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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Kingsland Brothers And Anderson
Kingsland Brothers And Anderson (Thomas Daniel Kingsland and James Anderson), Tanners and Fellmongers, West Plains Siding, West Plains. Messrs Kingsland and Anderson's tannery was established in 1875 by J. Kingsland and Company, who conducted the business till 1886, when the present company was formed. The premises, which comprise numerous buildings of wood and iron, stand on a site of sixty-seven acres of freehold, through which the Waikiwi stream flows. There are numerous buildings, the chief of which are the machinery shed, the wool-storing shed, scouring and pulling sheds. The machinery shed contains an eight horse-power steam engine, wool wringing and drying machines, a bone mill digester and a wool press. The tannery contains thirty tan and soak and lime pits, a steam engine of five horse-power, drums, lathes, and rolling, glazing, softening, and leather-splitting, shaving, and fluffing machinery. There are three docks for soaking sheepshins, and three pumps are used for raising water and liquids as required. From thirty to forty men are employed at the works. The page 910 brand “K.B. and A.” is well known in the colony, and in London. The export shipping output of the works for the twelve months which ended June, 1903, consisted of 2,500 bales of wool, fifty bales of rabbit-skins, 250 casks of tallow, and 200 casks of pelts; 2,135 hides, 150 hog-skins and 950 calf-skins were manufactured into leather, and the output in bone dust amounted to twenty-five tons.