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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

[introduction]

In the principal settlements on the West Coast, cricket, football, hockey, tennis, golf, rowing, and aquatic clubs have been established, and it is plain that athletic and manly sports are popular. Jockey and trotting clubs also abound, and some of the race courses are a credit to the districts which own them. Friendly societies are well supported, and there are flourishing lodges, not only in the three seaports, but in the inland towns, in connection with Forestry, Druidism, Oddfellowship, and Hibernianism. The Masonic Order, under the English Constitution, has its Grand Lodge in Hokitika. Matters affecting the progress of agriculture and pastoral settlement are dealt with by the Westland and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Associations, which have their headquarters respectively at Hokitika and Greymouth. There are also poultry and kennel clubs, and the Westland Acclimatisation Society is a useful and active body.