304 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
to induce the Council to acquire the land and plant it, 
with trees, but legal and financial obstacles, as well as 
apathy, have prevented any steps being taken, though 
on the catchment area there are extensive mountain 
tracts of land said to be suitable for nothing else but 
afforestation. 
Killorglin: water supply from Loch Cummernamuck, 
with a catchment area of 250 acres, between 421 and 
600 feet elevation, all mountain grazing, without habita- 
tions or plantations. The water supply is under control 
of the Killarney Rural District Council and a Waterworks 
Committee in Killorglin, who own only the site of the 
reservoir, and have rights and wayleaves for pipes and 
works. Cattle have access to the intake, and the supply 
is said to be unsatisfactory. 
Killarney : water supply from Devil’s Punch Bowl Lake, 
at 2206 feet elevation on Mangerton, the intake being on 
a stream in Ferta townland, 550 feet above the level of 
the town, with a catchment area of 914 acres, all mountain 
erazing, without habitations or plantations. The Council 
have a right to the water from the lake, but own none 
of the catchment area. No precautions are considered 
necessary, as there are screens at the intake to exclude 
leaves, etc., from getting into the pipes, which lead to the 
service reservoir and filters. It is a perfectly pure and 
ample supply. 
Cahirciveen: gathering ground of 120 acres on Carhan 
Mountain, south-east of the town, between 373 feet (level 
of the intake) and 1000 feet elevation, all mountain grazing 
and without habitations or plantations. The Rural District 
Council own the site of the reservoir and intake, and have 
purchased water rights and wayleaves on the mountain. 
Covered drains convey the water from the springs on the 
gathering ground to the intake, but the springs are liable 
to be interfered with by grazing cattle. The area is said 
to be suitable for afforestation, and the pipes from the 
