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elevation, comprising 370 acres of arable land, 74 acres of 

 boggy land, 15 acres of plantations, and 16 acres under 

 water. On the gathering ground, none of which is owned 

 by the Council except the 16 acres of reservoir sites, there 

 are 2 labourers' cottages and 11 farmsteads, with 59 in- 

 habitants. The water leaves the reservoirs through copper 

 screens, and passes by pipes to the filter beds. No special 

 measures are taken on the gathering ground against con- 

 tamination. 



Fermoy : supply from a stream which enters the reser- 

 voir (450 feet elevation) and filter beds at Knockananig, 

 three miles S.E. of the town. Supplemental supply from 

 Glashnahall Eiver, intake at Coolinny (539 feet elevation), 

 with 1000 acres of gathering ground. The Urban District 

 Council own here as freehold about 30 acres of uncultivated 

 ground, said to be suitable for planting trees. 



Mallow: supply from Fiddane stream at 485 feet 

 elevation, in Ballinvuskig townland, about 2^ miles S.E. 

 of the town. The catchment area consists of arable and 

 pasture land, the acreage of which is unknown. The 

 reservoir and adjoining land, about 1:^ acres, on which it 

 is proposed to construct filter beds, are owned by the 

 Urban District Council. " The reservoir is cleaned out 

 every four years." 



Buttevant : supply from intake at 640 feet elevation on 

 Streamhill Mountain, with 5 -inch delivery pipe to reservoir, 

 ^ mile distant from the town. Catchment area extensive, 

 acreage unknown. The Mallow Rural District Council own 

 only intake works and reservoir, about ^ acre in all. 



Tralee : gathering ground of 1340 acres in Curraheen 

 and Derrymore East townlands, between 200 and 2750 

 feet elevation, all mountain grazing, without habitations or 

 plantations. The Council own only the sites of the intakes, 

 reservoirs, and filters ; and no precautions are considered 

 necessary on the gathering ground except inspection after 

 floods to remove dead sheep, etc. Efforts have been made 



