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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
J. C. RICHMOND, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XIII. NELSON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1865. No. 10.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
March 10, 1865.
HIS Honor the Acting Superintendent directs the publication of the following Report, for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Chief Clerk.
Provincial Engineer's Office, Nelson,
January 26, 1865.
The Provincial Secretary, Nelson,
SIR,—
Having by direction of his Honor the Superintendent visited, in company with Mr. Burnett, the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, for the purpose of inspecting (amongst other business) the waterworks at those places, and of obtaining information that might be useful and applicable to the proposed water supply of Nelson, I have the honor to forward the following report descriptive of these works.
We were furnished with letters of introduction to the Commissioner of Public Works at Melbourne, who freely offered us every facility in furtherance of our enquiries, and also introduced us to the Engineer of the Waterworks, Mr. C. Taylor, who took the greatest pains to show and describe everything of importance connected with the water supply. He accompanied us to the Yan-Yean, where the large reservoir is situated, and also to the Preston reservoir, minutely explaining everything of interest.
In Sydney we had no difficulty in seeing all that we required connected with the waterworks, and were freely furnished with any information we desired.
Without further introductory remarks I shall at once proceed to the description of
SYDNEY WATERWORKS.
The City of Sydney is supplied with water from Botany Bay; the water is obtained from what appears to be a swamp or lagoon of fresh water, separated from the salt water of the Bay only by a narrow sand bank.
From this latter circumstance it would appear, at first sight, that the water must inevitably be brackish, but it is not so in the slightest degree.
This may be accounted for by supposing that a powerful spring of fresh water exists in the swamp itself, a supposition which is strengthened and confirmed by the fact that with the full power of the pumping engines, employed for a length of time, they are unable to reduce the water in the swamp below a certain level, viz.: about 2 feet below the overflow weir.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1865, No 10
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🏘️ Publication of Provincial Engineer's Report
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government10 March 1865
Report, Provincial Engineer, Nelson, Water Supply
- Alfred Greenfield, Chief Clerk
🏗️ Report on Sydney and Melbourne Waterworks
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works26 January 1865
Waterworks, Sydney, Melbourne, Report, Nelson, Infrastructure
- Burnett (Mr), Accompanied inspection of waterworks
- C. Taylor (Mr), Engineer of Melbourne Waterworks
- Provincial Engineer