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No. 112. Otawa.—Channel left bank, shingle-bed right bank. Reach. 113. Te Haukopai.—Channel left bank, shingle-bed right bank ; sharp turn below to papa face on right bank. Good reach. 114. Ngararanui.—Short quick run ; channel left bank, shingle-bed right bank. Good reach. 115. Otupea.—Short quick run. Short deep pool. 116. Owairua (at a bend). —Channel right bank ; a long swift run ; old kainga left bank ; a snag requires removal. 117. Mangapapa. —Short ran ; channel left bank ; papa ledge at top on left bank. Short reach. 118. Ohei.—Channel right bank, shingle left bank. These two rapids are close to each other. 119. Wairingia.—Long run ; stones have been cleared from channel; only a narrow neck of land between this and No. 126 below. Channel has been cleared of boulders. Good reach. —A large papa bluff on right bank resembles an ironclad ship. This is called Koinaki. A long reach. 120. Kokiri. —Small run ; shingle on left bank, channel at papa face right bank. 121. Kirikiriroa.—Short ran (100 miles from Wanganui). Good reach.- —An old kainga (Kirikiriroa) on left bank, large shingle-bed on left bank. This is at a point of a long bend in the river. 122. Horowhenua. —Shallow wide ran. A training-wall urgently required ; the material is on the ground, and the wall will be constructed next working season. 123. Ohuaiti.—Swift run, extends above. Good reach. 124. Tapuitopo. —A wide run. 125. Otuhoe. —Stiff run ; channel left bank. 126. Te Maai.—Wide run ; there is a narrow neck of land here between the river some distance above at a neck of a large bend of the river (see No. 119 previously referred to). Long reach. —In part of it two shell-rock ledges jut out from either side, narrowing the channel. This is called Waitaiti. 127. Mamakutapu. —Short swift run at papa face left bank, shingle-bed right bank. 128. Tarepokiore.—There has been a large landslip formerly on the left bank ; a narrow clear run against a papa face on the right bank. A large quantity of the cliff on the right bank has been removed, and also the point on the left bank below. In flood-time this was previously a dangerous place, as a whirlpool existed. This has been minimized by the works effected, and the channel is now a fairly good one in conditions of water other than in high flood. A further quantity of stone might be removed with advantage. It is interesting to note that within the memory of an old Native it is reported that when the slip came down from the left bank at this place years ago it completely blocked the river. 129. Tahereaka. —An old kainga on left bank. It is noteworthy that at one time an immense nest of snags existed here and at the foot of Tarepokiore. These two places were a menace to navigation, even for canoes, in the earlier history of the work. 130. Opakua.—-Channel right bank ; swift run ; stream right bank ; old kaingas both banks, with poplar-trees. Short reach. 131. Matapihi.—A stream on left bank ; boulders have been removed here. Good reach. 132. Raratu. —A stream right bank ; a wall may be necessary later. Good reach. 133. Paparangiora.—Easy run. Good reach. 134. Tautarakapua.—Swift run ; channel in middle, shingle-beds both sides. 135. Ohineika.—Broad shallow run ; small stream over papa on right bank ; stone walls from both banks. Good reach. 136. Kakanohue. —Swift run ; channel right bank against papa face. 137. Otawhare.—Long run ; rather shallow. Good reach, called Tamatea's Reach. 138. Arawhata, —Short run,