William Royse was a Dunedin-based businessman active in New Zealand from 1861 until his death in 1892.
Royse Mudie & Co's Bond, High St, Dunedin, New Zealand circa 1865
The Rising Sun, taken 14 April 2006
NZ Grain Agency & Mercantile Co. - Southland Times 1 Feb 1882
Catherine Royse (centre) with her children, Dunedin c.1896
Darwent & Dalwood was a partnership of Joseph Darwent and William Dalwood put together expressly to tender for work on the Overland Telegraph Line.
Joseph Darwent, taken 1872 by Henry Jones