ANNUAL MEETING.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 2

ANNUAL MEETING.

The .annual meeting 1 of the Board for election of chairman and other business was held on Tuesday evuiing 11th hist. Present : Messrs T. Gavin, (chairman) 0. Aliier, (secretary ), G. Wilson, G. Lip/scy, and E. Qninn, Before proceeding with the general business Mr Man is, of Biigham and Harris, whose tender for exclusive sale of bath tickets had been accepted by the Board on December 11th, but. to whom no tickets had ever been issued, by permission addressed the board, and stated that he would be gl.ul to bo allowed to withdraw their Lender as on consideration he came to the conclusion it would seriously inconvenience him, having to keep open till 9 p.m , etc. Annual Meeting, Bui no Balance Sheet. — The Chairman proceeding with the business of the evening asked Mr Ahier, the Secretary, if ho had not prepared a balance sheet (none being laid before the meeting. ) Mr. Ahier replied that there was no use in preparing a balance sheet until it had been audited. The Chairman : Must it not be prepared before it can be audited ? Mr Ahier leplied : There was no use in laying a balance sheet before that meeting ; it would not be com 1 plete until it had been audited. The Chairman : We have never before been without a balance sheet, I think, and I ce.rta.nly expected to see one. Mr Ahier said he wished someone had mentioned at the meeting on Saturday evening that a balance sheet was necessary. The Chairman here reminded Mr Ahier ho had prepared a balance sheet for the Board previously ; to which Mr Ahier replied the balance sheet ho had made up was for his own satisfaction. (Later on the previous year's balance sheet in Mr Ahier' s hand writing was produced.) In reply to the C'naiiman, Mr Wilson (the late chairman) said he certainly expected to have seen a statement of receipts and expenditure laid before the meeting. Mr Ahier : The thought never struck me such was necessary. Mr Lipsey said he never heard of an annual meeting 1 before without a balance sheet, and he could not see what they had been called together for, if 'they were not to be informed how they stood. Mr Ahier said he did not like such remarks Jt was a perfect piece of nonsense to present n balance .-.licet unless it had been audited, and he hail been expecting to get a printed form from the Government auditor. Mr Lipsey replied he did not see what the Government had to do with the balance until the members of the 13 on i'd had hr~t .seen it. The Chairman said ho believed every member of the Board came there that nWht expecting to see a balance sheet. He did not believe one had to be asked for last year, and did not know why one was not presented. Mr Lipsey said he c/une thoro intending to piopose a chairman, but he did not suppose any one would care to take the offico, without knowing what he was about to undertake. Ultimately it was resolved to adjourn the annual meeting till Saturday 15th hist, in order that a balance sheet might be prepared. After the adjournment of the annual meeting a special meeting was hel 1. Sale of Bath Tickets — Some discussion took place relative to Messrs Brigham and Harris intimating they did not now wish to sell the tickets. It being suggested Mr Pyne might still be willing to sell them. Mr Ahier remarked Mr Pyne would not accept it now. Mr Quinn : It will be time enough for him to refuse when ho is asked. Mr Ahier said he thought tile caretaker would require to be supplied with about 1000 of the new tickets for a week's use ; with respect to doing away with the old tickets he considered the best way to destroy them would be to stick them iii a bag and put them in Tommy Aitken's oven of a Monday morning. Salutary influence of the Press. — Mr Wilson remarked he was of opinion five per cent was little enough remuneration for selling tickets outside ; but he had always been of opinion it would bo a mistake to do away with the sale of tickets at the office. Mr Quinn in reply said if the rate of commission were altered, they would have to call fresh tenders, or else they would have the Press howling at them again ; later on he remarked his little game was upset, he wanted to sell the tickets outside; but the men jibbed ; it was now for some of tho others to take action. After a long discussion the matter was still further adjourned, permission being granted Messrs Brigh;im and' Harris to withdraw their tender. Uii Hector's Analysis. An exhaustive analysis of samples of IS of thoTe Aroha Thermal Springs by Dr Hector was next read j and on the motion of Mr Quinn, Mr Ahier was ! authorised to procure 1000 copies of the . analysis and report, for distribution. j Reserves. — A letter was read from the Warden's Office, stating that if thcßoard [ desired to occupy about an acre of land adjoining the Domain, opposite the fountain (hitherto reserved) it would le I necessary for them to mark out and apply for it berore January 15th; this the chairman was authorised to' do. Boss of Finances. — At the meeting on | Saturday evening last Mr Ahier, tho i Secretary, was requested to have the

