 The brewery continued to be operated by Henry Saw and William Meloy, who had worked in the business for many years and to whom Stokes had bequeathed interests in the business.Saw died in November 1870, and since Meloy did not want to remain in the operation, the lease over the brewery was advertised.John Maxwell Ferguson took over the lease, and in 1872 recruited the German expatriate brewer William Mumme.