CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 457

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their application on se small a surface will shake the cement on the sides of the Tank, and continued beakage and repair may proceed from it . I Tecommend to be substituted for the gates Conical,

6 plugs of hard Wood set in stone and laid on

the floors of the Tanks, with a chains

attached to them, and with a brick-

barrel drain in communication

from

6.

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the Lank to the Culvert.

The sluice gates for the subverts will probably require some additions,

leather or otherwise to prevent leakage.

The necessity of more welle being provided for the wants of the town appears to apparent not only for the Required supply of the Town but also by such means of supply to add to the solubrity of the Lown by the substrata. that I beg

to me so

draining

leave

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leave to suggest, whether it would not be desirable by a Pegislative Enactment to make imperative all properties where wells be sunk, the digging

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and Keeping in Repair of 2

the

Lame

The Proprietors of the Canton, the _ Mergan, and "Ouchterlony Bazaars

have the

ine

of supplying the

-occupiers of these Bazaars, with water from Wells. but the state of the two wells provided for this object is totally insufficient . Sinstance these properties in exemplification of the necessity of some such Legislative interference.

Should His Excellency The Governor approve of the suggestion I have offered for the conduit of Water to the Summit level of Caine Road - I beg to recommend that the "Report

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