Pohui is an outlying district twenty-nine miles north from Napier, on the main Taupo road to Auckland. There is a weekly coach service, and also telephone connection. The Taupo road is a favourite thoroughfare for motorists, though hilly it is hard, and generally in good condition. Pohui is a favourite stopping place for tourists and travellers, as it is ideally situated, and offers many attractions to the sight-seer. There is an hotel, a public school, a hall, and a store, and Church services are held once a month in the hall.

Lake Hotel (C. S. Corlett, proprietor), Pohui. This popular summer resort is situated twenty-nine miles from Napier, on the main Taupo road. The present commodious building was erected in 1899, and contains over thirty bedrooms, a drawing room, a smoking room, sitting rooms, and a large well-ventilated dining room. The building is of one storey, and is replete with all modern conveniences calculated to ensure the comfort of the tourist and pleasure-seeker. There is a well-stocked bar, containing the best liquors; hot and cold baths are provided, there is telephone connection with Napier, and benzoline is kept in stock for motor cars. The hotel is healthily situated on the banks of the lake, and offers a most comfortable retreat to invalids, tourists, sportsmen, and those who care for a quiet place to spend a vacation. Delightful views can be obtained from the summits of the surrounding hills, including a view of Napier, the Kidnappers, and the ocean. There is some delightful bush country in close proximity to the hotel, where ferns of every variety can be obtained. Excellent trout and perch abound in the lake and creek, and, in the season, pigeons, pheasants, quail, hares, rabbits, wild pigs, and cattle afford plenty of sport for the huntsman. The terms are moderate, and every attention is paid to the requirements and comfort of guests. Drives in the surrounding country can be arranged for.

Lake Hotel.

Carmichael, Duncan, Farmer, Glengarry station, Pohui. Mr. Car-michael was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in the year 1811, and came with his mother to New Zealand in 1863, landing in Southland. Shortly after their arrival he started farming, and was the first settler to take up land north of Winton. For a number of years he carried on successful farming operations at Wallace, Toitoi, and at Eastburne Park, near Riverton. Seeing the great capabilities of sheep-farming in Hawke's Bay, Mr Car-michael, in 1888, acquired his present station, which consists of 5,700 acres, now much improved and laid down in English grasses, and on which about 6,000 sheep, 100 head of cattle, and thirty horses are grazed. There are about fifty miles of fencing, and the property is sub-divided into paddocks. Mr. Carmichael married in 1877, and has one son and one daughter.