168 TANKS AND WELLS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 
“This estimate, like that for the steam plant, requires modifica- 
tion, as the bullocks could not, for various reasons, be constantly 
worked, Estimating the same loss of time, which taking the 
average run of the reasons is I think equitable, and we have— 
34 weeks’ wi tee @ Lay 5 0 =-£1,966-101o 
18 weeks’ idle time... ... @ £18 0 O= 324 0 0 
£1,590 10 0 
“This amount represents thirty-four weeks at 1,500 cubic yards 
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the seasons be relied on, there is little doubt that animal power 
TI.—Warter Suppry ror IRRIGATION, 
There are few questions of such importance, few questions Mess 
which the future prosperity of this Colony is so intimately inter- 
sheds, where a rich soil now lying fallow, only waits its invigor 
ence to yield returns that, with the climate we possess, 
ve” Convert it into amine of wealth. Surveys that will require 
