CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS. XIX. 
crosses the road from Campbelltown to Camden, and store 
it in two reservoirs there, and to conduct it thence to 
Sydney by pipes direct, instead of by the conduit via 
Prospect as approved. Mr. Gipps’ proposal being rejected 
by the authorities, and as the contracts for the various 
sections of the works had been let, within sight of the spot 
he proposed for his upper or service reservoir, he resigned 
his appointment under the Government, in order to develop 
his scheme, and within six weeks he read a paper before 
the Royal Society on 6th October, 1880, setting forth 
his views. 
Kenny Hill Scheme Agitation for High Pressure Service. 
—As this proposal created a very large amount of interest 
at the time, and being strongly supported, not only when 
it was first introduced, but throughout the whole period 
during which the Prospect works were under construction 
—indeed the agitation did not cease, and the Kenny Hillites 
as they were termed, did not abandon all hope, until the 
middle of the year 1888—it will be doubtless of some interest 
to briefly describe its leading features. There were to be 
two reservoirs, the lower one called the storage reservoir, 
to contain 8,110 million gallons of water available by gravi- 
tation, the surface level to be 330 feet over sea, and the 
draw off level at 270 feet. The upper or service reservoir 
to impound 144 million gallons, the top water level being 
372 feet over sea. The water from these reservoirs to be 
conducted by a double line of 36 inch cast iron pipes, 
through tunnels to be driven through the dividing ridge, 
and thence direct to Sydney, which would be capable of 
supplying daily, 2 millions to Waverley at 325 feet eleva- 
tion, 1 million to Woollahra at 276 feet elevation, and 13 
millions to Paddington at 214 feet, the estimated cost 
being £1,232,392. 
It was claimed by Mr. Gipps that the scheme would be 
12 miles shorter than Mr. Moriarty’s, which would deliver 
