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

South Spit

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South Spit.

South Spit is a settlement situated on the south side of the Hokitika river, and it is in the Kanieri riding of the county, and in the electorate and provincial district of Westland. In the early days, when the traffic between Hokitika and Ross was along the seabeach, South Spit was a very busy place. It has a small public school, and there are sawmills and two or three farms in the vicinity. At the census of 1901 the population of South Spit was returned as twenty.

McIntosh, George Innes, Farmer, South Spit, Hokitika. Mr. McIntosh is one of the oldest identities of Hokitika, and holds 310 acres at South Spit, and at Lake Mahina pua, where he carries on mixed farming. He was born in Banfishire, Scotland, in 1841, and was brought up on a farm. In the year 1863, Mr. McIntosh emigrated to Tasmania, but after a short stay he came to New Zealand, and visited Otago and Southland. He settled in Invercargill for a time, but on the discovery of gold in Hokitika in 1865, he removed to the West Coast. For a short period Mr. McIntosh engaged in mining, but, later, started storekeeping at the Hauhau and at Totara Lagoon. In the end of the sixties he bought his present farm, on which he has since resided. Mr. McIntosh is a member of the Westland Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He is married, and has seven children. Mr. J. J. McIntosh, of the Red Lion Hotel, Hokitika is one of his sons.