. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I72°40 '75° Easb oF Greenwich 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 80 Feet. Depths. 80 to 160 Feet. 160 Feet and upwards. 6 Miles. A railway, connecting the city with its port, passes in a tunnel through a thick bed of lava—the finest work of the kind in New Zealand. South of Christchurch follow along the east coast the seaports of Timaru, Oamaru, and the flourishing city oî Dunedin, metropolis of the south, which lies on the west side of Otago Harbour under shelter of an eastern volcanic headland. Since the deepening of the channel ships of average size are able to ascend
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I72°40 '75° Easb oF Greenwich 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 80 Feet. Depths. 80 to 160 Feet. 160 Feet and upwards. 6 Miles. A railway, connecting the city with its port, passes in a tunnel through a thick bed of lava—the finest work of the kind in New Zealand. South of Christchurch follow along the east coast the seaports of Timaru, Oamaru, and the flourishing city oî Dunedin, metropolis of the south, which lies on the west side of Otago Harbour under shelter of an eastern volcanic headland. Since the deepening of the channel ships of average size are able to ascend as far as the town. ; but larger vessels are obliged to anchor in Port Chalmers at the mouth of
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