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that there are two other rocky barriers below the one at Kingston, and that 
each of these barriers is capped by morainic accumulations. Now, by Professor 
Ramsay’s theory of the glaciers having excavated the lake basins, this is just 
what we might expect ; but on the subsidence theory we have to account for 
these three moraines having all been deposited exactly at the places where the 
former glacier having got over the flatter ground was just commencing to 
descend a steeper slope. 
These are the reasons which lead me to think that Lake Wakatipu was 
scooped out by a glacier, and that it cannot possibly have been caused by 
unequal depression ; indeed, if Professor Ramsay’s theory was in want of 
further evidence to prove it, I know of no place equal to the province of Otago 
for obtaining that evidence, for the rocks there have been so little disturbed 
that recent elevations and depressions could be generally proved or disproved, 
Art. LVIL—WNotes on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington Harbour. 
By J. ©. Crawrorp, F.G.S. 
(With Illustration.) 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 25th September, 1872.] 
As a preliminary I propose to change the name of the peninsula at the 
entrance of Port Nicholson to “The Miramar Peninsula.” (Pl. XXL) The 
name of Watt Peninsula is neither euphonious nor appropriate. Mr. James 
Watt had no other connection with the land in question than the fact that he 
landed a cargo of cattle upon it. The name of “ Miramar,” or “Behold the 
sea,” is appropriate and suitable to the locality. 
The peninsula proper contains an area of about four Square miles, and 
with the isthmus connecting it with the western side of Evans Bay contains 
numerous remains of ancient occupation. 
The fundamental rocks consist of sandstones and slates, standing at an 
inclination approaching the vertical, with a northerly and southerly strike. 
In the centre lies a valley of denudation, open to the southward, containing 
nearly 700 acres, and bounded on all sides except the south by the above- 
named sandstones and slates. 
This valley is of considerable interest both geologically and archeologically, 
It is remarkably flat, making the drainage of it a matter of extension 
over every area. That the whole of this flat was at a late geological period 
covered by the sea is very evident, probably at the time when the sea stood at 
about fifteen feet above the present level, as evidenced by water- 
the borings of Pholade, etc. 
worn caves, 
