Councillor Samuel Butson , who was elected a member of the Lake County Council, in 1900, carries on farming in the Garston district. He was born in 1832 at Cubert, Cornwall, England, where he was educated and brought up on his father's farm. Mr Butson was married on the 8th of May, 1853, at the parish church, Cubert, to Miss Soper, daughter of William Soper, of the same parish. The young couple sailed from Southampton on the 10th of July of the same year in the ship “Ellenborough,” and landed in Sydney on the 12th of October. Mr Butson spent five years in New South Wales, and then, accompanied by his wife and family, went overland to Victoria, with a dray; and the journey took six weeks to accomplish. He did general carting work for five years on the diggings in Victoria. In March, 1863, he left Melbourne for Invercargill, and started carting to the diggings at Switzers and other places; he also for about fifteen months, kept a store at Greenhills, where he still owns property. He was afterwards engaged in mining at the Nokomai for twelve years, before taking up his present property at Garston. Mr Butson has been a member of the Garston school committee for many years, and during his residence at Nokomai was also on the committee there. In addition to his farm at Garston, he also owns a property of 500 acres at Parawa. Mr Butson has a family of five sons and three daughters, all of whom reside within the Garston and Parawa districts.