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VICTORIA.
VICTORIAN WATER SUPPLY.
THIR.D 1\.NNU AL Gl~NERAL l1EP()RT
BY
THE SECRETARY FDH VVATEH SUP!)LY.
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ROB'f. S. BRAIN, GOVERNMENT PRINT:I<;R, ~a;LJ~OURNE. No. 135-[16. 9d.J-15500. APPROXIliiATE COST OF REPORT. £ d rrepamtion-Not given. Printing (1,500 copies) •• £9000 REPOR~~
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1889.
Victorian 'Vater Supply, Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, 1st September, 1889.
The Ilonorabte Alfred Deakin, Minister if Water Supply, <$·c., c$·c., g.c. Sm, During the past twelve months steady progress has been made in furthering a number of the more important schemes of water supply that, at the date of my last Annual Report, were in their initiatory stages. Several new projects have also been examined, and a large amount of information gained, as to the possibility of profitable irrigation in districts that had not previously engaged attention. Much work has heen entailed in supervising the operations of constituted Trusts carrying out authorized schemes of works; while more than ordinary trouble has been experienced, during the year, in dealing with proposals for which formal sanction is being sought. Home of those submitted were found upon examination to involve expenditure not -warranted by probable revenue. In other cases difficulties in the way of satisfactorily appor tioning the waters of common sources of supply have caused delay. The olltaining of information as to the volumes discharged hy the rivers of the colony has heen actively continued, and chemical investigations made to ascertain the mnnurial vahws of the waters of several of the principal streams. Boring f(w water has likewise hePn proceeded with, but it is to be regretted that HO far the rPsult of the efforts made to discover useful subterranean supplies has not been commensurate with the outlay incurred. In treating separately of the various functions carried out hy the Depart ment, it will be convenient to adhere to the sequence adopted in previous annual reports. LEGISI.ATION. A short Act, containing only four sections, was passed at the close of the last session of Parliament. By section 1, lessees of land, having under their leases the right to purchase their leaseholds, were empo-wered to vote at elections of Commissioners of Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts. Section 2 requires candidates, upon being nominated at such elections, to deposit the sum of £10 \Yith the returning officer ; and provides, under conditions usual ii: such cases, for the forfeiture or refunding of the money. By section 3 the word" owner," as defined by section 2 of" 'The lrr(gation Act 1886," is for the purposes of that Act to he deemed to include the trustees of Agricultural Colleges. Section 4 deals with riparian rights, as regards rivers, streams, or 'vater courses affected by National works. The section, although narrowly restricted in its operation, is at present of importance, as being an instalment of necessary legislation upon a subject that should engage the early attention of Parliament. Its ohjett is to secure the uninterrupted transmission of water along natural water-courses, to pur chasers from National works. To this end the Governor in Council is given power to frame regulations for controlling the exercise of riparian rights, as regards the natural waters of the streams affected. The rights themselves, it should he observed, have been clearly recognised and protected by the enactment. It is also provided that regulations under the Act shall only be framed after the Chief Engineer of vVater Supply has reported in writing that they a.re, in each instance, rea:-;~nahly necessary. Taken as a whole the section will be found to confer a valuable authority, so far as it goes; but it will be evident that the investiture of the Board of Laud and 'Vorks with full control over the sources of supply to National works is likely to be of more importance than the questions involved in the transmission of water from them. AZ 4 It is strongly recommended that Parlinment he asked to give early consideration to the whole subject of the riparian law of the colony, to define the limits and extent of the respective rights of individual landowners, and of the State as representing the people ltt large. It is understood th:tt, at present, the riparian law of England, except in so far as it has been modified by local enactments, is the lnw of the colony. That it is utterly unsuited to our circmnstances need not he matter for surprise, when there are considered the vast differences in physical conditions and in climate between Gt·eat Britain and this colony. Nothing short of the absolute supercession of this portion of the English common lrtw, by a comprehensive enactment dealing with the whole subject, will meet the necessities of the case. Accrued rights may be fully conserved; but rights that were merely inchoate at the time of the passing of " The Irrigation Act 1886 '' should he finally and conclusively dealt with; and a ,way should be provided to ascertnin and declare, once for all, what the accrued rights really are. Unless the State be invested with fulJ power over nll natural sources of water supply, the Irrigation and Water Conservation Acts cannot be satisfhctorily administered, nor will it bo wise or prudent to invest money in some of the costly National works which have been asked for. The re-adjustment of liabilities between trusts, consequent upon alterations in boundaries, has disclosed some minor omissions in the \Vater Conservation and Irrigation Acts. These require to be supp1ied. Further legislation is also needed to enable Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts to administer, in certain cases, systems of works for the supply of urban areas.
