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denudation. They are between 140 ft. and 200 ft. high." According to 
Park (20, p. 130) there is a coastal terrace between Barn Bay and Martin 
Bay from 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level; and Hector (109, pp. 455, 467) 
noted terraces near Lake McKerrow, 270 ft. high, and the wooded tableland 
of Coal Island (200—300 ft.). 
he higher group of terraces is not well represented on the east coast 
of Otago, or at least there is no reference to its presence except by Hutton 
(112, p. 171), who noted that gravels occur up to a height of 400 ft. on the 
to Kaitangata, where its even flat-topped crests appear to have been carved 
from a plain (600-700 ft. high) sloping gently seaward. A little west of 
ft. high. In Stewart Island, McKay 
described the south end of the Tin Range as a broken tableland from 500 ft. 
to 700 ft. high (22, p. 83), and wrote that the land between Big River and 
Puysegur Point was a terraced bench from five to ten miles wide rising from 
200 ft. to 1,200 ft. (27, p. 32). Marshall states that raised beaches occur 
in this part of New Zealand up to 1,000 ft. high (119, p. 200). McKay 
(27, p. 37) noted the presence in this locality of gravel terraces 800 ft. high, 
and considered that the sea was once 750 ft. higher than now. Hutton 
(112, p. 80) in 1875 mentioned a series of wave-cut benches up to 800 ft. at 
the entrance of Doubtful Sound, and stated his belief that Otago had been 
elevated both on the east and west coasts 500 ft. or more (112, p. 83). 
Hector (3, p. 43) noted the gently sloping plateau at Cascade Point, that 1n 
seven miles rises from 300 ft. to 700 ft. 
Jackson Bay to Cape Farewell. 
Blacksand beaches up to 60ft. above the sea have been worked for gold 
at innumerable points on the narrow strand-plain that extends along the 
coast for most of the distance between Jackson Bay and Cape Farewell. 
The towns of Okarito, Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport, as well as the 
railways from Ross to Greymouth and from Westport to Mokihinui, are 
built on this plain. Between Greymouth and Westport the strand-plain 
occurs at many points. Haast (108, p. 112) observed raised beaches po 
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(14, p. 73) similar beaches 5-20 ft. high between Big River and Westhaven 
Inlet. Higher terraces belonging to this group are represented by the 
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cut platforms at Perpendicular Point (about 90ft.) and Seal Island (60 ft.) 
north of Greymouth (50, p. 43). 
According to Hector (3, p. 47) the coast south of Paringa River is bu 
where they are from 200ft. to 300ft. high, formed chiefly of more 
material ; north of Okarito is a gravel cliff 100 ft. high (5, р. 10). Auriferous 
beach leads occur in North Westland in successive terraces up tO 20 ft. 
or more wis the sea (2, p. 30; 46, p. 33; 96). At Point Eliza- 
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beth, north of Greymouth, Darkie's Terrace is over 200 ft. (26, P- 2; 4 
