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large increase in the population exceptional measures appear necessary for providing a public water supply.
From the observations made
of
of the yield of the Pokfulam draniage area I am
of opinion 60 per cent rain falling
over a catchment area
in this district could be collected in
a reservoir.
A catchment area of 100 acres
would therefore provide if adequate
impounding
reservoirs
a
daily supply of
were constructed.
over 300,000
gallows,
the yearly ravinfall being taken at
90
inches. Suitable sites for such
reservoirs exist un va.
valleys
Jos 1 and
2.
It is u
the
unnecessary for
and 4 are reserved for water works purposes it would appear that ample provision for the extension of the water. works should future occasion arise - exists in these proposed reserved areas.
Quantity of Water Required.
29.
As shown in sections.
20 and 21 the requirements at the
end of 1891 were not less than 132,000
gallous per diem.
30.
There has however.
recently been quartered at Jainoha.
reguiment of Indian troops
кий
numbering
about
9ނ
1,200 strong and
it is I believe uitended to erect per.
manent barracks for
Libr
of
these
koops
the
accommoda.
on the site kuoron
as the Whitfield Barrack site.
me at
31.
present moment to go into further
details of this alternative
in
my object
having dealt thus for with it is to
show that
if
the valleys numbers 1, 2, 3,
and
From the consumption
Cautorunents
of water at present obtaining within the Military in the City of Victoria I am afraid
a
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