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25 and 52 feet elevation. The Company own only a 

 small strip on the margin of the lake and the site of the 

 pumping and filtration works. Both mechanical and sand 

 filters are used. 



Carnarvon obtains its water supply from an intake at 

 Nant Mill, half a mile below Quellyn Lake, with a gather- 

 ing ground of about 5120 acres, between 453 and 3500 

 feet elevation (Snowdon). The Corporation own only the 

 site of the intake. The land, on which there are no planta- 

 tions, is entirely hill pasture, except a very small amount of 

 arable land. The scavenging of the village of Ehyd-ddu 

 on the area, which has a considerable population (200 

 persons), is carried out under the supervision of the Ehyd- 

 ddu Joint Sanitary Committee to the satisfaction of the 

 Local Government Board. 



Bangor obtains its water supply from an intake on the 

 river Llafar in Llanllechid, at 1300 feet elevation, with a 

 catchment area of 1100 acres, extending up to Carnedd 

 Llewellyn, 3484 feet elevation. The gathering ground, 

 which is not owned by the Corporation, is without planta- 

 tions, habitations, or farmsteads, and is used only for sheep 

 grazing. The water is not filtered. 



Llanfairfechan Urban District Council obtains its water 

 supply from a storage reservoir at Camarnaint, with an 

 intake from the Glan y Sais stream, and a gathering ground 

 of 393 acres, between 1100 and 2000 feet elevation. The 

 area, which is common land belonging to the Crown, is 

 entirely hill pasture, used for grazing sheep and ponies 

 only, and is without plantations. The water is not filtered. 

 When sheep or ponies die on the gathering ground they are 

 immediately buried. 



Penmaenmawr Urban District Council obtains its water 

 supply from an upland surface at Tan y Fan, reported 

 in Jmirn. Board of Agriculture, xi. 471 (1904), to be 

 832 acres of hill pasture, between 1000 and 2000 feet eleva- 

 tion, all owned by the Council. The water is not filtered. 



