HOKITIKA.
(Per Press Telegram Agency.) . . This day. Jackson's Bay Settlement. The resident agent at Jackson's Bay special settlement reports that an extensive deposit of limestone exists half-a mile from the town. He says the quantity is unlimited, and forwards samples to the Superintendent. He also picked up pieces of coal shale and observed patches of fire-clay. The Government survey party came across pine continuation hills of timber.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1639, 20 May 1875, Page 3
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