Otago Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 91

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APPENDIX (A).

ESTIMATED AREA OF THE NATURAL DIVISIONS OF THE DISTRICT SURVEYED.

FOREST LANDS.

South Eyre	54	Brought forward	377
Takitimo	14	Hokanui	79
Wairaki	6	Makerewa	21
Hamilton	4	Waiopai	10
Wood Law	6	New River	7
Bald Hill	6	Long Bush	2
Longwood Range	242	Otaramika	3
Spar Bush	11	Seaward Bush	58
Waimatook	4	Bluff	3
Forest Hill	26	Sundry	10
South Taringtura	4
Carried forward	377	TOTAL	570

MOSSES AND SWAMPS.

Five Rivers	7	Brought forward	24
Taringtura	3	High Burn	2
Bogurn'	1	Low Burn	2
Marsh Burn	2	Makerewa	4
Waimatook	5	Waiopai	4
Woody Knoll	6	Seaward	72
Carried forward	24	TOTAL	108

AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Principally on the Mataura, Waiopai, and Oreti Plains ............................... 400

PASTORAL LAND.

Principally to the North of the above .................................................... 2150

BARREN LAND.

Principally on the ridges of the Takitimo and Eyre Mountains, Umbrella and Hokanui Hills ........................................................................ 500

GRAND TOTAL ................................................................................... 3728

APPENDIX (B).

ALTITUDE OF VARIOUS OBJECTS ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL.

Dome	4505	Mount Eyre	6084
Cupola	4045	Taringtura	2093
Forest Hill	898	Mount Hamilton	4674
East Dome	4179	North Peak, Takitimo	4998
Bare Hill	2297	South ditto ditto	4582
Ship Cone	2072	Wood Law	1682
East Peak, Hokanui	2205	Mount Pleasant	1284
Slopedown Hill	1891	East Peak, Hokanui	1974
North Longwood Range	2602	Howelrs Hill	649
South ditto ditto	2451	Omawi Hill	696
The Bluff Summit	879

APPENDIX (C).

POPULATION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE DISTRICT SURVEYED, EXTRACTED FROM THE OFFICIAL CENSUS TAKEN DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1857.

Europeans	253
Half-castes	70
Maories	119
TOTAL	442

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1859, No 91

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🗺️ Government Survey Reports on Otago (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated2 June 1857
KeywordsSurvey, Agriculture, Forest Lands, Mosses and Swamps, Agricultural Land, Pastoral Land, Barren Land, Otago

🗺️ Altitude of Various Objects Above Sea Level

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsAltitude, Survey, Geographic Features, Otago

🎓 Population within the Limits of the District Surveyed

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated1 February 1857
KeywordsPopulation, Census, Europeans, Half-castes, Maories, Otago

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