LAUPER, JAKOB, or LOUPER, belonged to Giffers, canton Freiburg, Switzerland, and came to New Zealand in 1863. He was engaged with J. H. Whitcombe (q.v.) in exploration of the routes to the West Coast when the latter was drowned. Lauper's report of the exploration appears in the Canterbury Provincial Gazette (1863, vol x, no. 10). He received a grant of £100 from the province for his services. Some years later he returned to his native land, which he again left in 1884 or 1885 for New Zealand.

Canterbury P.C. Proc., ii, p 214; Canterbury Gaz., cit.; Lands and Survey dept. (information); Dobson; Harrop, Westland; Cycl. N.Z., i, 1023; Lyttelton Times, 11 Jul 1863.

Reference: Volume 1, page 260

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