TO THE EDITOR.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 3

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-—Til© annexed clipping from the Xcv, Zealand Time* will doubtless prove valu- ! a^to all \vho ate interested^in concrete Vorks'iipWaikato. And it nmy warrant /iittettjbcrs of - wad boards and others in |§iiiU4i^!prgK 88ha, re,of responsibility upon i^hei#««lveg In testing the value of Mahurangi lime mixed with our ginnite arcl pumice sands, by specifying for its more 4, general uaefn the building of culverts, dse.' Civil eTicineers aDd professional men imyrt.nob c blamed for hesitating to risk tlieir reputation by recommending a com- „ paratively unproved material in lien of (»:Portland cement. It is different with ;• 'Bgr local representatives. They, I feel : sore, will command the sympathy of ' ratepayers *by affording every oppoituniiy^for proyjng-the.value of New Zoaland hydPauHc'lltne. Moreover, I believe the members 1 of o\ir councils and road 1 Boards would confer,a lasting benefit on the district if they will act upon r the suggestion conyeyed in Mr Crawfords letter, and request the Government to .undertake the-cost of sending samples of Watkato pumice, together with samples of Mahcirangi lime, to Professor Faija, and obtaining his report thereon. In the Waipa can he found, I believe, unlimited * ' quantities Of the calcareous mud deposits requisite for crinent. —I am, &c,, William A. Graham. The Lodge, Hamilton, September 6th, 1883.