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tions concerned, be used for these purposes, and similarly with 

 regard to certain areas in Yorkshire within reach of the Uni- 

 versity of Leeds. 



With the assistance of the English and Scotch Local Govern- 

 ment Boards, the recommendations of the Committee have now 

 been brought under the notice of all the local authorities in 

 England and Scotland, and the Board at the same time took the 

 opportunity of ascertaining which authorities have acquired the 

 freehold or long leasehold of the catchment areas from which 

 their water supplies are derived, and a statement of the acreage 

 and altitude of the respective areas. The following tables give 

 particulars of these cases, excluding those in which the freehold 



County 

 in which Area 

 is situated. 



Cumberland 

 Derby and 



Yorks 

 Derby 

 Devon 



Lancashire 



Montgomery 

 Cumberland 

 Lanes. & Yks, 

 Sussex 

 Denbigh 

 Radnor 



Warwick 



Worcester 

 Yorkshire 



Local 

 Authority. 



Keswick 

 Derwent '( 

 Valley ) 

 Matlock 

 Paignton 

 Plymouth 

 Torquay 

 Bolton 

 Bury 

 Darwen 



I ley wood 



Liverpool 



Manchester 



Oldham 



Brighton 



Oswestry 



Birming- ^ 



ham j 

 Stratford- \ 

 on -Avon J 

 Malvern 

 Bradford 

 Dewsbury 

 Hudders- ") 



field > 

 Halifax 

 Ilkley 

 Keighley 

 Leeds 



0 5 



Acres. 

 500 



577 

 289 

 700 

 348 

 2,241 



4,455 

 4,594* 

 500 



500 

 22,325* 

 11,000 

 2,659 

 1,100 

 241 



4,925 



722 



117 

 7,000 

 2,488 



340 



i,3H 

 200 

 1,142 

 11,778 



Range 

 of Altitude. 



Feet. 

 615-2,800 



776-1,000 



800 

 900-1,700 



700-1,100 

 700-1,350 



475-1, 3°° 

 700-1,300 



700-1,500 

 825-2,185 

 533-3,n7 

 778-1,450 

 140-580 

 1,100-1,420 



700-2, 1 1 5 



300-400 



57o 

 446-2,300 

 1,050-1,480 



630-1,642 



850-1,450 



825-1,425 

 35o-i,55o 



Description of Area. 



Hill 



Pas- 

 ture. 



Acres. 

 500 



463 

 129 

 700 



i,574 

 2,177 

 3,984 

 nearly 



all 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 1,923 



649 



174 

 nearlv 



601 



117 



all 



do. 



550 

 200 

 1,142 

 [1,074 



Arable 



Acres. 



3o 



212 



442 

 451 

 13 



55 



very 

 little 



Peat. 



Acres. 



2,278 

 610 



some 



do. 

 2, 1 60 



1,982 

 30 



711 



Wood 

 land. 



Acres 



114 

 10 



' 95 

 105 

 97 



12 



606 

 36 



410 

 66 



5o 



239 



* Part of this remains to be purchased. 



