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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 242, 19 September 1872, Page 5

body reaohes thersanw ptessnee -trthaA-inrJ the cylinder. -Independent,: however,, ofthis, and the feeling that one is twenty-five feet under water, there [are peculiarities in the situation worth, experiencing; - Thexyiin-' der is usually filled with a curious mist, the muiKiness of which is intensified by the glare of the lights, and there are heard at intervals strange sounds of rushing air and water, mingling with the steady beat of the machinery. The progress made "with the two or three first piers was slow and discouraging to all concerned; the boulders were very large, and had' to be drilled and split before removal, but after this, although the sinking did not get any easier, the workmen got more, expert, and the "work proceeded faster. The total time occupied in sinking under pressure was 3773 hours, which gives an average 0F99 hours for each column, or three and a-quarter inches in an hour. The fastest sinking was four feet in four hours, and the slowest, when the cylinder scarcely moved for a whole day. .