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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Kauri Timber Company's Sawmills

Kauri Timber Company's Sawmills (Robert Smith, manager), Mongonui. Formerly the property of the Auckland Timber Company, these mills were erected about 1880 and taken over by the Kauri Timber Company in 1888. They are situated on ten acres of land in the northern part of Mongonul harbour, and consist of a two-storey wooden and iron building with floor space of over 10,000 square fect. The mills are capable of turning out 300,000 feet of sawn timber monthly, but are now worked at half-time. Motive power is supplied by a sixty-four horse-power Marshall steam-engine for driving the “break down” and four circular saws. When in full work some twenty-five hands are employed, two of whom are engaged in rafting the logs from the company's booms at the mouth of the Mongonui river, where as many as 2000 or 3000 logs are usually caught, and which have been brought down by means of freshes and dams for a distance of thirty miles.

Mongonui Harbour, Showing Kauri Timber Company's Sawmills.

Mongonui Harbour, Showing Kauri Timber Company's Sawmills.