Middle Eastern District.
† Burnt Hill (near Oxford) |
1210 |
† Upper Gorge Hill, Waimakariri |
2093 |
† Mount Torlesse
|
6434 |
† Mount Torlesse, ridge above Waimakariri |
4029 |
† Trig. Station, Kowhai Bush |
1271 |
† Moraine Hill, near Kowhai |
1231 |
† Kowhai Corner Hill |
1425page 476 |
† Little Gorge Hill (Waimakariri ditto) |
1024 |
† Gorge Hill |
1171 |
† Gorge Hill lower end on plains (lagoon) |
886 |
† Racecourse Hill |
897 |
† Big Ben, Trig. Station |
4646 |
Thirteen-Mile Bush Range |
5224 |
Brown Coal Beds behind Big Ben, where the Creek cuts through the main seam |
2891 |
Summit of Dolerite ridge above it |
3160 |
Junction of Kowhai with Macfarlane's stream |
1787 |
Coal Measures in Kowhai, entrance of Adit |
1424 |
† Little Racecourse Hill |
1012 |
† Russell's Peak
|
3946 |
† Russell's Range |
2726 |
† Abner's Head |
1902 |
† Wether Hill, left Bank Selwyn |
2265 |
† Flagpole Hill, right bank Selwyn |
2939 |
† Cairnhill (Malvern Hills) |
1634 |
† Mount Misery ditto ditto |
1910 |
Mount Pleasant ditto ditto |
2116 |
Yorkie's Pass ditto ditto |
1563 |
Rocky Peak ditto ditto |
2763 |
Pass between Rocky Peak and Pullwoolpeak |
1687 |
Rockwood Home station (verandah) |
1370 |
† High Peak
|
3177 |
† Snowy Peak
|
2917 |
† Little Snowdon |
2095 |
† Four Peak Range |
2410 |
Wai-anianiwha, where it enters the plains |
797 |
Basalt-ridge, between Selwyn and Wai-anianiwha |
1192 |
Hart's Coal Pit |
1015 |
Saddle above Hart's Coal Pit to Wai-anianiwha |
1162 |
Upton's Flat (verandah of house) |
1383 |
Precipice Point Selwyn |
964 |
Saddle between High Peak and Snowy Peak
|
2491 |
Hill's Pass to Upton's Flat |
1816 |
Harper's Hill, summit |
1334 |
The Hon. John Hall's Station (verandah) |
765 |
† Barker's Hill (near Lake Coleridge) |
2941 |
† Rabbit Hill (Lake Coleridge) |
3924page 477 |
† Bryant's Hill |
1593 |
† Woolshed Hill |
1210 |
Curiosity Shop beds inRakaia Valley |
651 |
Wmdwhistle.House |
1532 |
Upper Acheron Flat, junction of two branches |
1684 |
Snowdon verandah |
1664 |
Shoulder of Fighting Hill, where old road crosses |
1797 |
Bed of Acheron where road crosses |
1202 |
† Pudding Hill south of Rakaia |
2849 |
† Double Hill (approximate) |
2230 |
† Prospect Hill, |
2891 |
† Small Lake Hill, South of Lake Heron (approximate) |
2472 |
† Trinity Hill ditto |
3335 |
† Harper's Knob, at Junction of River Potts with Rangitata |
2745 |
† Gawler Downs |
2099 |
Mount Hutt |
7016 |
Ribbonwood Range, near Lake Heron |
5862 |
Mount Harper |
5216 |
Sugarloaf, Rangitata (roche moutonnée) |
3268 |
Sugarloaf, Lake Heron ditto |
3822 |
Mount Somers |
5240 |
† Mount Peel |
5633 |
Rocky wall surrounding Lake Coleridge, East of Sheep'Range |
2087 |
Junction of Whitcombe Pass stream with Rakaia |
2958 |
Mein's Knob, between Lyell and Ramsay Gflaciers |
4437 |
Greenlaw's Hut, in Valley of Wilberforce |
3041 |
Two stones on Southern Foot of Browning's Pass3392 |
Saddle above Browning's Pass leading into chasm5321 |
South-Eastern District.
