CALLAO
o%lUo Is one of the moot important ' porti In the Sonth Pacific, mainly on •oetfont of its central position, It being iitnated at equal distances from Valparaiso ■nd Pinama. Limn, the capital of Pern, Is only seven miles distant. At preient the water for daily use is obtained from- the filtration of the river Rlmao, whelh rani through Lima and empties Into the aea a shoit distance from Callao, ■ and the municipality Is at present making an Income of more than 20,000 silver soles, about $15,0C0 a year from this supply. On account of the Increase In population and In <- anticipation of the (>peftlng of the' Panama' ounal, it Is purtsdied to augment the water supply so as —to-be- tbla to furnish drinking water to the population at the rate of 200 litres a Jwad dally, and at the game time to make »ty the improvements possible m the jsjgiene by (tie construction of, a conventtfnt system of drainage foe the popu-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 19 June 1888, Page 3
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163CALLAO Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 19 June 1888, Page 3
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