LXXXVIII. DISCOSSION. 
tion of this fountain in water colour was exhibited). There 
was another fountain in Macquarie Place, erected also in 
Governor Macquarie’s time; the temple over it was removed 
to make room for the Mort Statue. This fountain was 
illustrated in Fowle’s “‘Sydney in 1848.” 
On page Vil, of his address, Mr. Keele mentions that in 
1854 a small pumping engine was erected by the City Com- 
missioners at the Lachlan Swamp to raise more water into 
the tunnel, he (Mr. Selfe) had long been of opinion that 
such engine was part of the work of the old Corporation, 
and that the credit of its establishment was due to Mr. 
Daniel Egan the mayor of the City in 1852. In the Illus- 
trated Sydney News of that period there is a portrait of 
Mr. Egan, and an account of certain improvements in the 
water supply carried out on his initiation, with the dam and 
machinery “‘now on the eve of completion,’ being due to 
this gentleman. It is however possible that this work may 
not have been put into operation until after the dissolution 
of the Corporation and the advent of the three City Com- 
missioners, who were superseded by the Hon. George 
Thornton as mayor in 1857. There are a great many 
interesting circumstances connected with the Botany 
Waterworks, and the task of getting the heavy machinery 
there which are brought to mind by the address. One at 
least of the large boilers was towed round to Botany Bay 
by the ‘‘Washington’’ tug and parbuckled ashore, owing 
to the heavy traction on the sandy road. With these 
engines a stand pipe originally came out from home, but 
air vessels were afterwards adopted and the stand pipe 
was never erected. One gentleman who used to write to 
the newspapers of the day was wont to attribute all the 
troubles in connection with the water supply to the non- 
erection of this appliance; cuttings still preserved show 
that there was much amusing controversy over the matter. 
