Report by the Surveyzer General.
235
now aS
There is the same volume of water
formerly, though of course the
head of
allowance per
of inhabitant has
diminished by the increase
of population
W. Creagh
since 1868. There was then, as Mr. rightly observes great pressure.
on the mains
whereas now there is none at all. This is
owing
to the
practice which
was
followed
without due consideration up to 1873 of
indiscriminately granting permits to
private water pipes to houses from the mains, instead of reserving
the
lay
the whole of
supply for the public hydrants where
every
rate payer, rich or poor could have procured his daily provision
Ont.
the same.
footing of equality while the Government