Mawheraiti takes its name from the Mawheraiti or Little Grey river, and is a farming district on the Grey-Reefton line; the flag station known by the same name stands 502 feet above the level of the sea, and is thirty-two miles from Greymouth, and nine from Reefton. Some grazing is carried on in the district, and there is a sawmill about one mile from the station. Mawheraiti is in Antonio's riding of the county of Inangahua, and forms part of the electorate of Grey, and of the provincial district of Nelson. At the census of 1901, its population was recorded as consisting of twenty-five persons.

Mawheraiti Sawmill (G. Perotti, Greymouth, proprietor), Mawheraiti. This mill is situated about one mile from Mawheraiti siding, to which timber is conveyed by a tramway. The equipment of the mill is very complete, and its general design up to date. It includes a three-quarter breast wheel, of thirty feet, with six-feet buckets, twin breaking-down saws, a breast bench, and one large and one small planing machine. The output is about 6,000 feet per day, and the principal timbers cut are rimu and birch (beech). Eleven persons are employed.

Mr. William Hewlett , Manager of the Mawheraiti Sawmill, was born in the year 1874 at Greymouth, where he was educated. He was afterwards employed for four years in the sawmill of Paterson and Anderson. Mr. Hewlett was then for three years with the wellknown firm of Stratford and Blair, sawmillers, and, in 1895, he entered the service of Mr. G. Perotti. As a volunteer, he was a member of the Grey Navals, since disbanded. Mr. Hewlett is married, and has two children.

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Mr. W. Hewlett.