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The principal gold district of the Prov. Otago is the country watered 
by the Lakes Hawea, Wanaka and Wakatip, and the Clutha River with its 
various branches (Tuapeka and Dunstan gold fields, Lindis and Arrow dig- 
gings). Auriferous deposits are found also along the tributaries of the Ma- 
taura (Nokomai gold-field), Tokamairiro (Woolshed gold-field), Shag and 
Taeri (Mount Highlay Diggings), Waikouaiti and on other rivers and creeks 
in various portions of the province, likewise on the coast (Moeraki Beach), 
and in and around the Capital Dunedin (Saddle Hill); consequently the 
larger portion of the Province Otago is auriferous. Together with gold are 
found Iscrine, Cassitcrite, Aquamarine (Beryll) , Aventurine, Topaz, Garnets 
and other minerals. — According to Dr. W. L. Lindsay. 
Commencement of the gold-diggings upon the Tuapeka gold-field in 
1861 ; first escort of gold 12. July 1861 ; amount of gold obtained up to 
31. March 1862: 359,639 oz. or £ 1,393,600. The Tuapeka gold-field yielded 
up to Sept. 1864 gold valued at about £ 6,000,000. 
4. Recent coastward Deposits, estuarine or littoral. 
Upon North Island: 
a) Sand-hills; most extensively developed along the West coast and on 
the coast of the Bay of Plenty. 
b) Deposits of titaniferous iron-sand along the West coast. 
c) Estuary mud with brackish shells in the estuaries of the East and West 
coasts. 
d) u Submarine Woods' on the coast of the Prov. Taram ki (Dieffenbach). 
U po 1 1 South Island : 
a) Sand-hills on a very grand scale upon the Cape Farewell Sandspit, 
20 miles long (Prov. Nelson). 
b) Boulder deposits in the Sounds and Fiords of the N. E. and S. W. 
coasts. A grand illustration of it, the u Boulder Bank' 1 , forming (he Har- 
bour of Nelson. 
c) Boulders of the West coast containing Nephrite (Punamu of the natives). 
5. Recent inland-formations, lacustrine and alluvial (river-silts, shingles 
and deltas). 
Upon North Island : 
a) Extensive swamps and turf-moors along the East coast in the Middle and 
Lower Waikato Basins and in front of the mouth of the Waikato. 
b) Deposits of Kauri gum in the northern portions of the Province Auck- 
land ; found everywhere on the surface in places where formerly forests 
of the Kauri pine (Dammara Australis) had stood. 
c) Gold-bearing gravel in some creeks of the Cape Colville Peninsula, 
