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penetrated by Plutonic rocks. It is also found, with several other 

 metals, in the Tertiary andesites and propylites of the Thames, in 

 the province of Auckland. Native mercury and cinnabar are being 

 deposited at the present time by hot springs near the Bay of 

 Islands*. Silver, copper, antimony, lead, and zinc have been 

 found in several places, and haematite occurs in abundance at 

 Parapara, near Nelson, in rocks belonging to the Takaka System, as 

 well as in many other localities. 



DiscirssioN. 



Mr. Redman called attention to some beaches on the east coast 

 of New Zealand, and discussed their mode of formation. One, the 

 " Ninety-mile " Beach, is really 140 miles long. The southern 

 leeward drift is resultant from north winds prevailing as two to one 

 over south winds. 



* Trans. N. Z. Institute, iii. p. 252. 



