WEBER, KARL HERMANN (1830-87) was born in Bavaria, Germany, of good family, educated there and trained as a surveyor and engineer. Like many other German students, he was involved in the popular rising in 1848 and had to flee the country. He worked for some time in the United States and on harbour works in South America, and then came to Australia. In 1864-77 he was appointed chief surveyor and provincial engineer in Hawke's Bay. Appointed in 1877 engineer to the Napier harbour board, he carried out important works - drainage and swamp reclamation. He was then for some time engaged in private practice and in 1886, while on an exploration survey between Eketahuna and Pahiatua, he disappeared. Weber laid out many of the principal roads of Hawke's Bay and gave his name to a town and county. Remains were found in 1889, which were supposed to be his.

N.Z. Surveyor, 1897, p. 215; Jourdain.

Reference: Volume 2, page 241

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