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the estuary, about eight miles north of the city. During the flourishing period 

 of gold-mining, Dunedin, which from an obscure village had suddenly been trans- 

 formed to a populous town, became the busiest commercial centre in New Zealand, 

 and even still holds the second rank in this respect. This place is the usual start- 

 ing point for travellers visiting the region of the lakes in the New Zealand Alps. 



On the southern seaboard, washed by the Antarctic Ocean, the most flourishing 

 place is the recently founded Invercargill, converging point of all the roads and 



Fig. 196.— Poet Chalmers. 

 Scale 1 : 350,000. 



Lssb oF'Greenwich 170° 55 



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Sands exposed 

 at low water. 



etc 16 

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Depths. 



16 to 80 

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80 to 160 

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160 Feet and 

 upwards. 



6 Miles. 



railways radiating towards the interior. Unfortunately this seaport lies at the 

 head of a shallow estuary without any outer port, so that the large steamers are 

 obliged to stop at CampbeUtoicn on Foveaux Strait. A railway runs from Inver- 

 cargill towards Kingston, a pleasant little inland town delightfully situated at the 

 southern extremity of Lake Wakatipu. Queen^toicn, at the foot of Ben Lomond on 

 the east side of the same lake, is a still more romantic place, originally founded 



