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were long periods of standstill. Further complications have been intro- 

 duced by the subsidence of a block — Port Nicholson and the low-lying 

 peninsula to the south of it (fig. 1) — resulting in piracy and obliteration of 

 earlier topography in the high-standing block by vigorous new streams. 

 The topography of a portion of the high-standing block unaffected by this 



Fig. 2. — Streams and Ridges of the Wellington Peninsula. 



complication may be studied first. As a typical area may be taken that 

 to the west of the north-south divide on which the peak Kaukau stands 



The relief in this area is moderate to strong, as may be gathered from 

 fig. 2, the ridges in parts rising to 700 ft. or 800 ft., and in other places 



