382 Transactions. 



(b.) HuUon (Q.J.G.S., 1885). 



Wanganui System (Pliocene). — Newer Pliocene : Locality names — 

 Kereru, Ormond, Petane, and Putiki series. Older Pliocene : Older glacial 

 deposits — Lip;nites of Otago, Manukau, &c. 



Pareora System (Miocene). — Localities : Awatere (Marlborough), Kanieri 

 (Westland), Tawhiti (Poverty Bay), Ahuriri (Hawke's Bay), Waitemata 

 (Auckland), brown coal of Pomahaka (SoutUand). 



Oamani System (Oligocene). — Localities : Mount Brown (North Canter- 

 bury), Aotea (south-west Auckland), Ototara (Oamaru), Turanganui 

 (Poverty Bay), coals of Waikato, Kaitangata. 



Waipara System (Upper Cretaceous). — Localities : Amuri (Marlborough), 

 Awanui (Poverty Bay), Matakea (North Otago), coals of Greymouth, 

 Pakawau (North Nelson). 



(c.) Haast {" Geology of Canterbury and Westland," p. 251. Christchurch, 



1879). 

 Waipara. — Cretaceo-tertiary. 

 Oamaru. — Upper Eocene or Lower Miocene. 

 Pareora. — Upper Miocene or Lower Pliocene. 



((/.) Hector (Handbook of N.Z. : Geology. Wellington, 1886 : Government 



Printer). 



Lower Greensand. — {a) Buller series ; (b) Porphyry breccia series ; 

 (c) Amuri series. 



Cretaceo-tertiary. — (a) Grey Marls ; (6) Ototara series ; (c) Mawhera 

 series ; (d) Chalk series ; (e) Waireka series ; (/) Coal series ; {g) Black 

 Grit series ; {h) Propylite breccia series ; (i) Great Conglomerate series. 



Upper Eocene. — (a) Momit Brown series ; (6) Oamaru series ; (c) Wai- 

 taki series. 



Lower Miocene. — (a) Awatere series ; (b) Pareora series ; (c) Awamoa 

 series ; {d) Lignite. 



Upper Miocene. — {a) Te Ante series ; (6) Taueru series. 



Pliocene. — (a) Dispersed gravels ; (6) Napier series ; (c) Lignite series ;. 

 {d) Kereru series. 



{e.) Park (Geology of N.Z., 1910, p. 25). 



Amuri System. — Waipara series (Cretaceous) : (a) Weka Pass stone and 

 Grey Marls ; (6) Amuri limestone ; (c) Waipara greensands ; (d) Saurian 

 beds ; (e) Puke-iwi-tahi conglomerates and sandstone with coal. 



Karamea System. — Waimangaroa series (Eocene) : («) Brunner coal ; 

 (6) Paparoa coal. 



Oamaru Series (Miocene). — [a) Ototara stone ; {b) Pareora beds ; 

 (c) Marawhenua beds ; {d) Waihao beds ; (e) Kaikorai coal-measures. 



Wanganui System. — (a) Petane series (newer Pliocene) ; (6) Waitotara 

 series, (c) Awatere series (older Pliocene). 



(/.) Comparisons of these Opinions. 



The nature of this divergence of opinion appears more striking when shown 

 diagrammatically (fig. 2), for then it is seen that a total of five micon- 

 formities have been described by different observers, and as many as three 

 in the North Canterbury series by a single authority : while if the series 

 is extended to the highest member in the North Island the number of 



