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On the south of the stream, the grounds should extend from the Taupo 

 Eoad on the west to the Wairoa Eoad on the east, and southward as far as 

 Eotokakahi, taking in the Waipa Plains for the purpose of forming a park. 

 And in order to conserve most beautiful natural New Zealand scenery in a 

 domain, Moerangi Mountain and Tikitapu Bush and Lake should be in- 

 cluded. These hills and forests should by every possible means be pre- 

 served as specimens of native grandeur to all time. Probably 6,000 acres 

 would be required for all purposes. 



Promotion of the Scheme. — This will require very careful study. The 

 Whakarewarewa Springs have lately been passed through the Native Lands 

 Court, and are vested in two hapus of the Ngatiwhakaue and Tuhorangi 

 tribes. But the Court must settle many subdivisions before the lands 

 could be purchased. The ownership of all the other land necessary has been 

 determined, and can be dealt with under the Thermal Springs Act, or 

 by special legislation. 



An association should be formed with a small capital sufficient to pro- 

 mote the scheme, by conducting all the necessary negotiations for conces- 

 sions of rights to waters and purchase of lands, obtaining surveys, and 

 detail information relating to all the springs, such as volume, analysis, 

 known curative results, etc. An Act of the Legislature would be necessary 

 in order to consolidate the working of the scheme, and, while conferring the 

 necessary compulsory powers, to preserve the interests of the native owners 

 and the public. When all this is done, and the exact cost of land and 

 water rights ascertained, the association ought to promote a company in 

 England, with a capital sufficient for the whole scheme as finally decided on. 



Judging from the numbers of tourists from many parts of the world, 

 whose names are registered in the books of the three hotels now at Ohine- 

 mutu, it cannot be deemed extravagant to put the number who would 

 patronize such an establishment as herein sketched, within two or three 

 years after its opening and connection with Auckland by eight or nine hours' 

 railway journey, at an average occupancy of 500 persons. Taking the gross 

 receipts from this number, exclusive of wines and returns from hiring busi- 

 ness, at only 10s. per diem each, the daily revenue would be £250, and the 

 nett profit say one-third of that, or more than £30,000 per annum. And 

 when it is considered that the season, which in old world Continental spas 

 has so short a duration and is within limits sharply defined, would here 

 practically extend round all the year ; also, that even now we in New Zea- 

 land are in accessibility nearly on a par with what not many years ago 

 Germany and Switzerland could boast of, we may reasonably predict that 

 in point of favour and patronage the Eotorua Spa will, in a very few years, 

 hold the premier position in the world. 



