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from the headworks will stop, and 4 in. mains thence branch up the hill to the schoolhouse, there giving a head of 85 ft. from the reservoir, a fair pressure both for fire and ordinary domestic uses, and on the coach-road to Waikino past the post- and telegraph-office as far as the public hall, there giving a head of 70 ft. from the reservoir. The serving of these three streets or main roads embraces the inhabited portion of the town, with the exception of a few scattered dwellings here and there, for which provision is made in the estimate by means of 1-Jin. and lin. galvanised-iron piping, which, as the settlement expands, can be taken up and relaid elsewhere to make room for the continuation of the 4 in. branch mains. Provision is made for branches in suitable positions. Two scour-valves—one at the bridge and one at the creek-crossing opposite Eyan's —only are necessary; and stop-valves, fire-plugs or hydrants, and small branches contingent on water being required for power are provided for. The approximate cost of a service as above indicated, exclusive of compensation to the Corbett family, I estimate at £1,160. The cost of maintenance should be merely nominal, one man only being required occasionally to scour the silt-pit and mains, except in cases of emergency such as fires. 6th September, 1898. T. Perham. Approximate Coat of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (2,700 copies), £5 12 .

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