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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered, as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. X. NELSON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 3, 1862. No. 21.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
November 3, 1862.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Reports, for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.
REPORTS OF THE GREY COAL-FIELD NORTH OF THE BULLER RIVER.
Nelson, September 3rd, 1862.
To His Honor the SUPERINTENDENT,
Nelson.
SIR,—In accordance with your letter of instructions, dated, "Schooner Mary, Buller River, West Coast, April 5th, 1862." I have the honor to report that I have cut a line, from the flag put up by Mr. Brunner near the mouth of the Buller, to the base of Mount Rochfort; and about half a mile up that mountain. From the base of the mountain, I have cut a series of lines over the level land, to the Wariatea River, a little above the place where it enters the plain. From this point a path is cut up the ridge, on the right bank of the river; but this is not surveyed, as the mountain side is too steep and rugged to do so satisfactorily; however I have fixed the position of several points by bearings to stations on the plain.
After reaching the table land or plateau at station 17, I went to the lowest point on the edge of it, (Station 18), the position of this is fixed by bearings to four different objects on the plain below; and by taking the vertical angle I found the height to be 1,450 feet above the plain and probably 15 feet more above the sea.
From 18 the traverse is continued over the plateau up the left bank of a small stream, to a saddle at 29, and from there down another stream to a branch of the Waimangaroha River flowing from the south. Thence up this stream for about a mile to its source; and down it half a mile to station 63 where the traverse ends, having been stopped at this point by bad weather.
In the course of this survey I have examined the mountain side from the Buller to the Wariatea, with a hope of finding workable seams of coal; and during the course of this examination, I have explored most of the streams to the height of 1,000 or 1,500 feet. On the plateau, I have examined most of the gullies on both sides of the line of traverse; noting the strike and dip of the strata, which is marked on the plans by arrows showing the direction of the dip, and figures the angle of it.
I have also visited Mokihinui (see my report of May 12, 1862), but have not had time to connect it by actual survey with that part of the Coal-field near the Buller; neither was I able during my very short visit to make anything but a very superficial examination.
The Plans which accompany this report are—
No. 1.—A Plan of part of the Grey Coal-field, north of the River Buller. The Buller River and the coast line is from Mr. Rochfort's survey. The coast line from Ngakuwaho to
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1862, No 21
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🌾 Publication of Reports on the Grey Coal-field
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Coal-field, Grey Coal-field, Buller River, Survey, Reports, Nelson
- Brunner (Mr.), Placed flag near Buller River
- Rochfort (Mr.), Conducted survey of Buller River and coast
- Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary