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ebaii'd it, I wiU endeavour to sihow tihe 

 approxiimate capitial coist per li.p. of 

 steiadii and water power. Steam plant 

 may be put diown foi*, say, £30 per h.p., 

 wihile to pujt down a wate.r power pianrti 

 to utiliiise the power of tiie Gentile Annile 

 Pajl'Tis the estimaite is not le-is than £100 

 per h.p. yeit here "vv^e have a waiteiiifailfl 

 400ft. high. To obtain a falil of 400ft.. 

 on any river, falling 40ft. per mile, 

 would require a pipe or race 10 miles 

 long, entailing a very large initial expen- 

 diture. For thisi reason water can onily 

 compete with steam when the local conr 

 ditions are exceptionally favonrablle, 

 601 C'h as tbe proximity of a watterfall, or 

 when capable of being produced on a 

 large scale. This is tihe neail reasion why 

 the water power in this country is still 

 wihat is popuLairly called running to 

 waste, and it will oonitinne to do sOs un- 

 tiil there is £iuflicienib inducement foa* a 

 company to gink from £50,000 to £100,- 

 OOO in a latrge power producing ijlant. 

 The only suggestion that I can make is 

 tlijat Government s'hould assist priVate 

 enterprise as far as poisisible hj colliecting 

 and publishing usieful information witti 

 regai'd to rainfall! and river ganging, etc. 

 They might also advertisei the fact^ tlrat 

 tlney are desirous of developing tthe lalt- 

 enib wateir power in the Stiate, and witli 

 tills intent are willing to deal liberally 

 with any person or company formed for 

 tli'is purpose. Tihey will 'have to give 

 up tihe idea, which. I believe they hold 

 that this water power can be made a 

 direct source of income, and be content 

 with the indirect profit to the State de- 

 rived from tliei .leistabli 'hment lof new 

 manufactures and new industries. 



Mr. A. 0. Greene said they were all 

 much indebted to Mr. Macnaghten for 

 .again drawing attention to the subject. 

 At Launceston, witb the aid of tliie 

 stream rumning tihrough tihe town a very 

 great deal ,was being done b3^ wate\r 

 power, electric power for lighting, and 

 nunKcirous ot.her purposes wais generated!, 

 proving a great boon to the city in very 

 many directions. He was much impreeis- 

 ed with the water power available iin 

 thifS State to aid in t'hie development of 

 many industrieis. It was not at all 

 necessairy in biils opinion that there 

 slhould first be one great and expensive 

 scheme for developing the power. Hie 

 agreed that it, would do much good to 

 have directed attenitdon to this latent 

 power that was availajble in several dis- 

 tricts. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston, F.S.S., thought 

 they must all agree that there wasi much 

 water power available, but the quesition 

 was whether it could be utilised with 

 commerciail advantage. It appeaoned 

 that at present in transmitting electrical 

 energy, generated by water power, over 

 a considerable distance, there waS' a 

 great deal of ''leakage." There were 

 engineers now in Tasmania alive to th« 

 exiistenoe of thisi water power in varioufl 

 partS' of the island, and to soime extenft 

 it was already being utilised. 



Mr. Geo. Kerr looked forw^ard to many 

 manufactures arising in this State with 

 the aid of water power. It would no 

 doubt become a very valuable asset. 

 The new Waverley woollen mills in the 

 oity were being worked by water power. 

 He predicted that ene long paper mills 

 would be established in Hobart. 



Mr. Target, C.E,, referred to the 

 generation of electrical power on a large 

 scale at Niagara Falls , 



Mr. Macnaghten replied to the dis- 

 cusision. Mr. Rahbek's reportsi did' not 

 confirm Alderman Moore's view. 



Mr. G. E. Moore could not find that 

 Mr. Rahbek had gone into the financial 

 aspect to prove that thisi water power 

 would be remunerative, coimmercially. 



Mr. Macnaghten : Last session of Par- 

 liament, two companies made applica- 

 tion for right® to dervelop the water 

 power. It w^as to be hoped that such a 

 valuable asset of the State would not 

 be given away. There was toO' much of 

 the power of throwing cold water on pro- 

 jects existing, in Tasmania. Tasmania 

 would become a great manufacturing 

 and industrial country if the people had 

 mjore faith in their country, and more 

 rterseverance. (Applanse.) He quoted 

 Mr. Rahbek's report, which showed that 

 57,000 horse power (ele>ctrical) could be 

 generated for use in Hobart, by utilis- 

 ing the available water power, and the 

 place might become a great commercial 

 centre. 



Mr. Moore said it all depended on th© 

 cost of developing the power. 



Mr. Maonagh-tein was accorded a vote 

 of thanks. 



School of Forestry and Agriculture. 



Mr. L. Rodiway read a further paper 

 by Mr. W. Heyn, who is connected with 

 the Dover (England) harbour works, on 



