70 T. H. HOUGHTON. 



Sanitary Works," in which he showed that the savings 

 resulting from judiciously constructed works of water 

 supply and sewerage, would in about ten years equal the 

 cost of the works ; whether that is so or not, the health 

 and comfort of the people are so largely dependent upon 

 sanitary works, that every endeavour should be made to 

 extend the blessings of a constant supply of good water to 

 every township, and where conditions are in anyway 

 favourable, a sewage system should be constructed. 



I have taken up much of your time with an address which 

 is probably too much made up of figures, but without figures 

 I could not express in concrete form, the great advances 

 that have taken place in twenty-five years in this State. 



My thanks are due to heads of departments and many 

 others, who have kindly supplied me with data. 



