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town way be able to draw an abundaut daily supply of pure water, more sm~

expecially during

the

other minor sources the present allowance

of

water amounts to about H.

season

day of the year — ( October to April) _ when

the natural sources are for the west com

part dried up.

مجھے

The water in the old reservoir at

· Pokfoolum accounting to "/44 million __ gallons had already been foured insufficient in 1871 when Victoria contained only. 95,000 schabitants. At the present time when the population has increased to

110,000 the inadequary of the old w

reservoirie

of

course the

fett, and

the straits to which the poorespecially,

are put for

the want of this common.

are known to be.

- very great

massary of Perfoolium and

4.

From

other

4 gallons a day per head of inhabitnut. On the on

completion of the new Tytane Materworks. this daily allowance will be increased to about 19 gallons a day during

dry season, while during

ABAGOV

of five the proposed

the

the rainy

I months, and so

:solong

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voir is overflowing,

118W Mervoiris

there is no reason why the supply to the town should not be practically

unlimited:

5.

Such confused notions have At one time and another prevailed in respect of possible improvements to the existing water-supply, that it may not be out of place here to point out,

briefly,

that no doubt had ever at

aruz