SWAMP LAND DRAINAGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21273, 29 August 1932, Page 10

SWAMP LAND DRAINAGE

KING COUNTRY OPERATIONS SCHEME AT MANGARAMA [from our own correspondent] TE KUITI, Saturday An important stage Las been reached in connection with the Mangapu Drainage Board's operations, near Te Kuiti. In the Mangaraina district, about seven miles north-west of Te Kuiti, cuts and clearances have been completed in the Mangarama Stream. The work has already resulted in the draining of a large area of swamp land. Previously this land had been practically useless, but from results already achieved there is every reason to believe that, when the drainage operations are completed, a valuable area of land will be made available. Ther district concerned comprises between 2500 and' 3000 acres of exceptionally good land. The water level at the junction of tho Mangarama and Mangapu Streams' has been reduced by about sft. The drainage of the Mangarama area has been made possible by the board's previous operations, extending over 18 miles of river to the outflow of the Mangapu into tho Waipa River, near Otorohanga. In theso earlier operations about 50,000 cubic yards of spoil have been removed in making tho numerous cuts. In addition, willows and dead timber have been cleared.