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Q-How riany are you constructing there ?
A-We are constructing one at the present moment, and we are getting out plans
for another.
Q-When will this one that you are constructing be ready?
A-Wl, I hope it will be ready by, say, about June, 1903, but, of course, you never can tell. You may have a very, very wet season next year, which may put us back a good deal.
Q-When these two reservoirs are completed, do you think they will put us ahead of pur present water requirements ?
A-No, Sir; I do not think they will.
Q-Then what other works do you think will be necessary in addition to these
two reservoirs ?
A-Of course there are several schemes that have been proposed from time to time. There is the proposal of three little reservoirs out at Tytam-in that district- and there is also the proposal of a low level reservoir below Tytam, at Tytamtuk, which would be a very much larger reservoir than either of these small ones, but in that
case they would very likely have to use pumps.
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Q---Is that a costly process?
A-That will be fairly costly.
Q-More costly, of course, than if water came from gravitation?
A-Yes, because we should have to lay additional lines of pipes.
By Colonel Brown.-On what level would the lower reservoir at Tytam-tuk
A-As far as I have seen from the proposed plans, I should think it is something like 200 feet above sea level, but I have not gone into that question considerably.
Q-Would that supply all the houses?
A-I would not say.
Q-Would this be larger than the reservoir at Tytam ?-
A-No, I don't think it would be larger; it would be much the same size.
Q-Don't you think it is time to begin it at once?
A-It is for the Government to decide as to what they are going to do whether they are to make it, or try some other expedient. Of course there are other things they could try.
By Mr. Shewan,-In your opinion, what arrangements could the Government take at once to meet the demand for water ?
A-That is a question that covers such a lot of ground that one would have to go into it very much in detail, and one could not give it exactly. There are catch-waters on various hills, and the bringing of them into various tanks, and one would have to look at the thing from a financial point of view'as well.
Q-Putting the financial point of view aside ?
A-Well, I think the low level reservoir would be very good indeed
Q-Would that give us a supply?
A-I think it would.
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