CO129-173 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [1-3]

A flying watertight screen is employed to prevent pollution by bathing or washing above the tanks - one side of the catchment fielding the supply, only is.

M. D. Lands

2. The water supply to the New Magazine tanks. These tanks furnish water to Victoria and Wellington Barracks and Hospital and other Government Buildings.

The sources of this supply and gathering grounds are unpolluted by cultivation, building, or washing, and from the remoteness of their situation and difficulty of access, except by trespass on the M. D. Lands, it is unlikely to remain so unless...

Consequence of the transfer of the M. D. Lands in their entirety to the Colonial Government when the opening of the ground to the public by a road, thus facilitating washing and bathing and the division of the same into building lots or gardens, will almost certainly affect injuriously the purity of the supply.

3. In fact, the supply at both tanks will doubtless be prejudiced by the alienation of the gathering grounds and their utilization for various purposes, and it is submitted that every care to protect the water sources should be guaranteed by the Colonial Government. The cultivation of the land regulated...

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