Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Twenty miles to the northwards of Wanganui, in the Electorate of Patea and in the Waitotara Riding of the Waitotara County, at an altitude of 264 feet above sea-level, is the flag station of Nukumaru, which serves the extensive farming district, better known as Maxwelltown. Nukumaru village has a population of ninety, while the Maxwelltown settlement has 153. Daily mails are made up and received at Maxwelltown, which has also a telephone bureau. There is a public school in the district, with a locally-elected committee of management.