VICTORIAN \VATER SUPPLY WORKS.
I.-CoLIBAN ScHEME. The financial results for the year of this scheme continued to be unsatisfl:wtory. Although the revenue (see Appendix No. 1) as compared with the collections tiuring 1887-8, has increased, an unprecedentedly heavy expenditure of £12,096, under the head of maintenance and management, more than counterbalances the increase. The capital account also has been debited with a further amount of £4,840, bringing the total cost of the works to date up to £1,069,~54. The heavy maintenance charges have reduced the net revenue for the year to £9,236, as compared with £12,200 for last year; and as a result, the percentage upon capital cost has been reduced from 1·146 to ·.863. The total charge for interest accrued during the year, at the rate of 4! per cent. upon capital cost, was £48,116; from which deducting the net revenue, £1:),236, leayes a deficiency of £38,880 to be made good from other sources. For the year 1887-8 the deficiency was £35,698. The extraordinary expenditure under the head of annual charges, referred to above, was necessitated by damage to the works fi·om floods, which occurred between the night of the 1st and morning of the 2nd of January of the current year. The rainfall over the whole colony, during the first week of January, was very heavy; along the line of the Coliban works it was quite unprecedented. The following is a tabular statement of the records at five of the principal stations, for the 24 hours ending on the morning of 2nd January, and for the week ending on that of 5th January- Rainf II.-GEELONG ScHEME. The gross revenue derived from these works during the year has been £9,008 lls. lOd., and a sum of £2,408 4s. 9d. has been expended in maintenance and supervision, leaving a net return of £6,600 7s. Id. as cmnpared with £5,690 6s. 2d. for the year preceding. The capital account having been increased by only £353, this result may he regarded as a fairly substantinl improvement. The cost of the works to date has been £357,337, so that the net revenue is equal to 1·846 per cent. 7 upon capital cost. The percentage on cost last year was 1·594. The interest upon capital at the rate of 4k per cent. would amount to £16,080 3s. 3d. If from this be deducted the net revenue shown above the deficiency or direct loss for the year will appear to have been £9,479 16s. 2d., as compared with £10,374 during 1887-8. In last year's lleport it was mentioned that negotiations were in progress, between the Department and the municipal bodies in the Geelong district, with a view to the constitution of a Waterworks Trust which would be empowered to carry out the proposed Barwon scheme. The advantages to the town and suburbs of Geelong that would accrue upon the completion of this have already been fully described, and need not now he recapitulated. As the result of the negotiations, of the local bodies concerned, the Town Council of Geelong, the Council of the Borough of Newtown and Chilwell, and the Shire Council of South Barwon, have decided to jointly take the steps necessary, under the \Vater Conservation Act, to bring about the appointment of a Trust. The Borough Council of Geelong West has the matter still under con sideration, and it is probable that they will join in the action proposed to be taken by the municipalities above mentioned. The shire councils of Cm·io, Bellarine, and Bannockburn, on the other hand, have declined to take part in the proposals, on the ground that their districts are in comparison hut slightly interested in the question. The services of an engineer have been retained by the municipalities to report, in their behalf, as to the feasibility of the Barwon scheme, and to fonnulate their application for the creation of a Trust. It may therefore be expected that, at the date of my next Annual Report, the works of the Geelong scheme will have passed from direct departmental control. IlL-GOLD-FIELDS' RESERVOIRS. These works are still in the very unsatisfactory position of being nominally the property of the Government, which would, therefore, probably be held responsible for the consequences of any accident that might occur, owing to their imperfect mainten ance or improper control. It is true that most of those mentioned in the list given in Appendix No. 3 are under the jurisdiction of local governing bodies, who covenant to keep them in a proper state of repair; it is known, however, that these obligations are very lightly treated by some of the bodies concerned. In my last Annual Heport I pointed out that the proper course to pursue in regard to these works would he to sell them absolutely to the bodies whose constituents benefit by them, and advised that a short Act be obtained to enable this to be done. The pressure of business in Parliament during last session, it may he presumed, prevented this. I would again urge that the necessary po,vers be asked for as early as possible. As to some of these reservoirs, negotiations ·with the municipalities for their absolute transfer and sale are practically completed, and merely await legal sanction to permit of their fonnal ratification. As