Orawaiti Overflow.

The Orawaiti Overflow is the skeleton in the cupboard to Westport. It is a danger that I think grows less every day, and can be perfectly con-controlled provided it is not neglected.

The most immediate necessity is the protection of the river bank from the wear and tear of floods, and there can be little doubt that if the Overflow had not been protected to the extent it has been, the Buller river would now be flowing out at the Orawaiti.