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fo. Locality. a w Nature of Bottom. No. Locality. it ll Nature of Bottom. 1 2 3 4 5 Pegasus Bay 13 18 28 12 8 Sand. 62 63 64 65 60 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 Off Coal Point, Molyneux Bay Off Waipapapa Point Toitoi Bay 8 15 8 9 8 8 0 7 0 6 18 17 Sand. Gravel. II Soft sand. Off Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula Off Little Akaroa Bay, Banks Peninfiula Off Ninety-miles Beach 9 Sand. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 .20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 81 32 33 34 35 86 37 38 Off Timaru Off coast, south of Timaru Off Waihao River .. 12 15 13 9 15 20 18 18 13 4 11 14 16 10 18 20 8 11 15 19 18 14 11 7 8 12 16 20 23 1.8 15 6 Ssones. Sand. Coarse sand. Gravel. Sand. Coarse sand. Sand." Sand and shell. Stones. 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 Off Murray River, Stewart Island Off The Neck, Stewart Island.. Off East Head, Off Owen Island, In Pegasus Inlet, „ Wilson Bay, Off Boat Group, "„ Mason Bay, Foveaux Strait 16 13 8 11 13 13 14 17 5 30 34 31 32 15 11 8 7 6 5 5 4 12 15 10 * Sand. ; Gravel. Sand. Rock. Sand and rock. Rock. Sand. Off Waitaki River .. Sand. Stones. Tewaewae Bay Fine sand. Howell Road, Riverton Bay .. Fine gravel. Gravel. Riverton Bay Sand. Coarse sand. Gravel. Stones. Off coast, between Waitaki and Oamaru Ditto Palliser Bay a 45 27 13 7 6 11 11 38 Sand. Gravel. 39 40 4 1 42 43 44 45 40 6 5 23 28 42 61 4 6 Gravel. Off Oamaru Cloudy Bay Sand. Off Kakanui River Off coast, between Oamaru and Kakanui Off Shag River Oft coast, south of Shag River Fine gravel. Sand and shell. Gravel. Between D'Urville Island and Farewell Spit Ditto 47 43 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 5G 57 35 22 Hi 18 10 11 9 12 10 29 20 108 109 110 111 Golden Bay, off Farewell Spit Cook Strait, between Stephens Island and Wanganui Ditto 40 30 20 * Fine sand. Bock. Kartiki Bay Rooks and kelp. Sand. 112 113 114 115 116 117 Off Wanganui River .. Off Patea River 45 89 21. 29 28 33 Mud. Coarse sand. Sand and gravel. Fine gravel. Blueskin Bay Off Taiaroa Heads Off Wickliffe Bay, Otago Off Cape Saunders Off St. Clair's Bay, Otago Peninsula Off Green Island, Otago Off coast, from Green Island to Taieri River Ditto Off Tokomairiro River Gravel. 118 119 120 121 Off coast, between Patea and Wanganui Ditto Wanganui Bight 2<J 31 34 9 Coarse sand. 58 59 22 16 Rook. Sand. Off coast, south of Manawatu River Ditto Sand. 60 61 16 17 Rook. 122 * No souncUngs with lead.