CANTERBURY.
Messrs. Harman and Johnston returned to town on Saturday from their exploring expeditions, on which they were absent exactly a month Their report is still of a negative character. It will be remembered that they, with Mr. Browning, parted from the rest of the expedition, on receiving a sketch from the Kaiapoi Maoris of a route once-used by them, leading from the headwaters of the Rakaia to those of (he Arahura and Hokitika. Mr. Harman reports that the track indicated by the Maoris has been followed as closely as possible, but that no signs of a pass heading westward from the Wilberforce, which is the most northerly tributary of the Rakaia, has been found. The most promising valley and pass led northwards, apparently into the inevitable Tcremukau. Mr. Browning is still at work, and may not return for a fortnight to come. He will pursue a branch of the north-western Rakaia, which flows in to the southward of Mount Sebastopool, and may very probably find an access by it to the Arahura. But one result of the exploration is reported by Mr. Harman as a certainty, namely, that no dray route exists to the West Coast by the Maori track.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 264, 12 May 1865, Page 3
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201CANTERBURY. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 264, 12 May 1865, Page 3
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