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lately been sunk deeper than it formerly was, and is now 

 below the level of the sea. 



Having thus laid before you the whole of the conditions, 

 natural and artificial, that have a bearing on the question 

 of water supply, from the formation of this district, by 

 Artesian borings or other subterranean operations, it appears 

 an absolute impossibility to obtain an ample supply of water 

 adequate to the wants of this large and rapidly-increasing 

 community, and that some other district must, therefore, be 

 applied to, which will yield an abundant supply of that most 

 important element in a pure and unadulterated condition, 

 and at a moderate cost. 



