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amount of internal heat required. The same, too, would apply in a still 

 greater degree to New Zealand where the phenomena were on a much 

 grander scale. 



The Secretary remarked as to boiling springs, and similar phenomena 

 that the Yellowstone region of North America threw all the Geysers of 

 Iceland, and the hot water and mud springs of New Zealand, into com- 

 parative insignificance. So great were the wonders of this extraordinary 

 region, and so vast was the scale on which they occurred, that the United 

 States Government had wisely reserved it for all future time as a public 

 park and a play-ground for the American Nation. 



After some further discussion a vote of thanks proposed by the Bishop, 

 to the writers of the papers, and for presentations closed the proceedings. 



