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Encyclopedia Britannica



OAMARU

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 936 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC
OAMARU , a municipal borough on the
east
 
coast
  of
South
 
Island
 , New Zealand, in the county of Waitaki and provincial
district
  of Otago; on the main railway between Christchurch (152 M. N.E.) and Dunedin (78 m. S.S.W.). Pop. (1906) 5071. It is the outlet of the largest agricultural
district
  in New Zealand. A breakwater and mole, constructed of blocks of concrete. enclose a commodious basin, forming one of the safest harbours in the colony. The export of frozen meat is important. The town is built of white Oamaru limestone. Brown coal is obtained at the entrance of Shag valley, 40 M. S. The district is famed for its stock, and the fine quality of its
grain
 ; also for the character of the English
grasses
  laid down there, which flourish in a
rich
  black
loam
  on a limestone formation.
From Kotschy, op. cit.
Plate
  VII.


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