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of men who have had most experience in Europe and elsewhere, it 
is the only system at present known to meet all requirements of 
populous cities with the least objections ; more especially, when it 
is considered that the above objections can be met by ventilation, 
and that no other system offers a means of disposing of kitchen- 
slops along with the fcecal refuse of a practical and unobjectional 
character. 
From the above remarks it will be seen that this paper is to be 
devoted to the advocacy of the water-carriage system, which 
excludes the conveyance of storm-water from the sewers, and is 
known as the Separate System. 
With reference to the popularity of a system of sewers, my 
experience in the city of Sydney is, that citizens are as importunate 
for sewer accommodation as they are for water, roads, bridges, ke, 
and never to my knowledge begrudge the rates. 
Another impediment to the progress of sanitation in the suburbs, 
as well as to the adoption of systems of water-supply, is the 
inveterate habit of colonists in New South Wales of looking to 
the Government to initiate and endow them with systems, and, 
allied to this, is the assumption that a comprehensive scheme to 
meet all the requirements of the suburbs is at some future day 
about to be entered on by Government. ie 
I must be allowed to deprecate the inveterate practice In New 
South Wales of waiting upon the Government in every emergency. 
Reliance upon Government for works of sewage and water-supply 
acts as a pernicious opiate on the self-reliance ofa people. 
Now, with respect to this latter consideration, while generally 
approving of comprehensive schemes for public works, it by no 
means follows that a compact community should not set about 
Still another stumbling-block in the way of public sanitation is 
the assumption that it is a costly work (which itis), without giving 
healthy manner, it is a reproducti t 
desired accommodation of sewage disposal at an immense saving 
over the present s f ; 
This epee wk sayecalllilg the water-carriage oc a 
not necessarily presuppose the wasting of a valuable fer vs n 
be found that a market can be got for it ; but hitherto all a — 
to utilize this material have only succeeded in reducing the outlay 
Sewage farms have been instituted for its utilization ; but in 
1 ys of the year are wet, 
d, where a large proportion of the days 0 
the application of liquid sewage over-drenches the land, already 
