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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)
Published by Authority.
All 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.
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XV. NELSON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1867. No. 51.
Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 12th December, 1867.
THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the
publication of the following docu-
ments for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Engineer's Office,
Nelson, December 10th, 1867.
SIR,—I have the honor to forward,
enclosed, for the information of his Honor
the Superintendent, Mr. A. D. DOBSON'S
REPORT, with sketches, plans, and sections,
on the KARAMEA, BATON, and WANGAPEKA
DISTRICTS.
The Report appears to be very full and
clear, and will, I doubt not, enable the
Superintendent to decide at once on the
measures to be taken for opening up the
Karamea District.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
JOHN BLACKETT,
Provincial Engineer.
The Provincial Secretary,
Nelson.
To the PROVINCIAL ENGINEER, Nelson.
SIR—I have the honour to inform you that, in
accordance with your instructions, I have examined
the various proposed routes to the Karamea, and
beg to forward my report on the exploration.
It will be observed that I have given all the dis-
tances to the Karamea Bend, that being the point
which, to the early explorers of the country, it seemed
desirable to reach, as being a central and well-
marked point.
The altitudes given in the following report have
been observed with an aneroid barometer, carefully
corrected for temperature, &c.
The lengths given are the surface measurements,
which I have chained throughout; the gradients,
therefore, will be much steeper than would be found
by dividing the distances by the altitudes. The
true gradients would, of course, be found by dividing
the horizontal distances by the heights, but as these
can only be ascertained approximately, I have
thought it better to give the distances as measured.
Where actual slopes are given, they are measured
with a clinometer.
I shall now proceed to describe the various routes,
in the order in which I examined them.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1867, No 51
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🏘️ Publication of Provincial Engineer's report on Karamea, Baton, and Wangapeka districts
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government12 December 1867
Provincial Engineer, Karamea, Baton, Wangapeka, Exploration, Report
- A. D. Dobson (Mr.), Author of report on Karamea, Baton, and Wangapeka districts
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary
- John Blackett, Provincial Engineer
🏗️ Introduction to exploration report on routes to the Karamea
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksExploration, Karamea, Routes, Surveying, Engineering
- A. D. Dobson, Provincial Engineer