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CAPT. E. W. HTJTION ON THE 



Table of Sedimentary Formations in New Zealand. 



Recent. \ 

 Pleistocene. \ 



Wanganiii 

 System. 



Paredra J 

 System. ] 



Oamaru 



System. 



Waipara 

 System. 



Hokanui 



System. 



Maitai / 



System. \ 



Takaka 



System. 



Manapouri 



System. 



Series. 



Alluvia and JEolian deposits witli Moa- 

 bones and traces of Man. 



Raised-beaches and Shore-deposits. 

 Peat-mosses with Moa-bones. 



Kereru Series. 



Ormond Series. 



Petane Series, 



Piitiki Series. 



Older Glacial deposits. 



Lignites of Otago, Manukau, &c. 



Awatere Series. 



Kanleri Series. 



Tawhiti Series. 



Ahuriri Series. 



Waitemata Series. 



Brown Coal of Pomahaka, &c. 



Mt. Brown Series. 



Aotea Series. 



Ototara Series. 



Turangamii Series. 



Coals of Waikato, Kaitangata, &c. 



Amiiri Series. 



Awaniii Series (?). 



Matakea Series. 



Coals of Greymouth, Pakawau, &c. 



Mataura Series: 



fPutataka Series. 

 J Flaghill Series, 

 1 Catlin's River Series, 

 l_ Bastion Series. 



Wairoa Series. ^/^^^P^'-i^^^^^^- 



Kaihiku Series. 



I Oreti Series. 



Rimutaka Series. 

 Te Anau Series (?). 



-r, , • o • f KakamM Series, 

 Baton-riTerSeries= (^^jj^^o g^ie,. 



Riwaka Series. 



Probable age. 



I Recent, 

 l Pleistocene. 



I Newer Pliocene, 

 I Older Pliocene. 



• Miocene. 



' Oligocene. 



Upper Cretaceous 



V Lower Jurassic. 

 I Triassic. 



1- Carboniferous. 



Silurian. 

 Ordoyician. 



Archaean. 



General Geological Sthucttjee. 

 In the South Island the New-Zealand Alps, dividing Canterbury 

 from Westland, form a narrow range, which rises in Mt. Cook or 

 Aorangi to an altitude of 12,349 feet. To the north and to the 



