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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Lochiel

Lochiel is the postal name of the Forest Hill district. The settlement is on the Invercargill-Kingston line of railway, and on the main road from Invercargill to the Lake district. It is in the Winton riding of the county of Southland, and in the electorate of Awarua. At the census of 1901, the population of Forest Hill was set down at thirty-eight, and the population of Lochiel, likewise at thirty-eight. The flag railway station, known as Forest Hill, is fifteen miles from Invercargill, and four miles from Winton, and stands 121 feet above the level of the sea. The tablet signal system is in operation. Elderslie is the name given to the public school, which is close to the railway station. It was established about 1880, and had an average attendance, in 1904, of thirty-five pupils. Lochiel has had a postal service for about twenty years, and the business has been conducted at the school since 1894. The Forest Hill sawmill is connected with the railway station by a tramway four miles in length. Generally, the land of the district is undulating, and is still graced with considerable patches of the original native bush. Tussock creek passes through the district, and the Aparima river runs on its western boundary. Lochiel was constituted a River Board district in 1901, chiefly with a view to the effective drainage of the land.