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2. A variety of jets of dry sulphurous vapour, for use in obtaining 

 vapour-baths, or for increasing the strength of sulphurous waters, will pro- 

 bably be an important feature, and prove of great value in the hands of a 

 skilful medical superintendent. 



3. All springs and waters for use ought to be at a good elevation above 

 drainage-level, sufficient to allow of the waters being led by gravitation to 

 any point suitable for the bath-buildings, and used as plunge, douche, 

 shower, or swimming baths, and to facilitate them being mixed, cooled, 

 increased, or reduced in strength, as may be found advisable. 



4. It is necessary to have an abundance of clear cold water also, at an 

 elevation sufficient to command by gravitation all the bathing-places. A 

 good command of water-power is also of great value and an important 

 feature in this scheme. 



5. The situation must be easily accessible, beautiful, and diversified in 

 landscape. It must afford superior sites for all sorts of residences, some 

 close to the thermal waters, and others as far from these as will ensure the 

 purest air at all times. The soil ought to be good and fit for the formation 

 of extensive orchards, gardens, and pleasure-grounds. All the most won- 

 derful features of the Lake Country must be within easy distance. 



6. The situation must be near to, and within easy reach of, agricultural 

 and pastoral supplies of all kinds. The consumption of these would be 

 very large, and such a thing as scarcity of any one article, as sometimes 

 occurs now in that country, must not be possible in an establishment like 

 this. 



Whakarewarewa presents all these points in a high degree of excellence, 

 and in some is unapproached by any other place. It is situated two and a 

 half miles southward of Ohinemutu. The new township and suburbs of 

 Kotorua extend within a few hundred yards of it. The thermal and 

 medicinal springs extend from Turekore, the famous spout bath, to nearly 

 the Taupo Koad, about three-quarters of a mile along the south-east bank 

 of the Puarenga, at elevations from the level of to, say, twenty feet above 

 the stream. This river, the name of which, Puarenga, means Lily Flower, 

 is a considerable volume of water, forming cascades, rapids, and deep pools 

 on a rocky bed. There is probably more than one hundred horse-power 

 available, and easily obtained by placing wheels in picturesque positions for 

 the purposes to be hereafter noted. 



The situation cannot be surpassed in the Lake District for beauty. The 

 hills, part of the range enclosing the Eotorua Basin, and through which the 

 Puarenga has cut a narrow gorge, give shelter on the south-west and south, 

 leaving the aspect open to the north-east, north, and north-west. On the 

 north bank of the river are a few low hills, from which extends an almost 



