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

The Post and Telegraph Office and the Police Department

The Post and Telegraph Office and the Police Department are represented in all the more important centres of population on the West Coast, and there are customhouses at Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport. At Hokitika the Lands and Survey Department is represented, with a resident Commissioner of Crown Lands and a Land Board, of which the Commissioner is chairman. There is also an office in connection with the Department of Agriculture, with a Resident Inspector of Stock for Westland. The railway department is represented at each of the larger towns by a resident stationmaster, and the usual flag stations serve the smaller settlements. Greymouth is the headquarters of the Public Works Department; the State Coal Mine Department, of the Inspector of Police for the West Coast, and the district Railway Traffic Manager, and the District Engineer. An Inspector of Factories in Greymouth represents the Labour Department for the Coast, and the Government Life Insurance and Public Trust offices are each represented by a district officer. At Westport there is a branch of the Lands and Survey Department, in charge of a district surveyor, and the Mines Department is represented by an inspector.