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extent 431.3967 acres (the date of the title is December, 1902), 

 making the total area of the municipality now 8,376.5067 acres. 



The first Mayor's Minute which I have seen is that of the 

 late Mr. Alfred Webb, dated February 29, 1884- According 

 to the statements incorporated in this Minute, the general revenue 

 amounted to £7,132 lis. 2d., and the expenditure was £6,845 i^s.. 

 as against a general revenue for the year ended 191 8 of £77,042 

 4s. 3d., and an expenditure of £83,560 6s. 9d. 



The highest elevation is about 400 feet. The actual level 

 of Hie's Kraal, which is on the boundary- of the municipality, on 

 the Orange Grove Road, is given by the Surveyor-General to be 

 415.4 feet. 



Roads and Bridges. 



The following is a table showing the mileage of streets, foot- 

 paths, etc., constructed by the municipality, to the end of 1918: — 



1. Length 'of streets — Miles. 



Wholly constructed 42.3237 



Partly constructed 0-4523 



On which no construction work has been done 4.6250 



Total 47.4010 



2. Length of kerhing and guttering 56.8918 



3. Length of footpaths 58.1344 



4. Nmnher of bridges and culverts — 



(a) Bridges for general traffic 7 



( h) Footbridges i 



[c) Culverts (approx.) 255 



Besides the foregoing, there are 5.303 miles of roads in 

 the municipality maintained by the Divisional Council. 



Waterworks. - 



Historieal. — The first waterworks established in East London 

 were commenced in 1883, and completed in 1885. The scheme, 

 which appears to have been adopted at a meeting of ratepayers 

 held in the store of Mr. C. E- Bain, formerly Messrs. Bain, Webb 

 and Co., at the corner of Terminus Street and Cambridge Street, 

 now the property of Messrs. iBaker, King and Co., on Wednesday, 

 the nth February, 1880, was designed by Mr. J. G. Gamble, the 

 Government hydraulic engineer. The surveys were made by 

 the late Mr. A. E. Murra}', and the scheme was carried out 

 by the then Town Engineer, Mr. Geo. F. Newsam. 



The scheme comprised the construction of an im|xjunding 

 reservoir of a capacity, in round figures, of 97,000.000 gallons 

 on the Amalinda River, the laying of a 5-inch pipe conduit frcm 



