THE VOLCANIC DISTRICT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 751, 23 July 1886, Page 24

THE VOLCANIC DISTRICT.

(UNITED RRF.SS ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland, July 17.

Professor Hutton arrived in Auckland tonight from the Lake Country with Professor Brown. He considers that the volcano action is gradually dying out, and believes that vegetation will grow over the deposit at Wairoa, and make the district again inhabitable. He leaves for Christchurch hy Tuesday s steamer. Professor Brown has gone to Tauranga with a view of going along the coast to Whakatane and measuring the depth of the mud deposit and collecting scientific data concerning the eruption. -Professor Thomas has returned from Ohinemutu, He reports that all the Paeroa geysers are active. "Yesterday he made an 'inspection of the field of scoria boulders, reported to have fallen at Pikirangi between here and Te Ngae. Two celebrated and favorite baths “The Painkiller' and “ lho Priest’s ” are now for the present, at least, rendered useless on account of general subsidence at the Ohinemutu end of Rotorua Lake which is flnving into them. Mr Burrows, district engineer, has gone to visit the outlet of Lake Rotorua for the purpose of seeing if there is a possibility of deepening or of cutting a new channel altogether. This lake has still another IS inches to rise to bring it up to its normal winter level. Auckland July 19.

Three more bodies of Natives have been found at Tckeniko, Wairoa, making thirteen in all. ... Be Konti having prophesied that Rotciti is to be destroyed by fire, the have cleared out, bag and baggage, emigrating to Awabou, uear Ohinennuu. Professor Hutton states that Lake Kotorua tilted several inches during the Tarawera eruption, the Kotorua side becoming depressed, and the northern side higher, but no further change had occurred since.