THE TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 118, 27 May 1885, Page 2

THE TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS.

The virtues of the Te Aroha Hot Springs ate attracting a daily increasing number at visitors. Mr Pond's favourable report upon the waters was anticipated by tho testimony '. of numbers of rheumatic and dyspeptic i patients who had received benefit from fi , cbiirea of bisttis. tlie local Domain Board . has shown itiuch. enterprise and excellent judgment in erecting commodious and ' Buitablo bathing accommodation. An"m- | ber of new private baths, with plentiful supplioa of hot mineral water and cold showers, aro now availablo, and further j erections are in progress. A brick pillar encircles the hot sodawater spring, which is greatly resorted to for dys- | pepsia. The Domain Board programme of improvements in preparation for tho next season embraces the laying down of a couple of lawn tennis courts, and further planting, j The erection of a special bathhouse for tho I Maoris has been completed, The hotels are also contracting for extensive additions, all of them having been taxed to the utmost j capacity last season ; their very moderato j tariff of charges— 25s to 30s a week—unquestionably torms one of the principal ad- | vantages of thejdlstrict. The cheap facilities , for travelling, through excursions organised I by JVlr Htidson, Traffic Managor of tho Railway Department, and Mr Murray, also contributed greatly to the popularity of i this resort. Going by rail, tho journey can ! be accomplished comfortably within tho, day, the train reaching Morrinsvillo a littlo aftor fivo o'clock, and tho passengers boin^ carriod by coach a pleasant two hours' journey. Mr A. K. Murray oponed up tho Thames route by issuing through return tickots at tho extraordinarily low figuro of fl. Excursionists adopting this route can, , by a small extra payment, go by coach, J passing through tho Thames borough and its j suburbs, Parawui, Hikulaia, Ohinemuri.and tho protty gorgo between tho latter sottlcmentand To Aroha On tho return journey tho beautiful rivor sconery is soon to udvantago in thopassago down by ono of tho Thames Steam Navigation Company's comfortable vessels. This is ono of tho most enjoyable trips about tho Auckland Provincial DJhtrict. For others than ipvalids, To Aroha has many attractions—boating on the river, tihooting, riding, climbing tho mountains, and fern-hunting in the charming gullies and bush. It appears from a roturn mado by tho Domain Board that ovor a thousand nonresidents visited To Aroha during tho first four months of this year. Next summer . tho number is sure to bo vory largely i increased, now that it ia known beyond disputo that those hot springs possess curativo proportion of tho most oxi traordinary character. From Mr Pond's analysis, given below, it appears that the | amount of solids is unequalled in any of tho ! famous Europoan springs, and the presence 1 of Hthia makes the water specially efficaj cious in tho treutment of rheumatic affections. Tho wator contains so largo a per- ' contage of soda that the springs aro strictly ■ soda springs. The report, however, speaks > for itself:— Laboratory, Hobaon-stroot. , Auckland, May 21,1885. Tho Chairman To Aroha Domain Board. Sin,—ln accordance with tho desire of your Board, I obtained three samples of mineral watora from tbo hot springs at To Aroha on tho 6th of February. The samples takeu wore as i follows:—No. 1 bath—temperature IMdeg.Fahr ; No. 2 bath—tomperaturo Usdeg Fahr.; tbo drlnkin? spring (above No. 1 bath)—temporature U9deg. Fahr. Tho watcro wero taken from the springs early in tbo morning prior to anrone bolntr allowed to enter tho bathe, and wero all perfectly clear and bright samples. Those waters wero all feobly alkaline, and strongly charged with carbonic acid krs, which ia constantly escaping from tho spring In largo quantities. Tho examination of this and other gutos which thus escape can bo determined moro readily at tho springe, and this I will tako tho earliest opportunity of doing. Tho Hthia, a valuable const ituont of these waters. 1b present in an appreciable quantity, but tho amount of wator at my disposal here for tho purpoao was noteufflciont. I will dotermino tho amount on some f uturo occasion. Tho analysoe show these springs to bo very similar in composition. ) Those mineral waters aro exceedingly Interiwtlng, and will provo of groat value meaieinallv. Thoy cloßoly resemble sonio of the Eu- ■ ropcan mineral eprinjo, bo justly celebrated ; moro oppooially thoso of Vichy, Etna, and >■ Fachlngcn. Their curative value will be " greatest, in rheumatic and arthritic diseases, calculus, affections of tho kidnoye, and dyepepsia. No , No , 2 I)^^ Analysis. Bath> u at h. Spring ', Sulphate of Limo .. .. 2S)Sft 2228 2939 Kulrhato of Magnesia .. '378 "838 -602 Sulphate of Potaßb.. .. 10'2!W 9800 10794 , Sulphate of Soda .. .. 27516 28-0W 25.438 1 Chlorldo of Soda .. .. 73*511 72-072 77<8i Bicarbonate of Soda .. 728 787 693 513 OS2 123 Carbonate of Ammonia .. 3 550 '112 9RO ■ Carbonntoof Jron .. .. '012 -COS '012 I Carbonic of Lithia .. .. (heavy trace?) Phosphate of toda .. .. 2-OK3 2 20H IGEI> . Phosphate of Alumina .. -143 023 -476 I Silica 8508 8778 8778 i riulphurottod Hydrogon .. (traces tracro traces) . Total Solid Mattor .. .. 857-828 822-184 811702 Results oxproßsod in grains por gallon. I havo tho honour to bo, Gentl onion, i Your obedient servant, J. A. POND. Colonial Analyst.