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established on this artificial Lake Perolles — added to whicli the 

 shores of the lake are embellished with pleasure-grounds and 

 tea-gardens, for the healthful recreation of the inhabitants of 

 Ereibourg and its increasing number of tourist visitors. The 

 conseqiience of all this is that Ereibourg bids fair to become a 

 place of world-wide fame and of the greatest industrial activity, 

 Avhilst all the properties around are doubling in value through 

 that prosperity which has been brought about by the genius of 

 one person, who has conceived and carried out all these designs. 



Before leaving this interesting subject, I would wish to quote 

 the words of the eminent engineer Delabar, who says of these 

 works : — 



" Thus are the wants of the inhabitants of Ereibourg thoroughly 

 cared for — with pure drinking water for their houses, and with 

 water power for. their industries, given them to such an extent 

 that their great advantages will become the envy of far more 

 important towns. In fact, nothing more noble can be conceived 

 than these water-works, which are perfected for the sole purpose 

 of making water subservient to man's use, for his home, for hia 

 fields, and for his industries in life." 



Such is the high commendation passed by one great engineer 

 upon the merits of another in the same calling ! 



And now I take this opportunity of ventmdng to give the 

 following suggestion to business men, and to house and property 

 holders of every class in and about Sydney — namely, that they 

 should constitute themselves into a Society, that might go forth 

 accredited to Herr Eitter (after the Freibourg manner) as the 

 " Societe G-enerale Australienne des Eaux, Charbons et Irriga- 

 tion," and that such Society should send him an invitation, under 

 very liberal arrangements, to visit this place for the purpose of 

 inspecting our natural resources, and to advise with such Society 

 as to the best method of utilizing Port Jackson in connection 

 with our coal-fields south and north of Sydney ; how to act for 

 our future and permanent water supply, and how to dispose of 

 and utilize our valuable sewage. 



I have thus digressed considerably from our coal and coal port 

 Subjects, for the express purpose of showing how, by the develop- 

 ment of somewhat parallel resources at our command (less the 

 superior advantage enjoyed by Ereibourg of a permanent Alpine 

 stream) we can make a self-supporting, though expensive, railway 

 dam across George's Eiver, whereby to connect the southern, 

 coal-fields with Port Jackson. 



In our case, and in order to bring about such results, we should 

 seek to raise a head of water inside the dam not exceeding four 

 feet above highest spring tides ; and, this important action being 

 made a success of, we could obtain quite as much or moi*e water- 

 power at George's River, for nine months of the year, in the mode I 



