Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Mokotua is thirteen miles from Invercargill, on the Seaward Bush line of railway. It forms part of the electoral district of Mataura, is in the Waihopai riding of the county of Southland, and had, at the census of 1901, a population of forty-seven, with fifty-two additional at Mokotua Bush. Dairving is the staple industry, and the farms are mostly of fair size. The district is connected by roads with Invercargill and Woodlands, in addition to having the railway line. Mails are received and despatched daily, and there is also a telephone bureau. A portion of the district known as Oteramika Hundred is a very old settlement. The local public school is about two miles from the railway siding, and is known by the name of Oteramika.