The Railway Hotel (Joseph Michael Crosbie, proprietor), Lumsden. This well-known house was established in the early eighties. The original house was destroyed by fire, and was replaced by the present fine brick building. It is two stories in height, and contains twenty-seven rooms, including nineteen bed-rooms, four sitting-rooms, two dining-rooms, also a billiard-room and sample-room. The stables have twenty stalls and five loose-boxes. Mr Crosbie is a coach proprietor and runs two coaches from Lumsden to Lake Manapouri, via Te Anau. The coaches, which carry mails, leave Lumsden on Wednesdays and Saturdays in each week, and return on Fridays and Tuesdays. About thirty-five horses are required for the traffic, which is specially busy during the tourist season, from December to February each year.