to supply the Settlements with water are still The Promoters of the proposed company negotiating with the Municipal Council. $0 farastheirschemeisconcerned, however, two documents have been placed at our disposal from which we extract the following information, Messrs. A. McLeod, H. R. Hearn, R. Mackenzie, J. M. Ringer, R. E. Wainewright and J. W. Hart appear as the promoters of the undertaking, and to satisfy themselves as to the completeness of the scheme, and as to its being in every way equal to the requirements of the Settlements, they have consulted Mr. Thomas Hawksley, the eminent hydraulic engineer, who expresses the opinion that the scheme has been well and thoughtfully devised, both in regard to its general principles and its engineering Sctails, and that it will effect its intended objects in a very complete and satisfactory manner.
Like the other three schemes we have already noticed, it is proposed that the supply of water shall be taken from the River Whangpoo at a point below the Settlements and shipping, and at the top of high tides, and a purifying apparatus of tanks and filtering beds are contemplated. Mr. Hawksley think that the Site has been well chosen, that the
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