the hours of turning enter to the city yearly therefore reduced on
from four to three sadly, the practice of turning it on
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January
for
cleansing
and
disinfecting purposes
25th face.
was discontinued on the 25th January, the Secretary Board having previously been instructed to
arrangements for obtaining supplies by
water
boats;
and
all supplies were thereafter shipped
Later.
By the end of January, the catchments of the
various
had been reduced to 1,016,000 gallons
and, assigning
a certain quantity
it was
that these
late
steps just described would have the effect of reducing the depletion, which had hitherto amounted to over 13,000,000 gallons per week; to 2,000,000
gallons, this quantity
was authorised to last until the end of April
As the
rainy season
does not
usually set in before the middle of that,
though occasionally later, it was considered prudent to supplement this supply
from other sources and, on the 12th
February, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government
appointed ...