Mr. Frederick Peter Heayne Sellers was appointed Head Attendant at the Seaview Asylum on the first of April, 1904. He was born on Christmas Day, 1852, at Dundee, Scotland, and accompanied his uncle, Captain page 499 Sellers, in a sailing ship to New Zealand, in 1859. Mr. Sellers was educated principally in Wellington, learned the trade of a baker, and continued his studies at night schools. In October, 1879, he was appointed baker at the Seaview Asylum, and was afterwards appointed clerk. Mr. Sellers subsequently became clerk, attendant, and head attendant. He was for some time bandmaster of the Catholic Band, has taken part in local operatic performances, and has been president of the Hokitika Catholic Literary and Debating Society since its formation. Mr. Sellers married a daughter of Mr. D. Foster, County Clare, Ireland, in 1876, and has two daughters and two sons.