† Blue Mountains, South Peak |
5376 |
† Blue Mountains, North Peak |
5356 |
† Four Peak Range, South Peak |
4811 |
† "Waitohi Hill, near Orari |
2274 |
† Kakahu Limestone Hill, northern side |
939 |
†
Kakahu Hill, behind Bush |
1307 |
† Trig. Station at Upper Opuha, near Messrs. Walker and Clogstoun's Out-station |
1579 |
† Greraldine Hill |
773 |
† Mount Horrible |
1272 |
† Mount Misery near Mount Horrible |
1798 |
† Waimate Hill, Waihao District |
1268 |
† Mount Studholnie ditto |
3562 |
† Mount Blyth ditto |
3299 |
† Mount Pudding Hill ditto |
1137 |
† Mount Yellow Hill ditto |
2185 |
† Mount Two Peaks ditto |
3395 |
† Mount McLeod's ditto |
3012 |
† Elephant Hill |
1673 |
† Station Peak, behind Meyers' (Waitaki) |
2905 |
† Mount Dryburgh, Hakataramea |
3025 |
† Gorge Hill ditto |
2089 |
o Ben Moore |
6111 |
o Totara Peak
|
5876 |
Western slopes of Southern Alps.
Western foot of Hurunui Pass |
1781 |
* Junction of Otira with Hurunui River |
812 |
* Junction of Taipo with Hurunui River |
375 |
Junction of Waimea with Hurunui River |
148 |
Sale Glacier, source of Hokitika River |
4183 |
Hokitika River, where it enters the plains |
429 |
Junction of Kokatahi with Hokitika |
173 |
Francis Joseph Glacier, terminal face (Waiau) |
705 |
Prince Alfred Glacier terminal face (Weheka) |
702 |
Brewster Glacier terminal face (Haast) |
4810 |
Junction of Leading Creek with River Haast |
1510 |
Junction of Wills with River Haast |
723 |
Junction of Burke with River Haast |
382 |
Junction of Clarke with River Haast |
246 |
Mount Brewster, first peak near source of River Haast |
7200 |
River Waitaki.
Great Tasman Glacier, terminal face |
2456 |
Junction of Hochstetter Glacier, ditto |
4850 |
Murchison Glacier, ditto |
3540 |
Mueller Glacier, ditto |
2578 |
Hooker Glacier, ditto |
2691 |
Junction of Hooker with Tasman River |
2296 |
Junction of Jollie with Tasman River |
2014 |
Great Godley Glacier, terminal face |
3583 |
Classen Glacier, ditto |
3528 |
Junction of Grey with Godley Glacier |
4832 |
Separation Glacier between Mount Forbes and d'Archiac |
4382 |
Macaulay Glacier, terminal face |
4375 |
Junction of River Macaulay with River Godloy |
2611 |
Huxley Glacier, terminal face |
5242 |
Faraday Glacier, ditto |
4723 |
Richardson Glacier, ditto |
4231 |
Selwyn Glacier, ditto |
4311 |
Hourglass Glacier, ditto |
3816 |
Junction of River Dobson with River Hopkins |
2086 |
Junction of Holmes'Creek with River Hopkins |
2190 |
End of terminal moraine, Ahuriri Valley |
2464 |
Junction of Pukaki with Takapo River |
1547 |
Junction of Ohau with Waitaki |
1475 |
Junction of Ahuriri with ditto |
1168 |
Junction of Hakataremea with ditto |
781 |
Lowest moraine accumulation in Waitaki Valley |
716 |
Rakaia River.
Ramsay Glacier, terminal face |
3354 |
Lyell Glacier, ditto |
3568 |
Martius Glacier, ditto |
4268 |
Junction of Whitcombe stream with Rakaia |
2958 |
Hawker Glacier, forming Cameron River |
4478 |
Junction of two Glaciers, forming Hawker Glacier |
5667 |
Junction of River Cameron with Rakaia |
2052 |
Neave Glacier, forming River Matthias |
3788 |
Junction of two main branches of Matthias |
2236 |
Junction of Matthias with Rakaia |
1688 |
Stewart Glacier, terminal face |
3584 |
Junction of two main branches of Stewart |
3090 |
Junction of Stewart River with Wilberforce |
2374 |
Camp Creek junction with ditto |
3041 |
Junction of River Harper with River Avoca |
2103 |
Junction of Western branch ditto |
2531 |
Avoca Glacier, terminal face |
4749 |
Junction of two source branches of Avoca |
3416 |
Junction of River Harper with Wilberforce |
1610 |
Passes.
