Preface. 



UTIRA is situated in the 

 northern portion of Hawke's 

 Bay, and in most maps of 

 the Dominion the lake, some 

 miles in length, may be seen 

 marked as a tiny speck some distance 

 inland, and about midway between Napier 

 and Wairoa. Certainly there is no better 

 run in Hawke's Bay, and probably no 

 sheep station in New Zealand has at this 

 date its natural advantages of barren and 

 waste land. 



East of the lake, and running north 

 and south, extends a range of limestone 

 formation, with great spurs branching off 

 at right angles, and stretching towards the 

 sea. 



The hill slopes of this part of the run 

 are exceedingly steep, and the several tiers 

 of ancient ocean floor very conspicuous. 



