James Hume

To New Zealand in 1858 on board the 'Kingston'. James worked for the Bank of New Zealand from 1861, opening the first Waikato agency of the bank at Ngaruawahia, also at Hamilton, Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

MR. JAMES HUME, Manager for Messrs Bycroft, Limited, was for thirty-four years manager of the Hamilton branch and other Walkato agencies of the Bank of New Zealand. He was born at Selkirk, Scotland, In 1837, educated at the local Grammar School, and arrived in Auckland in 1858, per ship “Kingston,” Captain Weekes. Mr. Hume entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand in 1861, and remained at the Auckland office until the early part of 1864, when he was deputed so open the first Waikato agency at Ngaruawahia, where he remained until 1876. During that period he opened branches at Hamilton, Cambridge, and Te Awamutu, subsequently making the first-mentioned town, the Waikato headquarters of the bank. Mr. Hume took a deep interest in the welfare of the Waikato, and was president of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association and chairman of the Hamilton West school committee. Source: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d1-...

See also:

• Death of Mr James Hume Auckland Star, 15 August 1903, p. 5
• The Late Mr James Hume New Zealand Herald, 17 August 1903, p.5