AUCKLAND WATER SUPPLY.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 549, 13 October 1871, Page 2

AUCKLAND WATER SUPPLY.

(The following petition,—from the Mayor and jCouneil of )A uckland,,. has heoii, sent to. Wei .• jlmgton for. presentation to ; the;. House of Representatives : —" To the Honorable the Legislative Council and ILui.-e of"~Rsrprrsenta-' lives of NowZaalauJ, iv Parliament as-K-mbled. 1 The petition of 'the' Maybr and' Council of thpjß.orough<of^A'ick|and,jiumybl <: j_nat while provision has' been' made in the Public Works'! Act ifoV inuiing roads to the north of Auckland^-.no. -provision has been h_,d;e for, one Q.f ; the.imu-ediatje requirements pi treaty., T^at;'a;vif*iter.,supply,for.the city ot^Uc^land>aß- become,a,subject of primary lippprtance, but owing to want.of-means, the : Bbrhugn jQqiincilare .precluded from, taking ' ihejpjtiatji've,' aqfi. the Provincia;l Government, arenpt^n a position tq.assist them.., That the jprojecti of, supplying,/the city with ;/water thotdor originate from the Corporal ion,- who., V.oyld,requ}r9.. a.sum,o£ ■GSQ.OOQ for carrying ©ut*'fhe undertaking. That your petitioners feel confident that, owing to the large profits that mast accrue to the undertaking, a material guarantee will be offered to the Goye^mtuehf _rltbft'r'epayment of* a loan'to that; amount. That the money which it is proposed to expend op pub'lio works to. the north Of Auckland, though tending to increase the prosperity qf .the province generally, "wil| be ifopVid principally by the citizens. Your petitioners, therefore,. ..earnestly pray that jjour honorable House will be pleased to give favourable Qp.nsjderatipnto the, claims of the cfity of Audkiaiid, and allocate a! portion of the public loan for the, purpose^ of; a water Bpp*p ciy. a^.na your petitioners, &c—P. A.' Philips, Mayoiv&h-ndT -nfl mo'fi