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12th, Cox, 1921 
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D$ar }i r 4 Parrer, 
Your letter of Iltn. oot, came oy post last 
night too. la to for phoning to ynjj; ana in any case this 
matter xb not on# which oan h( settled by a i>vr words ov»r 
the oho no. 
You '*ri t* *Allen assures me that unless the level of the 
outlet where it runo into ‘t# Gardens in lowered oy 3 inch'*® 
the Tyerg&ll works cannot be satisfactory, that is to say the 
outlet "ill bt* suhmsrgMi qnd silting in th* culvert with all its 
attendant inconveniences vi&i result, ’* 
In the course of a few cleys T shall be able to take my 
own levels, and will then be able to consider your request, ytiat 
I do not know at oresent is the difference between the level of 
the top of the culvert and the -permanent laved of the *^ak«; but 
it looks to ms like half #n inch, and. if os Allan wants 
incite© off the top of the j.aka instead of 2, 
Allen appiiaro not to -now uhat oie course of the inflow .state 
into the hake will bo through the rookery ry. the new cut and 
not by the old lin** which ola 11 n? will be maintained for the 
N road Jrxinaga which needs catchment pits before th* water is allow- 
into the i*ake. Th* new cut will be open the M and its 
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water or the level with thnt in the wtl 1 in fact be 
oo.tt of th** lake, 
I shall rely on sttfrm we.ter for keeping this cut clear 
i tiS 
si d es 
being 
cone r«ted; 
find 
it seems to toe ths?t tho 
o 1 es 
* ring o 
f silt 
ou t of 
the 
culvert will also be done by 
storm water, I 'im ro. at present p reyar d to .od/fd % that 
storm water will not kaci the culvert cl**g . the work in the 
^ardons is being done en the assumtion that this is reasonable. 
And as the amount of water which has to come down is that which 
has corns down at any time over the last 55 years, only it will 
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