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acres of arable land, 300 acres of hill pasture and moor, 

 and 100 acres of plantations. Of the total area, the town 

 owns 150 acres. The water is filtered. 



VI. Perth (East) and Forfar Counties 



Gathering grounds, 50,935 acres, supplying ten local 

 authorities. 1500 acres owned by one local authority. 



The Kirkcaldy District of tlie County of Fife, in which 

 Kirkcaldy, Dysart, and Kinghorn Burghs are not included, 

 will be supplied with water from two gathering grounds in 

 the Ochil Hills in Perthshire. The river Farg catchment 

 area, on which a reservoir is being built, contains 1437 

 acres, at 550 to 1000 feet elevation. The Slateford Burn 

 catchment area adjoins the last, and comprises 1166 acres, 

 at 650 to 1200 feet altitude. The water will be taken 

 from the Slateford Burn to the Farg reservoir by a 24-inch 

 pipe. None of the land is owned by the Council except 

 about 100 acres required for the site of the reservoir. On 

 the Farg area there are 200 to 300 acres of arable land, 

 the rest being rough pasture. The Council intend to divert 

 the sewage from the four existing farm - steadings ; but 

 measures for preventing contamination of the reservoir are 

 troublesome on account of the divided ownership, as there 

 are twelve proprietors on the Farg area. There is little 

 arable laud on the Slateford Burn area, most of it being 

 rough pasture. The engineers are of opinion that the afforesta- 

 tion of the Farg gathering ground would be desirable, in 

 order to secure the purity of the water supply ; but it is 

 very doubtful if the County Council could face the expense 

 of acquiring the whole area for this purpose. Meanwhile, 

 compensation is liable to be paid to proprietors who may 

 be injuriously affected by any restrictions imposed under the 

 Water Act for the prevention of pollution. See W. C. Reid, 

 in Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers, yo\. 194, p. 6, Fig. 3 (1914), 

 for rainfall and map, here reproduced, of the Slateford and 

 Farg areas. 



