The map was included in the book Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand: A Report Comprising the Results of Official Exploration by Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum, Professor of Geology at Canterbury College, and former Government Geologist to the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Printed in Christchurch at the Times Office, located at Gloucester Street and Cathedral Square, in 1879.