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4. Puriri, Auckland... jx ips cr 1404 
5a and b. Waiwera, E dive acd cae 1322, 1820 
6. Aorangi, Auckland ... es se ise : 1660 
7. Rangitaika River, Bay of Plenty i ie oh 187 
8. White Island ae t os 232 
9. Waimangeao, Bay of Plenty Am ea Rn 1524 
10. Rotorua, Auckland ... z ees E a 18591 / 15, 
11 and 11a. Taupo, Auckland ... ... 1406 1/12, 1500 
12. Spring near lake on west side of Waikato ‘River Vis 252 
13. Wallingford, Wellington in $3 v 
14. Pahua, Wellington ... ig «1911; 1907 
15. Northern boundary of Wallington .. 2 1567 
16. Akitio, Wellington ... Š 3d s B 1758 
17. Hanmer Plains, Nelson i s is I 500 
18. Lake Sumner, Canterbury ... ds E. EH 1495 
19. Gibson Station, Southland ... $i vss ds 1668 
1. Aluminous Water. 
The first specimen is from Wangaehu River, Onetapu Desert, in the 
Auckland provincial district, and was contributed by Mr. Mair on 18th 
January, 1868. It is persistently turbid, and has a very sour taste. The 
quantity of fixed matters present in one gallon of it are 456 grains, and 
their composition is mainly that of common alum. A large quantity of 
magnesium and ferrous chloride is also present. 
2. Mahurangi Water. 
From the springs near Mahurangi, Auckland provincial district, three 
samples were collected by Mr. Justice Gillies in January, 1868 :— 
a. Cold spring, contains = 0 grains of solid matter per gallon. 
b. Hot spring, et 140°4  ,, Us BS Ps is 
c. Hottest spring, ,, 14198 ,, 
The solid residues of a and b when daai o ie cous mainly 
of sodie and magnesium chlorides. None, however, of these samples were - 
fully analyzed for want of material. 
Mr. Justice Gillies has stated that the coolest of the springs had a 
temperature of 110° Fahr. at the time he obtained these samples; and 
that he “believed that many of our Auckland residents had derived much 
good from bathing in these springs for the purpose of curing rheumatism.’’* 
3. Acidulous Water, 
E acidulous mineral water from the hot springs at the Bay of Islands, Islands, 
* Trans. N.Z. Inst., I, p. 71. 
