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are led to expect that this water can be conveyed to the Station 

 without much difficulty and at a cost of about £300. We sug- 

 gest that attention should be given to this source of supply and 

 that steps should be taken to secure the right to use the water 

 and to convey it to the Station site. 

 (4) If this scheme does not prove practicable we believe that the 

 needs of the Station may be met by storing water in ponds or 

 reservoirs c ther in the Hope Gardens or on the adjoining landa 

 where there are several gullies down which water flows during 

 rains, in which gullies, ponds may be formed at moderate 

 expense. Though doubtless a system of ponds or reservoirs must 

 limit the area to be irrigated, it must be remembered that con- 

 stant irrigation will not be required, irrigation would be required 

 to aid crops during drought or to illustrate the general principles 

 of irrigation. There would in this case also be expenditure. 

 67. To carry these plans into effect we estimate that the following 

 expenditure will be necessary, in addition to the votes provided for the seve- 

 ral Departments concerned. As we have pointed out we think thr*t Imperial 

 assistance may be asked for in order to provide for the staff, the other re- 

 quirements to be met out of local funds. 



Assistant Chemist 



£300 





Department of Public Gardens and Plantations 



200 





Other lectures 



150 



£650 



Labour, Teaching, Supplies, etc. 



375 



375 



♦Buildings 



900 





Fitting Student's Laboratory 



50 





Kemoval of Government Laboratory 



50 





Water Supply 



300 



1,300 



2,325 



68. Of this sum we believe that £650 may be obtained from Imperial 

 funds, while of the remainder, £1,300 is not a recurrent annual expenditure, 

 but merely incurred for building. If this expenditure can be spread over a 

 period of, say ten years, it may be met by an annual expenditure of £150 to 

 £170 per annum. This, together with the £375 estimated to be spent in 

 tools and supplies, makes £525 to £545 a year to be provided for locally. * 



In framing this estimate any expenditure on account of the Industrial 

 School has been left to form a charge on the existing Reformatory and Indus- 

 trial School Vote. 



We have, &c, 



Francis Watts. 

 W. Fawcett. 



WM. SIMMS. 



Government Cinchona Plantations. 



The extraordinary rise in the price of quinine and cinchona bark 

 in the beginning of the year 1899 had led to a review being taken of the 

 present condition of the Government Cinchona Plantations, and a con- 

 sideration of the practicability of manufacturing quinine as in India. 



* In the event of some accommodation being provided in University College. 



