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years to complete, and that are essentially necessary to assist in 
a comprehensive scheme, are not even commenced, and 
for seventeen years ago, when giving evidence before the Board 
appointed to inquire into the Moama and Deniliquin railway 
Scheme, Mr. W. C. Bennett, Commissioner and Chief Engineer for 
Muwrumbid ee, Lachlan, and ie in 1871; the network of 
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“Ream between the Bogan, the Macquarie, and the Castle- 
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ti Ces, poin unmeaning manner to the facilities offered by 
he natural features of the country for distributing the supply 
at lands by the greater rainfall, by melting snows and by springs, 
oe g the life-blood of the country through the very anlett 
- its f ili ing agency is a necessity to success, to discharge 1 
_ Waste in the ocean ; while those who have eyes to see, and must 
