94 RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 
Taupo.—W. Skey. XVilIth Colonial Museum and Laboratory 
Report, p. 55, ibad, X Xth, p. 48. 
See tables of analyses IJ, III, and IV, pages 102-4. 
Te Aroha.—J. Hector. New Zealand Cfficial Year Book, 1896, 
p. 427. XXITIrd Colonial Museum and Laboratory Report, 
p. 00. 
Alkaline carbonated waters, highly charged with carbonic acid. 
Traces of lithia present. Similar and equal in strength to the 
waters of Vichy and Chaudesargues, in France ; Bilin, Bohemia ; 
and Ems, Nassau. 
Analyses (see table V, page 105.) 
No. 2 is noted for relieving rheumatism. 
No. 8 affords relief in cases of dyspepsia. 
No. 17 is used as an eyewash, and contains 1:4 grs. of sulphu- 
retted hydrogen per gal. 
No. 16. An acid water containing sulphuretted hydrogen, 1:91 
grs. per gal. 
Total solids, 11°35 grs. per gal. Sodium sulphate, 1°82 ; cal- 
cium sulphate, -61 ; magnesium sulphate, :36: alumina and iron 
sulphates, -20; silica, 7:04; free hydrochloric acid, 1°11; free 
sulphuric acid, 21. 
Te Aute.—W. Skey. XX VIth Colonial Museum and Laboratory 
Report, p. 37. 
A chlorinated water containing 342-42 ers. per gal. total solids, 
including magnesium iodide, equivalent to 1:76 grs. of icdine 
per gal. 
Tologo Bay.—W. Skey. XVIth Colonial Museum and Labora- 
tory Report, p. 47. 
Chlorinated water.—Reaction slightly alkaline. Total solids, 
754:19 gers. per gal. ; sodium chloride, 683-56 (with a little potassium 
chloride) ; magnesium iodide, 1:11 ; sodium sulphate, 5:75 ; sodium 
bi-carbonate, 12:96 ; calcium bi-carbonate, 28:14 ; magnesium bi- 
carbonate, 17-28 ; alumina (with trace of iron), 2:15 ; silica, 3:24 ; 
free iodine, trace. 
Waikato.—Spring near Lake Whangape, west of Waikato River. 
J. Hector. Transactions New Zealand Institute, vol. I, p. 71. 
Alkaline water.—Temperature, 160—200° F. Total solids, 47-04 
grs. per gal., consisting mainly of alkaline chlorides ; the remainder 
calcium silicate and alkaline carbonates. 
