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die thirst of the land ; he allowed for a loss of fifty per cent, in reaching the creek, but \vith the remainder he allowed for no absorption for twelve months. ' The Mayor said it had reached tho reservoir then. Cr Lysnar ; Will there nof be absorption '? The Mayor said there would bo water running into it ail the time. The fall had not been dry for fifteen years. I Cr Lysnar said he had been told that the fall had been dry. Cr Harding : It has never been dry. Cr Lysnar said that his palate was not strong enough to relish water stored in that way. He would prefer Voice : Whisky.—(Laughter.) Cr Lysnar : No, not whisky; but be would prefer tank water stored under his own eyes.

Cr Jones said that the tank supph would not last for twelve months withoui

being replenished. This based on a long drought. Cr Lysnar went on to quality of the ryater was not the lakes it went black. estimate was say that the good. In all The Council

might approve of the scheme, but the ratepayers would reject it. They should go for a certainty ; they should seek a surer scheme. If this scheme was accepted and was a failure, as it was sure to be, they would pledge all their credit and still not have the stigma of fever lifted from the place. Hr Mestayer himself had recommended them to keep their tanks. Cr Kennedy said the thanks of the Council were duo to Cr Kysnar for the trouble ho had gone to, but he was nowraising a much bigger question than he had originally set out. If there was anything in the contention of Cr Lysnar, that could easily be set at rest by the committee. There was much in what had been said as to the porous nature of the