep farming by his father, and since 1887 he has worked “Mamre,” which consists of 386 acres of freehold land. Mr. Rutherford is unmarried.

Mr. S. Rutherford.