WATER SUPPLY. 



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12. " Water is carted from the river, the charge being; one 

 shilling and sixpence per load, and the mode of supply is 

 very unsatisfactory. The Municipality has obtained, however, 

 an Act of Parliament enabling them to institute a new and 

 permanent supply." Population, 1084, Agricultural centre. 



13. " Water obtained from river by a gravitation scheme. 

 The supply is very good. The river is subject to pollution 

 from farm drains and cesspits, which should l)e immediately 

 abolished." Population, 1072. Agricultural centre and pubUc 

 institutions. 



14. "Water is obtained from the river, the cost of carting- 

 being one shilHng and sixpence per load. The method of 

 supply is not satisfactory, and it is desirable to institute a new 

 one, as circumstances are favourable. There are also private 

 wells and tanks." Population, 517. Agricultural centre. 



J 5. "Water is obtained from the river. The cost of cart- 

 ing is ninepence per cask. The present supply is considered 

 satisfactory, but it is desirable to institute a new one on 

 modern methods, as circumstances are favourable." Population, 

 387. Agricultural centre. 



16. " Water is obtained from the river, the cost being one 

 shilling to one shilling and sixpence per load. It is fairly 

 satisfactory. Any new method of supply objected to on 

 account of cost." Population, 536. Agricultural centre. 



17. "Water is principally obtained from tanks; also 

 carted from a creek at a cost of sixpence per hogshead. Is 

 fairly good quality while the creek is running, but very bad 

 when stagnant. In no district is there a more favourable 

 natural supply of water, at a distance of some four or five 

 miles, where a supply of the ' first water in the world ' runs 

 to waste, losing itself in the gravelly reaches of the rivulet, 

 and utterly wasted. The cost, compared with the very great 

 advantages to be derived from a continuous and abundant 

 water supply, would be very small." Population, 282. 

 Agricultural centre. (The probable drawback in this case is 

 the distance of the proposed source of supply from the town, 

 but it is worth investigation.) 



18. "Water is obtained from a creek. There are also 

 wells and tanks. The creek water is bad. It is desirable to 

 institute a proper water supjjly. Circumstances are favourable, 

 but thought costly." Population, 1 129. Agricultural district 

 and seaport. 



19. " No system of supi)ly and no proposal to institute 

 one, Water is brought in buckets or c^^rted fi'om a ' race,' 



