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Chaptee X. — 



The Oamara Formation. Extent ... ... ... 304 



Sequence and Character of the Rocks. Position of Strata ... 305 



Principal Fossil Contents ... ... ... ... 310 



Igneous Rocks ... ... ... ... ... 313 



Age and Thickness ... ... ... .„ ... 314 



Chapter XI. — 



The Pareora Formation. Extent... ... ... ... 316 



Sequence and Character of Rocks, and Position of Strata... ... 317 



Fossil Contents ( ... ... ... ... ... 319 



Igneous Pocks. Age and Thickness ... ... ... 323 



Chaptee XII. — 



Banks' Peninsula ... ... ... ... ... 324 



Chemical Analysis of Rocks ... ... ... ... 350 



The Christchurch and Lyttelton Railway Tunnel ... ... 355 



Chaptee XIII. — 



The Alluvial Goldfields of Westland ... ... ... 361 



Chaptee XIV. — 



(A) Raised Beaches ... ... ... ... ... 366 



(B) The Loess Formation ... ... ... ... 367 



Extent ... ... ... ... ... 369 



Chaptee XV.— 



The Great Glacier Formation — General Considerations ... ... 371 



Extent and Characteristics of the Glaciers (A) Eastern Slopes of the 



Southern Alps. The Waitaki Glacier ... ... ... 384 



The Rakaia Glacier ... ... ... ... ... 386 



The Rangitata Glacier ... ... ... ... 390 



The "Waiinakariri Glacier ... ... ... ... 391 



The Clutha Glacier (B) Western Slopes of Southern Alps ... 392 



(C) The Formation of the Canterbury Plains ... ... ... 396 



Tables of Altitudes of Canterbury Plains ... ... ... 403 



Chaptee XVI.— 



The Quaternary and Recent Periods — (A) First Appearance of Man in 



this Island ... ... ... ... ... 407 



(B) The Dinornithidee or Moa ... ... ... ... 431 



(C) Occurrence of Moa-bones and Time of Extinction of the Dinorni- 



thidas ... ... ... ... ... 437 



(D) Glenmark ... ... ... ... ... 442 



