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Chapter XVII -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -

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Diggers Splendid Men—Westland’s First Born—Town of Greymouth Surveyed—First Church Service—Westland a Separate Province.

Chapter XVIII -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -

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Richard John Seddon—Storekeeper-Politician-Premier—Albert Hunt, Will-of-the-Wisp of Goldfields—George Dobson Murdered—Close of Record Year: Gold to Value of over £2,000,000 won.

Chapter XIX -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -

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Hokitika Wonder City—Bully Hayes—Greymouth Crescent City—Gentleman George—Chinaman’s Luck.

Chapter XX -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -

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The Inangahua District—Reefton—Grey-Brunner Railway—Kumara—Moonlighters—End of Westland’s Golden Era—Conclusion.