DOMAIN BOARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 115, 15 August 1885, Page 2

DOMAIN BOARD.

r-T* — ' , '. [ The usual monthly,, meeting; cf ;the «,T^ r Arob a • Domain ..'.Board »^aji 4 - h^id |<>n»;th is day week^nt B(^p,m^8 (^p,m^ aV^th^Tpparif's office, , Present-r-Messrs T. t ?Gay(iu(hi~

.firet^tfil and confirmed/; » ■->f^ VK ic^§W J XpiPW correspdn'derice Jaid^ri MW&M talilo was an application/ frpm^ Mr Wq.^ Robson^ cJiAm isfc,- Te ' Aroliai^r.rth'e soll/|l riglit to make use of" the overflow of tbo^ drinking springs in the -Domain §ro?mis|ffor a certain ntfmber of years for mana?^| fact'U-ing and bottling purposes. ' : ] r^i'<^"', Mr Robsori, who' was" present to 'sati-t port his application^ stated that he-liad,^ already spent^ considerabfc'Ttinie^ and^ -\ money jn testing the waters^ and^eft-^ deavouiing to discover the "S^st inetSoa :• of preserving them so as to 'iretaittjtheir, ', many valuable mineral properties fc entirel, - and believed he had at'Jqst* srfcce^ded '\ with regard to the object in Ivi'ew^'and ftlso in largely increasing the value of these wateis with respect to their curative properties in all cases of rheumatism, gout, dyspepsia, liver- complaiut, habitual costiveness, etp. tyv. Rbbson further stated that, should, the, ' Board accede to Ids request he purposed going io very considerable expense in making known these valuable waters, by -exteh.sive advertising in both Colonial and! European papers, by exhibiting at 'the forthcoming Indian and Colonial Exhibition, and other means, and pointed,oufc that one inevitable lesult from* the increased public attention directed to' these springs, would be a large influx of visitors, to the benefit of the district and the funds of the Board, After considerable discussion it was resolved to accale to Mr liobsou's application, he to have the sole* right to the overflow for a period of ten years, subject to a royalty as follows : Ist year, free ; 2nd year, Id rer gallon ,; 3rd, and 4th years, 2d per gallon ,' sth year, 3d per gallon. At the end of the first five years the amount of royalty payable to be re-considered. Sundry accounts baring been passed for payment, the meeting concluded.