fellow Southland politician Sir Joseph Ward and the Tasmanian state government in Australia. He got a seven-year oiling lease from the Tasmanian state government in 1905, and in 1912 the headquarters was moved to Hobart, Tasmania. In 1915, a new company, Southern Isles Exploitation Co., was established but by 1919 the Tasmanian government would extend the lease only for a year. In 1922 Hatch was a Nationalist candidate for the state seat of Denison, but he was not elected. By 1926, the company had collapsed, and Hatch lost his properties in Invercargill and Hobart. Family and death He married Sarah Annie Wilson in Melbourne, Australia, in 1869. They had three daughters and four sons. Hatch died in 1928, aged 91. References Further reading External links Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Harvest of Souls from New Zealand Geographic Joseph Hatch and the Oiling Industry (Pdf document) Labels for Elephant Seal Harness Oil (Pdf document) 1837 births 1928 deaths Macquarie Island Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand businesspeople Invercargill City Councillors Mayors of Invercargill Businesspeople from London New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1893 New Zealand general election 19th-century New Zealand politicians Sealers New Zealand hunters