bank book made up to date, and laid before this mooting, on being asked for it, however, he stated ho had not got it back from the bank yet ; at which announcement some of the members appeared sni prised and anno3'cd. Mr Quinn said : There is moie trouble about this bank book than anybank book I ever saw ; meeting after meeting here, we do not know how we stand. The meeting closed shortly afterwards. The following is a copy of the analysis snd report above referred to :: — ■ Analysis of 18 Mineral Waters from Te Arolia.— No. 4423. Alkaline Waters 1 to 15, 17 to 18

Acidic Watkk. No. IG— Sulphate of soda : 1.82: Sulphate of lime : .61 ; Sulphate of ALa^nosia : .30 ; Sulphate of Alumina and fron Oxides : .20 ; Silica : 7.01 ; Hydrochloric; Acid, fieo : 1.1 1: Sulphuiic Acid : .21 ; Totil grains per gallon • 11.05. Remarks. — No 1 Bath is very much used, and is set apart especially for females. No 2 Bath is famous for relieving persons suffering from rheumatism ; a large building with waiting and dressing rooms attached. No o is i reservoir of hot water which supplies 8 baths in the building 200 ft distant from it. The reservoir contains altogether about 15,000 gallons of water. Throe quarters of the "water have a, temperature of only 90 deg, but the hot parfc from which the water is drawn always maintains from 108 to 112 deg. and is supplied from the outer portion as the hot portion is lowered. Nos. i, 5, and (5, are all largely used, and have good buildings erected over the springs. No 7 is not much used, although built over. No 8 is known as the drinking fountain ; the water is freely used by all those suffering from dyspepsia, etc., and affords groat relief to many. The fountain is built over the spring, so that the water may be drawn from a tap. Nos. 9 to 12 are not yet used. No 13 spring is run into No 5 Bath. Nos 14 and 15 are run into the reservoir. No 15 is largely used for drinking. No 17 is a cold spring, the water is used for bathing the ejes. No 18 is a cold soda water spring not yet used. No 1G is a cold spring with little overflow. Sulphur is found in small quantities in the surrounding clay, and strong sulphuretted hydrogen gas is emitted. ANALYTICAL NOTES. The carbonic acid present has not been estimated, as the whole of this gas natural to the water can only be computed in those cases when the utmost precautions have been taken to insure no loss of gaseous nfatfcer ; precautions, which I Have good reasons fer supposing, have been omitted in this instance. Upon this supposition I have put all | the carbonates us mono-carbonates. Lithiti has been found wherever \i has been tested for, but only as traces. I Potash exists in all of these waters, but only in Very small quantity. In Nos. 1, 2, and 8 it has been computed, and is separatedly stated in the table ; in the case of the remaining samples it is bracketed with the soda chloride. Nos 1 to 15 inclusive and No. 18 are clear, have a marked saline and feebly* caustic taste, and are colourless with the exceptions of Nos. 4, 13, and < 14* which are pale yellow.

No. 17 13 turbid, owing fco the pre r sence therein of precipitated sulphur ; it contains 1.4 grains of sulphuretted hydrogen per gallon. Conclusion fkom these Analytical

Results. From these results it appears that generally th« waters are remarkably similar to each other, although collected over a somewhat considerable area. With the exception of Nos. 16 and 17, all manifest a decidedly alkaline character, being 1 heavily charged with, carbonate of soda. All these waters, that is 1 to 15 inclusive and 18, may be used indiscriminately for the save purposes medicinally. They are similar to the wateis of Vichy and Chandesaurnes, in France ; Biiin, Bohemia ; Ems, Nassau, and are besides quite equal to them in strength. No. 17 is a feebly hepatic water, bufc as to its saline constituents nob much differing from an ordinary spring water of a slate country. No. 16 is an acidic w?ter, the only one of its kind in this collection. As an acidic water it is very weak as compared with most of the Hotoiua and Tanpo water of Its class. It is also hepatic. t , James Hector, Colonial Museum of N.Z. Wellington, ' Jan. 4th, 1887.

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