Hill. — TJie Great Wairarapa : A Lost River. 



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seawards as the deltoid areas have grown year by year, and rich lands have 

 taken the place of the once water-area, and the same process of growth 

 is going on to-day. The rivers are still carrying down their treasures of 

 material to the lowlands, and these latter are being aided by man's in- 

 telligence and industry. Since the formation of new drainage-areas and river 



Tofd! deprh 



MAKAURI, POVERTY BAY, 

 3'bore, 

 3'}7'deep 



37' 



82' 



37' 



Abundijnce j 

 ot (fas I 



>/67' 



Y^oterwith \ 

 Jiftle gos ( '^' 



217 \ 

 Water to tcp\ZI8' 

 e ■ \ 22J ' 



of pipe \224-J 



Thickness *. characfer of beds 

 /2'j-e//on /cam 



26'b/ue sandy c/av 



4-5' blue f,pcnqy cloy 



JS ' blue ^andy c/ay 



70' blue tcugh spongy 

 Cloj>. 



30' dork pipeclay 



20 ' dork gre^cn clay 



^1' white pumice. 



3 'sand & &ma/l gravel 



3' bculdcn i, sandstone 



•^9' /lord roc A. 



Fig. 7. — Aktesian-well Section, showing Details of Bedding. 



systems, as shown in map fig. 2, the " made land " along the coast, as won 

 from the sea, must amount to over 150,000 acres, and carries a population of 

 about forty thousand persons. It would be interesting to know the annual 

 value of the products of the land that has been made by deposition from 

 flooded rivers, but the facts are not available. 



