CONTENTS. 



Preface 



Contents 



Illustrations 



Pagb 

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T. 



ii. 



PART I. 



Historical Notes on the Progress of the Geological Survey. 



Chapteb I. — 



From the Beginning of the Geological Survey to the Discovery of the 



West Coast Goldfields. ... ... ... ... 1 



Geological Survey of Mount Pleasant, Banks' Peninsula, 1860 ... 2 



Exploration of the Rivers Rangitata and Ashburton, 1861 ... 3 



Exploration of the Malvern Hills and Mount Torlesse, 1 861 ... 16 



Exploration of the Head-waters of the Waitaki, 1862 ... ... 18 



Visit to the Opawa Stream, 1862 ... ... ... ... 43 



Journey to the "Waitaki, Lake Wanaka, and the "West Coast, 1862-63 44 



Artesian "Wells in Christchurch, 1863 ... ... ... 58 



Malvern Hills Coalfields, 1863. Building Stones, 1864 ... ... 59 



Search for Coal in the Ashburton and Rangitata Districts, 1864 ... 60 



Geological Survey of the Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Tunnel ... 62 



Canterbury Plains ... ... ... ... ... 63 



New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, Dunedin, 1865 ... ... 64 



Chapter II. — 



From the Discovery of the West Coast Goldfields to the Termination 



of the Geological Survey, end of June, 1868 ... ... 65 



Journey to the West Coast, 1865... ... ... ... 65 



Journey to Westland by Arthur's Pass, returning by Browning's Pass, 



October, 1865 ... ... ... ... ... 107 



First Visit to Middle Waipara, 1866 ... ... ... 122 



Journey to the Head-waters of the Rakaia, 1866 ... ... 123 



Christchurch and Lyttelton Railway Tunnel ... ... ... 143 



First Excavations for Moa-bones in Glenmark, 1866 ... ... 143 



Journey to the Waipara and Hurunui, 1867 ... ... ... 144 



Exploration of the Head-waters of the Waimakariri, 1867 . . . 145 



