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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 8

All extensive soil survey of the pumice lands in the Rotorua district, which is expected to be of invaluable assistance in the development of these areas, and also in defining the limits where bush sickness prevails and inultimately overcoming the complaint, is at present being carried out on behalf of the Government, (states the New Zealand Herald). The first stage in the survey has been completed by the officials of the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of Mr B. C. Aston, chief chemist of tl -department, and president of the Now Zealand Institute, Upwards of 500 square miles have been mapped, and the boundaries of the different soil types defined. This survey ex tends to the Tauranga county boundary. It is hoped that the scientific officers who are now temporarily stationed in Rotorua, will shortly visit Tauranga, and spend a period there, so ns to include the Tauranga county in the soil survey. Mr Grimmett is representing the chemical branch o c the Department of Agriculture. Professor Cotton, who is in Rotorua, is reporting on the origin of the land forms in this area. Another officer, Mr Grange, Government volcanologist attached to the geological survey, is studying the volcanology and geology of the district fo r his department.