Yesterday H. M. Steamer Acheron turned from the survey of the West n of the Middle Island, in which service? officers of that vessel have been en» a i since she left Otago. We understand t| the harbours of Milford Haven and Bay have been surveyed and the whole of coast to the North of Open Bay exainjJ; The Western Coast is said to be bou n( j j by lofty and precipitous ranges of mounts rising abruptly from the water’s edge; Se veral of these mountains are snow and some of them are reported to b» higher than the Kaikoras, which are the lof I tiest elevations on the Eastern Coast, Q an j tain Richards has remained in the which has been chartered as a tender^’' Acheron, to complete the survey of portion of the North Western Coast, will finish the survey of the Middle Island The Acheron experienced during the W month a good deal of rough weather; s| s j anchored on Monday night in Queen Charl lotte Sound, and proceeded on to Port Hit. holson the following morning. <
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 589, 26 March 1851, Page 2
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