Westland, a provincial district of New Zealand, was formerly part of Canterbury, and occupies the western portion of the Southern Island. It is 200 miles long by 30 broad. Pop. (1891) 15,882. The chief town is Hokitika (pop. 3000).
Westland
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 614
Source scan(s): p. 0641