Opening Address. 



opinion of one or more hydraulic engineers possessing a length- 

 ened experience in other countries ; and as two gentlemen of 

 this character have arrived from India to give advice to the 

 Government of Victoria on the best mode of getting out of their 

 hydraulic difficulties, it vpould probably not be difl&cult, nor very 

 expensive, to get one or both of them to go over our contested 

 ground here, and give us the benefit of their matured judgment. 

 I may notice here that the gauging of the Nepean and Cataract 

 Rivers has been carried on since the date of the Commissioners' 

 report, and Mr. Moriarty has kindly furnished us with a table of 

 the monthly results, by which it will be seen that the reservoir 

 would have been superabundantly supplied throughout the period 

 indicated. It must be remembered, however, that last year was 

 unusually wet. 



MoNTHLT Totals. — Nepean and Cataeact Rivees. 



1869. 



September 

 October .... 

 IVovember , 

 December . 



1870. 



January .. 

 February . . 

 March . . . . 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 October .... 



April . 



t 

 1871. 



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at 



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Millions of 



Millions 



Millions 



galls. 



of galls. 



of galls. 



1,212 



973 



360 



1,091 



960 



372 



2,995 



1,796 



360 



770 



770 



372 



1,653 



1,135 



372 



1,248 



925 



336 



52,083 



2,393 



372 



52,597 



2,400 



360 



37,519 



2,480 



372 



12,701 



2,400 



360 



9,792 



2,447 



372 



5,085 



2,425 



372 



2,142 



1,889 



360 



13,121 



2,104 



372 



* 



* 



* 



22,156 



1,604 



360 



Millions 



of galls. 



239 



131 



1,199 



518 



323 



49,690 



50,197 



35,039 



10,301 



7,345 



2,660 



253 



11,017 



20,552 



Millions 



of galls. 



613 



588 



1,436 



398 



763 

 589 

 2.021 

 2,040 

 2,108 

 2,040 

 2,075 

 2,053 

 1,529 

 1,732 



1,244 



f Want of funds pveveuted continuing observations from October, 1870, to 

 April, 1871. 



