Sanson, the County town of the Manawatu County, in the Sandon Riding, with a population of 255, lies nearly midway between the towns of Palmerston North, Foxton, and Longburn. It has a State school, two churches, a creamery, and a hostelry, the public offices of the Manawatu County Council, and a post and telephone office from which mails arrive and depart daily. There is one resident minister in Sanson, the Rev. Wm. Keall, of the Wesleyan denomination. Like Rongotea, its products are wool, grain, and dairy produce, the land being very rich and suitable for the purposes enmmerated. Palmerston North, which lies to the south-east of the township—about sixteen miles distant—may be reached by coach; and passing en route over Mount Stewart, capital views may be obtained of the surrounding country, including the village of Awahuri, the land around Rongotea, Longburn to the south, Palmerston North to the south-east, and Feilding to the east.