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" Westshore " is an extension of the " Spit." It consists of a numbe r 

 of dwellings, a meat-works, and ship-repair yards, &c, all of which require 

 fresh water. The village, and also the railway, is situated on a ong 



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Fig. 1. 



shingle spit extending from the entrance to the Inner Harbour to the 

 valley of the Eiver Esk. It is bounded on the east side by the sea (Hawke 

 Bay), and on the west by the Inner Harbour (salt) and the low-river 

 channel of the Esk River. During low river the proper mouth of the Esk 



