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tight. The water-closets and wrinals are supplied through

- in

water-waste preventing services - boxes. It is found

practice cheaper to supply apparatus of the best, and,

to maintain the same sound and water-tight.

ui

use

N.B. The estimates of the costs of water- works in Great Britain given in my report include street-mains and valves but not House-service fittings. If however one third is added to the Tytam cost, for llains and

valves, which will be a liberal allowance, the estimate

will stand as under

Estimate £106,440

Add frd

55,480

£221,920

that is about £222,000.00 for completed works

to supply a population equal to 200,000 persons.

I have

given

in the table appended to this

report the daily volumes of water reported to be

expended in each case ranging from 40 Gallons per

head

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