Section tliroizgh the North I&laxicL . S.VftoXr.E. fjfew Zealand. Hoghstet£ejr. p 379.) As Mrffochstetibtr dud, rvob, in, recede soxjsth, of Tokccaruu,,his description, of tli& Lower qrouunds soujth, of Tonqariro arvd Rwjopehvo is almost necessarily ts-n,-perfexd. SiAXice&oLinct sjcxxrrvLrvodions of the, coxj-nhy We shown- tha£ -the, s&cdxx>nshoxxZd- be, represervt&oL : —•

S&ction through the, North. Island Cook Stra.il to the Bay of Plenty. 1. VoLcxvrvLc. -rocJcS of Roxxpehxz, and; Ton^ar-iro. E .Volccvndc, rooh, J-ake, Tatxpo toJBay of Tlerutx/, consisdnj of Traoh/ie, arvob .Rfv/aUdex fCo&s, and* -fraM-rrLendal/ cwnice' deposits. PbLooene,. Marine, strcotou, Carqely aorvsisiirvcj of TumicA , & cdaxjrxxLarddy fbssiilferoas. 3. Mtoc&ne,. Sedimerds containing rvo votaarux. maJxrixaO. 4r. Carboniferoizs, or Upper J)evorUaru. Slates cwaZ sandstones, forming the. western, foot, of the, Kairnxxnaxva, Ranqe.. cend appeovnrux -west of the, Torvgariro Range,, artri, within, true. -wcotershect-. NbTH. There, is no evidence, of Miocene, sectimeruts any Where -wvthdrv- the, 3£iddde, and, Z/ppeT Wadkaio Watersheds, and- the, presence, of a, barrier Between, the. Tertiary sedirnervts on, the, faUb to Coolc Strait,, anob the, slope- -Lake, Toujjoo to tAe,J}ay of FLerubj is assumed, on- qroomds stjJficiently r&asonod-Le,.

Geolqfical Sections Joy ALexxM c Kay. P. G-.S. Govfe Geolofrsh . To illustrate "Report on. — THE PUMICE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH 181, AND. —

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