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Porirua - Village to City (Wellington) Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 8/2/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The given co-ordinates you will find a Heritage Trail information board by the Porirua District Council. You will find the required information about the history of Porirua as it develop from a village to the city that it is now


To find the final all you need to do is answer the following questions

The final co-ordinates are S41 08.ABC E174 50.DEF
A = The year that the Porirua Lunatic Asylum opened take the last digit and subtract it from the second digit?
B = The year when Porirua had three churches, a hotel, a General Store and a Railway Station. Take the first digit away from the second one?
C = How many Staff and Patients were at the Porirua Lunatic Asylum when it first opened, take the last three digits add them together and subtract it from the first one?

D = In the modern Porirua when housing first started how many £s did you have to pay per acre for land, take the last digit from the first one?
E = The numeral that appears the most time on this notice board is ?
F = The year that Porirua officially became a city, add all the digits together and subtract 21?

Check sum A+B+C+D+E+F = 25

When the cache a magnetic key lock container was placed it contained a logbook only, so you need to bring your own pen or pencil

Please NOTE that you must sign the logbook for each individual cachers or proof of a photo for group logs, otherwise your log may be deleted. Also NO PHOTOS of the final location and we definitely don't want to spoil it for other cachers. Please hide the cache exactly how you found it as we don't really want it to get muggled as this can be a HIGH MUGGLE area.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fghpx svezyl

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)