* Hurunui (Harper's) Pass |
3150 |
* Arthur's Pass |
3013 |
Harman's Pass |
3980 |
Browning's Pass |
4752 |
Whitcombe's Pass |
4212 |
Haast's Pass |
1716 |
* Porter's Pass, leading into Waimakariri country |
3097 |
Lake Lyndon Pass, from Rakaia into Waimakariri |
2747 |
Burke's Pass, from Opihi to Lake Takapo |
2464 |
Walker's Pass, from Opihi to Waihi |
2984 |
Tripp's Pass from Orari to Opuha |
2255page 483 |
Pass between Cass and Godley Rivers, near Huxley Grlacier |
6565 |
Eraser's Pass, between Lake Pukaki and head of Lake Ohau |
3992 |
Pass between Selwyn and Hawkins |
1687 |
Pass between Rubicon and sources of Kowai |
3705 |
Pass between Mount Somers and Mount Somers Range |
3684 |
Pass between Sources of North and South Hinds |
3025 |
Pass between Ashburton and Rakaia, near Lake Heron |
2290 |
Pass between Ashburton and Rangitata, near Lake Tripp |
2360 |
Pass between Hurunui aud Waitohi |
1858 |
* Pass between Hurunui aud Waitohi lower |
1242 |
* Weka Pass |
860 |
Pass between Lake Selfe and Lake Ida |
2396 |
Pass between The World and the longitudinal valley skirting Craigieburn range |
2327 |
* Pass between Kapitea and Taramakau |
575 |
* Pass between Waimea and Kawhaka |
560 |
* Pass between Wainihini-hini and Kawhaka |
1006 |
Levels of Principal Points, Canterbury Railways.
* Christchurch Railway Station, Colombo Street |
15.97 |
* Addington Railway Station, Colombo Street |
30.50 |
* Southbridge Junction Railway Station |
88.79 |
* Rolleston Junction Railway Station |
181.48 |
* Selwyn River, Ordinary Water Level |
211.50 |
* Selwyn River, Average Surface of River Bed |
209.87 |
* Selwyn Railway Station |
220.80 |
* Rakaia River, Ordinary Water Level |
331.50 |
* Rakaia Bridge, Rail Level |
342.30 |
* Rakaia Railway Station |
347.51 |
* Ashburton Railway Station |
323.09 |
* Ashburton River, Average Surface of River Bed |
300.00 |
* Hinds River, Average Surface of River Bed |
275.00 |
* Hinds Bridge, Rail Level |
282.00 |
* Rangitata North, Top of Terrace |
370.04 |
* Rangitata Rver, North Branch— |
|
* Rangitata Rver, North Branch North Side |
326.36 |
* Rangitata Rver, North Branch South Side |
332.50 |
* Rangitata; Rver, South Branch— |
* Rangitata Rver, South Branch North Side |
338.00 |
* Rangitata South Branch South Side |
341.50page 484 |
* Orari River, Average Surface of River Bed |
250.00 |
* Orari Railway Station |
238.77 |
* Temuka Railway Station |
55.62 |
* Temuka River, North Side |
40.13 |
* Temuka River, South Side |
44.19 |
* Opihi River, North Side |
49.64 |
* Opihi River, South Side |
52.28 |
* Washdyke Railway Station |
9.10 |
* Timaru Railway Station |
10.00 |
* Pareora River, North Side |
13.00 |
* Pareora River, South Side |
21.00 |
* Waimate Junction Railway Station |
31.00 |
* Waimate Railway Station |
174.00 |
* Waitaki North Railway Station |
71.00 |
* Waitaki River, Ordinary Water Level |
32.00 |
* Waimakariri River, South Branch— |
* Waimakariri River, South Side |
2.94 |
* Waimakariri River, North Side |
7.00 |
* Kaiapoi Railway Station |
6.50 |
* Rangiora Railway Station |
90.09 |
* Ashley River, North Side |
101.00 |
* Ashley Bridge, Formation Level |
109.42 |
* South Kowai River, Average Surface of River Bed |
117.11 |
* North Kowai River, Average Surface of River Bed |
119.11 |
* Amberley Railway Station |
136.86 |
* Cust Railway Station |
423.73 |
* West Oxford Railway Station |
800.38 |
* West Eyreton Railway Station |
387.15 |
* Southbridge Railway Station |
74.86 |
* Bealey's Road Railway Station |
389.09 |
* Horndon Junction Railway Station |
646.45 |
* Malvern Junction |
962.69 |
* Hawkins River, Average Surface of River Bed |
683.00 |
* Homebush Railway Station |
707.40 |
* Whitecliffs Railway Station |
940.27 |
* Pleasant Point Railway Station |
203.45 |
* Albury |
750.45 |
West Coast Road, by Arthur's Pass.
