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sections a little further to the westward shows that Mr. McKay 

 was in error iu this surmise. At the quarry used by the Eailway 

 Department, at Scandinavian Point, the marl is at least 50 feet 

 thick ; and when the exposure is viewed from the second bridge 

 along the Taradale new road, the unconformability between the 

 different series can be readily distinguished. At this point 

 several new overlying beds make their appearance, being similar 

 to the upper beds at what is known as Battery Point, some half- 

 mile further to the north-west in the direction of Ahuriri. I am 

 doubtful, however, as to whether these new beds belong to the 

 same horizon as the upper Napier limestones, as seen at the 

 Bluff Point, or whether they are the representatives of the lime- 

 stones as seen on the Pukekuri Hill and the other hills lying 

 between Napier and Puketapu. I am inclined to the latter 

 opinion, because behind Mr. Glendinning's brickyard, imme- 

 diately E. by N. of the craggy limestones containing pebbles, 

 and which are the highest limestone beds at Scandinavian 

 Point, the dark compact shelly limestones are met with, dipping 

 S. by W. at an angle of about 15°. Where the compact lime- 

 stone is found, the sequence of the beds in ascending order is — 



Marls. 



Compact limestone. 



Craggy limestone, with nests of broken and loose 

 shells. 



Coarse and impure limestone. 

 At Scandinavian Point the sequence is : — 



Limestones (lower) 



Marls. 



Compact limestone. 



Cretaceous sands, with thin beds of coarse nodular 

 sandstone. 



Craggy limestones with pebbles. 



Fossiliferous sands, with thin chert bands. 



At Pandora Point, which is about midway between Scandi- 

 navian and Battery Points, the marl appears to be the only 

 exposed rock, but this is true only of the south side of the point. 

 On the north side the craggy limestone is seen to rest uncon- 

 formably upon the marls, the evidence being quite clear. 

 At Battery Point the sequence of the rocks exposed is : — 



Marls. 



Hard compact limestone. 



Sands. 



Brecciated limestone with pebbles. 



Black pebble bed, 12 inches thick. 



Sand beds (fossihferous), with thin chert bands. 



Pumice sands. 



Clays. 



