RESIDENCE 



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RESIDENT 



Inner 



Circle 



represents 



AREA OF 



HYDE PARK 



390 



ACRES 



OuterCircle snows 

 WATER AREA OF 



^'RESERV.OlRJJlACRES 



Embankment across 

 centre of Reservoir 

 to prevent excessive 

 wave action. Three 

 openings give free 

 access for water 



RiverLea, 



Navigation 



Extreme length of Reservoir 

 at water line is I mile 1190yds. 



Capacity of 'about3,000,000,OQO 'gallons . 



Water Towsr 

 in which tfrrsvrHrcg oftfit 

 water rises ami falls t 

 for each explosion in 

 Combustion - 



Reservoir. Diagrams of the Chingford reservoir which helps to supply London with water, showing how the river Lea 

 was diverted, and the system of pumps which raise the water from the river level to that of the reservoir 



During the Great War it was 

 occupied by the British in Aug., 

 1918, and in Oct., 1920, by the 

 Bolshevists. Pop. 40,000. 



Residence (Lat. residere, to sit 

 down). Word used in several 

 cognate senses. (1) Dwelling- 

 place ; (2) in ecclesiastical law, 



residence is the condition on which 

 an incumbent holds his benefice ; 

 (3) in international law, the 

 official residence of a resident 

 (q.v. ) is called the residency ; this 

 latter term is also applied to an 

 administrative area in protected 

 states, e.g. in India, Java, etc., 



controlled by a resident agent. 

 See House ; Incumbent. 



Resident. Diplomatic officer 

 appointed to the capital of a state 

 bound by certain obligations to the 

 country to which he belongs. The 

 sovereigns of such states, though 

 nominally independent, are guided 



