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Geology of 



So. 



Description of Locality. 



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Water. 



Ask. 



P<0 



Remarks. 



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Homebusli 3|ffc. Beam... 



41.3 



34.2 



21.9 



2.6 



5.3 



Brown Coal 



lb 



Hoinebush, 7ft. seam ... 



47.7 



30.9 



19.2 



2.2 



6.1 



Brown Coal 



o 



Springfield Lower Por- 

 tion of 4£f t. seam . . . 



47.9 



41.8 



6.3 



4.0 



6.1 



Pitch Coal ■ 



2 a 



Springfield Upper Por- 

 tion of 4£ft. seam ... 



63.2 



23.6 



3.2 



10.0 



8.1 



G-lance Coal 



3 



Wallsend Top, 3ft. seam 



397 



35.9 



1S.8 



5.6 



5.0 



Brown Coal 



4 



Canterbury Colliery . . . 



49.1 



24.9 



24.1 



1.9 



6.3 



Brown Coal 



4 a 



Canterbury Colliery ... 



41.4 



34.9 



18.2 



2.5 



5.7 



Brown Coal 



5 



Williamson's Seam, near 

 Springfield ... 



61.9 



26.8 



1 



0.9 



10.4 



8.0 



Glance Coal 

 (All non-caking) 



Building Stones. 



The older formations, owing to the numerous well denned joints 

 generally passing through the rocks in different directions — the cause 

 of the polyhedric debris, or shingle covering our mountain sides — have 

 hitherto not yielded a single building stone, except for coarse rubble 

 work. Latterly however the attempt has been made in the Malvern 

 Hills and the Kakahu river to utilise some deposits of marble for 

 ornamental purposes. Some blocks of fair dimensions have been 

 brought to Christchurch and Timaru, but I am not aware if specimens 

 of similar sizes may be obtained in any quantity. 



Both the ~Waipara and Oamaru formations are capped by a cal- 

 careous sandstone (or perhaps more correctly named an argillaceous 

 limestone), which may be considered one of the best building stones 

 in the Colony. This stone, easily cut by the saw when quarried, has 

 an even texture, hardens on exposure, and can be worked with great 

 facility. It occurs in several tints from a greyish to a yellowish 

 white. This building stone (Oamaru formation) has for years past 

 been exported from Oamaru to Australia and other Colonies, and 



