POSSIBLE DISAPPEARANCE OF MOTITI.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 59, 26 March 1873, Page 3

POSSIBLE DISAPPEARANCE OF MOTITI.

fallowing communication hns miej.r-.l ns fr<nn an esieenunl e.>m*«pon lent. Without tl.i« opinion-. (herein eipi-.- —.7, (hiuL it advisable to give (ho multcf j-ftMici > : - Some htt-lo (due ;u:-> a -.J.ivt S, ft■ -r appealed in Hie Wv.Mtf y, speculating ~u t lit* fact of tho inland ol iVlotiti bavin,* owed o« ri-r.» trom Hie ocean to a volcanic disturbance, nnd ,m the probability or possibility of us rdmua'e mergence from the name oanw. 'Foe gmunds upon which this opinion wa* h-tnul were lit. The numerous volcanic indications <m Hie island ; 2nd. Its amdagou-i nppenr.unv M her upheave.! i from tiso (Mean In dby ioh-,u.i,- ng.-n,-y ; .'h-d. !(-i proximity to the licit, ‘line of voh-mH hove in the North .Island, in-lmlin- Wh d- IHiuol, Wfukun in’ Whi to leli.mth anil takim* the country from Wha k atari o through tho dHfriet of the Hut Sprinjt-, aim...* d. ,-tr u,;ii! dm- u, Hu? mivnin-.' tiuuudi.m T >r.p-.r;o. Tim wnt.-.- Hie eeeiuuuu ooinhui.d the pn vsi dsn j opinion that t >'o belt of eoiUuoj n li'rreii ti»j abounding with evidences of diroei volmiica-nn, d.iin mfet v % tilvo fo** Other parts of th- id.-i-.d, i.anmudi rU north of Hus bed. iu? earthquakes of any violence had ever iiciuuiXjii'r.fiicai. ffo eumudered 4i ml feature in ib-.elf was im .'lenient for H-rm-n upprelumshm, in which opinion 1 cJ.H.i-'y coin,-hit- far the following reasons, It in evident that, tin? rni-t ol the earth, m those place- uiu-t b- extremely (Inn, for water boiis at a tempemturo ol 21.2 degm;?/ and tho uobhle ill me at the. m m furious aa t o indicate immediate contact with rhe central (iron which sire hid’eved to be nt « t) rL, below. There is no doubt that ho long u$ ( lie supply of water ia gradual the emotional obulhli m a ill *bo regular ; hut it cannot bo denied that the inorganic nuderiid ui Hie earth’s crust, ia liabio to wear and tear, just jus machinery i», and mu 4 at homo tiino ami in somu place give way. Indeed, there aro more chemical changes at. work to alter the crust of the , earth Ihan ever operated on a strain boiler. For instance, a portion of the ancient Ohu.emufcu m Inis altogether disappeared in led:.: ■ oioruu. Now, I would wish to bo informed — and I d ■ pretend t.o venture an opinion —what would ho the consequence, in the event of the crust giving way below Koforua and other large sheela of'water in tho Lake district, becoming too thin to bear the weight, of the superincumbentm .ter? Why, that the water must fall down and come into direct contact with the central /ires, producing results of winch figures cannot give even a f.uul idea. 'We ivuOvv Hint the pressure of ‘.liuiospho: m air is about lolb to the square im-h cold water, ». prvasure equal to its specific- gruvhy. .Steam, however, occupies very many times" more bulk than water, and when suddenly generated in a confined space, an explosion uniet re-idt. We will therefore suppose that the crust of I }>•- earth immediately beneath Jlotorna, or any of H.o large bodies of water directly over tho inti mu! fires, becoming actually hnrul turfm'jh, an imtneiiue volume of cold water falls imni! the v-sH h :• ~f which no one can define the magnitude. Such a volume- of .drain will t.h«-n ho generated ns to enforce an outlet infinitely .-* ( >ecduig in sou- that previously \ n ,x id eni-e, in (ruin, vHi-.ls; di-tricts would disappear, and t he <»> -*gr«pbv of tee country ho cnt.irt.-1y idtcrcri. .vHni:i .- in no purl, v 1 •r v ■ highly elevated u?;ove the level of the sen, and ; con-equently only u diefit d.-presdon of the m-e-.m i bed would bo snideic/u. to i• i 1 submerge i’ , Such r.n en-ut would iv-i bn wsti.oufc pnraUel, fur various ishtmis have ui duu.-r, nt inm-s matle thoir appearance, have been <n-t.;.-;.-d on charts, and • f-hduu d by t.hi- mi! ion of me discoverers, but ■ afterwards, on h.-ing sought for, were not to be found, b.ioidd Mich a calamity ns I h-.va ■ d.-scrib.vl occur wuh b/otri, rim inhabitants vHll lu.t, ok-,; us on tho mum land, have an opportuney i ; of ih-rinr/ to tho tnountai-i j. i i Our cm*re.--nonder.t ad-d‘ ;—- 4 i Ir you can a’f.ir.l rn - -.p I ohould be- v] -,d ; pursue the cucstbu furi:.-r.