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population has necessitated in larger supply than that which was thus obtainable during the dry

Scason.

as I am

If I remember. rightly- writing from memory only it was in the e year 1852 that this want began to make itself zerroudly felt- and a prevreum. was then offered by the Government for the best scheme for supplying the

It was

ultunately awarded to Mr

City... Rawlings, whose enggestions were with few actrating

suggeshoris. carruil, out. They consisted of the construction: of a Granite Masonry clam across a gorge in the Pok footum talley. frour which a ten wich cast iron conduit pipe couvaged the water it two service tanks in the City... This pipe was laid under and followed the line of the carriage read from pokfoolum to Victoria a distance of about 3 miles.

The dam at Pok foolum _ which was

no termpound

150 feet long and 15 fest high- did note

a.

supply of water but everely served the purpose

of forming a small pond from which the water flowed with the Conduit pips.

In 1865 the want of an

Impounding

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Reservoir began to be percowed and the Govern - ment then obtained the plans for making that.

at Tokforlumn which was commenced in the latter part of the following year.

I took charge of these works on inganrival ui the Colony un June 1867. fundurig at that luve the seat of the Embarkurent prepared

and a

quantity of plant and meetorials ready for the work.

It was a feurred that the Reurvoir;

as

designed, would contour Ore hundrect milliong jof. Gallons (100, 000, 000). but I did not dear it advisable to excavate so much of the intercor of the Reservoir as had been proposect.

consequently, when completed . it did not actually contain more than Sixty seven millions of gallons (67,000,000)...

It is

- owing to this Cause - that the idea has arven, that the work is defective, because the quild of water is not so intendent? Wenden originally expected it would be.

Some considerable alterations were

by

great

as it was

expand

• me in the early part of 1870- which

the Government and the

were

sanctioned

by