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903 and 2591 feet, the highest pomt being Mickle Fell. 

 The Board own 300 acres of the Balder area, and 300 acres 

 of the Lune area, being simply the land on which the 

 reservoirs have been constructed. Fully 95 per cent of 

 both areas is moorland and the remainder hill pasture, 

 there being no arable land and few plantations. There are 

 about 50 or 60 houses and farmsteads on the Balder area, 

 and 70 or 80 houses and farmsteads on the Lune area, 

 wholly tenanted by what are known locally as fell-side 

 sheep farmers. There are no special measures taken on the 

 gathering grounds to prevent contamination, but the water 

 if filtered. 



Ripon obtains its water supply from Lumley reservoir, 

 with a gathering ground of 700 acres on Lumley Moor, 

 between 600 and 800 feet elevation, utilising the Holburn, 

 Craven Gill, and South Gill Becks, tributaries of the river 

 Laver. Of the total area, 45 acres are owned by the Cor- 

 poration, of which about 10 acres are plantations. Ditches 

 are cleaned out, the watershed is carefully looked after, and 

 the water is filtered. I have no information as regards 

 farmsteads and cultivation on the gathering ground, which 

 would seem to be suitable for afforestation. 



Harrogate obtains its water supply from two catchment 

 areas : , 



1. A gathering ground of 2720 acres on the head 

 waters of Oak Beck, a tributary of the river Nidd, with 

 four impounding reservoirs, namely, Scargill reservoir, drain- 

 ing 1110 acres ; Upper and Lower Beaver Dyke reservoirs, 

 draining 1200 acres; and Ten Acres reservoir, tapping 400 

 acres. This is moorland and rough pasture at 500 to 800 

 feet elevation, and with an average annual rainfall of 28 

 inches. 



2. Eoundhill reservoir, on Pott Beck, a tributary of the 

 river Burn, has a gathering ground of 3000 acres of moor- 

 land, which adjoins the Leighton reservoir area, belonging to 

 Leeds Corporation. 



No particulars have been obtained of these two areas, as 