* Cook's Accommodation House |
228.00page 485 |
* White's Accommodation House |
631.23 |
* Southern base of Little Racecourse Hill |
979.39 |
* McRae's Accommodation House (formerly Willis') |
1273.54 |
* Southern Bank of River Kowhai |
1424.47 |
* Centre of bed of River Kowhai |
1393.62 |
* Riddle's Accommodation House, foot of Porter's Pass |
2060. |
* Summit of Porter's Pass |
3097. |
* Lake Lyndon, high-water line |
2743. |
* Springs, sources of River Porter |
2535. |
* River-bed of Porter, where road crosses |
2266. |
* Summit of Terrace, on its Western side |
2491. |
* Bed of River Thomas |
2197.60 |
* Accommodation House near Mr. Enys' Station (stable of Cobb and Co.) |
2374. |
* Top of Terrace of Broken River, Eastern side |
2390. |
* Bed of Broken River |
2094. |
* Top of Terrace on the Western side |
2350. |
* Road near summit of Parapet Rock |
2750. |
* Bed of small Creek near Shanty |
2583. |
* Top of Craigieburn Saddle |
2619. |
* Lake Pearson |
2085. |
* Road crossing River Cass |
1874. |
* Saddle between Cass and Waimakariri (Goldney's Saddle) |
1929. |
* Bed of Waimakariri, between the two cuttings |
1808. |
* Crossing of Waimakariri |
2044. |
* Bealey Township (Police Reserve) |
2130. |
* Southern foot of Arthur's Pass (Smith's Camp) |
2497. |
* Arthur's Pass (highest summit) |
3013. |
* Southern foot of Moraine |
2666. |
* Summit of Moraine |
2825. |
* River-bed of Otira, first bridge |
2035. |
* Junction of two branches of Otira, near the Stockyard |
1450. |
* Bed of Taramakau, near junction of the Otira, where the road joins the main river |
731. |
* Western bank of River Taipo, near junction of Taramakau |
355. |
* Waimea, where the road leaves the Taramakau |
168. |
* Foot of Terrace |
159. |
* Summit of highest Terrace |
652. |
* MeClintock's Store, near Kawhaka Creek |
422. |
* Junction of Kawhaka with Arahura |
104. |
For the altitudes of the rivers crossing the Canterbury plains and the Plains themselves, the reader is referred to the Tables on page 403—6. The Chief Surveyor of Canterbury, Mr. J. H. Baker, and the District Engineer, Mr. Gr. P. Williams, have kindly furnished me with a number of altitude observations, by which this list has gained much in value. In all cases where altitudes of points, which I had previously calculated from barometric observations, were amongst them, I have substituted them for my own, as having been obtained by more reliable methods. In my reports on "The altitude of the country between Hokitika and Christchurch, by Arthur's and Browning's Passes," and on "The head waters of the River Rakaia," I have discussed at length the value of barometric observations when compared with those obtained by the spirit-level, at the same time giving the results of both methods in a tabular form. In this list only the spirit-level altitudes along the West Coast Road are given, as obtained by Mr. Edward Dobson, C.E., formerly Provincial Engineer of the Canterbury Province, to whom I am indebted for them.