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miles and an average breadth of four miles. It is covered with dense 

 forests from which, in course of time, a large quantity of valuable 

 timber will be extracted for exportation. Everywhere amongst the 

 "valleys, descending from the Southern Alps along the "West Coast, a 

 great deal of land will in years to come, be used by the settlers for 

 farm purposes, principally when the mining industry on coal, gold and 

 other precious metals has become more developed, and a larger per- 

 manent population has settled in that fine district. 



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