THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Hum ax Values Expressed In Sterling. Mr A. J. Parker, public analyst, giving evidence at Auckland, Stated that tlie financial aspect of any water supply was a. large fat-tor not fully realised. In many parts of the I liited States a monetary value was placed on citizens, and the responsibility of Water Boards was worked out (ill this basis. Their duty was to supply pure water, not likely to cause infection or death from disease. In a recent American publication they do attempt to put down the loss of human life in monev, remarked the chairman of the enquiry. Mr A. W. Blair: I see £3OO is the value of a child at five years of age. This increases to £ISOO between the ages of 25 and 30, and decreases to £2OO between the ages of Go and 70.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1927, Page 2
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