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removed to other parts of the country, while others turned their thoughts and best attention towards what seemed to each most desirable, and which they thought would best further their own interests, as well as those of their adopted land. Among those who settled down may be mentioned the Haylocks, Pavitts, Farrs, Vogans, Parkers, Rule, Green, and Hilleur. After a while the Haylocks decided to erect a flour mill, to be driven by water power. This was accomplished, and the building was named after the street in which it was erected, the ‘Grehan Mill.’ The Pavitts built the first saw mill in Canterbury at Robinson’s Bay, where they had purchased land. Both these mills were of much service to Akaroa, and their erection may be regarded as a great achievement under the then existing circumstances, for there was no foundry in those days, and only one man, a whitesmith, who knew anything of ironwork. Nothing daunted, however, by the many and great obstacles, the mills were completed, and, though some parts were of somewhat rude construction, the desired end was attained. Mr. S. C. Farr acted as engineer to this primitive saw mill, and, afterwards, was engaged for the second mill of the same kind in the province, named the ‘Cumberland Saw Mills,’ situate in Duvauchelle’s Bay.

“My self-imposed narrative now draws to a close. scenes changed, circumstances altered, some rested from their labors and passed on to fairer regions; a few remain, who are with us still, while others, faithful to the old spot, though removed some little distance from it, like to occasionally visit us. Some have done little to mark their course, and, when they pass away, will be forgotten; but there are others who have left their mark upon the rocks of time, not soon to be erased. Their aim has been usefulness;—they have been, in every sense of the word, good colonists.”