Canterbury and Westland. 



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Table I. 

 Showing the Fall of the Canterbury Plains. 



Name 

 Op Eivbbs. 



Eangitata . . . 



Ashburton 



Bakaia 



Waimakariri 



Selwyn 



From beginning of gorge to mouth . . . mean 

 From beginning of gorge, 1443 feet, to 



railway crossing 292 feet 



♦From railway crossing 292 feet to sea ... 



From Two Brothers to sea ... ... mean 



From Two Brothers 1500 feet, to railway 



crossing 305 feet 

 # From railway crossing 305 feet to sea (50 



feet above sea level) 

 ♦Plains between Eakaia and Ashburton 



(railway crossing), altitude above sea 



412 feet, cliffs 60 feet 



*From gorge to sea ... ... ... mean 



*Froni gorge 1480 feet, to railway crossing 



378 feet 



♦From railway crossing 378 feet to sea ... 



From upper gorge to sea ... ... mean 



From junction of Kowhai 1410 feet, to 



lagoon at gorge hill 1182 feet ... 

 From lagoon llb2 feet, to the so-called 



18th mile peg 355 feet... 

 ♦From 18th mile peg 355 feet, to last 



raised beach near North-road 33 feet... 

 ♦From last raised beach 33 feet to sea 



From entrance into plains to Lake Elles- 

 mere 



From entrance into plains 790 feet, to rail- 

 way crossing 214 feet ... 



♦From railway crossing to Lake Ellesmere 



Difference 

 between 



two 

 Stations. 



Length 

 Plains. 



Feet. 

 1443 



Miles. 

 32 



1151 



292 



231 



8f 



1500 



351 



1195 



25 



255 



10^ 



352 



12* 



1480 



37^ 



1102 

 378 



21* 



16 



1580 



44 



228 



5 



827 



18| 



322 



33 



131 

 4 



790 



29 



576 

 214 



161 

 121 



Fall of 



Plains 



Per Mile. 



Feet. 

 45 



491 

 331 



42i 



48 



29 



28 



391 



511 

 231 



36 



411 

 44 



24i 



8 



35 



IS 



* The numbers to which an asterisk has been prefixed are results obtained with the spirit-lerel, 

 by the Public Works Department. 



