6.

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advantage lies in making no current provision for

ronowals but financing them in due course by loan.

Any "surplus" of rovere mich may arise should,

as already indicatod,

ronewals.

Curtain other charge.

rogarded as available for

ich ought in strictness

dupartment, cost of

penses, water analysis

ttention to staff etc.

to be borno by an independent mooi

postal facilities, share of audit

by the Medical Department, dic 1

ero difficult to calculate exactly and they might be

regarded as approximately offsou by the free supply of

water to Government offices, which it is proposed should

continue.

III. Charges for later.

7.

On the general principle that the users of water

should pay the full cost of what they use the following bases

of charge are proposed:-

8.

(i) A general charge to be able to cover the cost of vater

supplied for "communal purposes, 1.0. hydrants, street

cleaning, sowers, public buildings, free supplies to hospitals otc.

(ii) No free allowances.

(iii) Extra costs of supply to certain areas to be covered

by additional charges.

(iv) Special rates to be charged for supplies to building

contractors and shipping as at present.

(v) All other water to be supplied at standard rates.

As regards (i) the 2, at presont regarded as the

proportion of the rates applicable to water might reasonably

bo regarded as a proper charge for general supply.

that this 2 yields more than the retual cost of the

It is true

communal'

supplies

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