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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Pyramid is the name of a railway siding on the Waimea Plains line. The district, which is devoted to farming, forms part of the Hokonui riding of the county of Southland, and of the electoral district of Wakatipu. The local post office is conducted at the school residence, and the average attendance of children at the public school is twenty-seven. The flag railway station is three miles from Riversdale, fifteen from Gore, and twenty-two from Lumsden, and stands at an elevation of 374 feet above the sea level. Pyramid district is entirely given up to farming; the population at the siding in 1901 was ninety-four, while there were sixteen additional in the locality of Pyramid bridge over the Mataura river, which flows through the settlement.