to others, the local corporations, while anxiou~ that they should be maintained for the benefit of their constituents, have displayed reluctance to incur obligations on their account. As to still others, there do not seem to be any good public reasons why they should he maintained at all. These works were constructed in the first place by the Mining Department, and have never been taken over by the Victorian \Vater Supply. Indeed the Department of Mines has, under the powers conferred by the "Mining Statute 1865," leased the greater number of them as men tioned above; the leases are in the custody of the Mining Department, and it alone can enforce compliance with the convenants; and to the Mining Department the \Vater Supply is indebted for any information in regard to them. The Chief Engineer has, on several occasions, when questions relating to these works have been referred to him, pointed out the danger incurred by leaving unused reservoirs practically without care or control; and has urged that steps should be taken to terminate such a state of affairs. In my last Annual Report I adverted briefly to the possibility of their becoming "sources of danger" if neglected, and I take this opportunity to do so again. That the possibility of an unused and neglected reservoir bursting, and devastating the country below it, is no chimera, the recent accident at Jolmstown, in the united States of America, is a proof too terrible to need emphasizing. Before leaving this subject, I would again strongly recommend that an early opportunity be taken to ask Parliament for the necessary powers to enable these works 8 to be sold to the parties interested in them; that so soon as powers are obtained the formal transfers be completed, so that the corporations may realize their responsibilities in regard to them; and, that such of them as the local bodies are unwilling to purchase he at once absolutely destroyed, so as to he incapable of storing any volume of water that might be~ome dangerous if suddenly released. WORKS FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY CONSTRUCTED OUT OF GOVERNMENT LOANS. THE LocAL GovERNING BoDIES LoAN AcTs. The names of the municipal bodies administering schemes of supply under these Acts are given in Appendix ~'S" o. 4, which also describes briefly the works carried out, and indicates their cost. The total amount of the loans standing to the debit of the local governing bodies on the 30th of June, 1888, was £618,526 15s. lld. as against £596,~91 3s. on the 30th June, 1889. This reduction has been due to a tran W .A TERWORKS TRUS'I'S. The number of 'Vaterworks Trusts has been increased during the year from twenty-eight (28) to thirty-four (34), the new corporations being constituted to caTry out schemes for supplying the townships of Euroa, Daylesford, Ballan, Koroit, Tatura, and Carisbrook and Majorca. A complete list of the Trw,;ts is given in Appendix No. 6 which also sets forth the loans respectively gTanted to each of them, and their expen diture during the year. The total sum paid on account of loans up to the 30th June was £718,449 2s. 1d., an increase of £82,013ls. ld. since the date of last year's Report. The total amount of the loans authorized to be expended by the Trusts is £831,982 19s. 5d., which sum, less the £718,449 2s. 1d. already }Jaid, leaves a balance of £113,533 17s. 4d. yet to be advanced. Appendices Nos. 7 and 8 give details of the several schemes-Urban and Rural already carried out, or being developed. As regards Urban works it will be seen that a population of not less than 33,980 are dependent thereon for their water supplies, that the annual rateable value of property in the Urban districts is £214,220, and the total cost of the works £244,192. The Rural districts supplied comprise an area of 5,070,040 acres, with an annual rateable value of £650,524, while the estimated cost of the works is set do·wn at £643,541. lt should be noted however, that several of the larger of these districts will, at an early date, be absorbed in the areas of Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts now about to be appointed; and, as the works and liabilities of the ·waterworks Trusts will he taken over by the new bodies, several of the Trusts named in the Appendices will, at the date of the next Annual Report, have virtually ceased to exist. These hodies are indicated under the heading of "remarks." Appendix No. 9 contains a statement of interest paid and outstanding, on account of loans granted under this Act up to the 30th June. It will be seen that on the date mentioned, interest to the amount of i 14,015 ;1s. 8d. had been paid during the then preceding twelve months. This sum as compared with the payments made 9 during the year 1887-8, shows a decrease of £133 1'2s. 10d. The interest outstand ing on the 30th June was £31,371 Ss. 8<1., as against £~9,455 9s .. .3d. on the: 30th .J m~e: 1 fl-88, or an increase of £11,915 19s. 5d. In explanatiOn of tlns nppan•t:tl.v .nm;atu; factorv state of affairs it is 11ointed out that the sum returned as outstandmg melndes ' ' {._ ___. not less than £13,190 12s. 8d., which only hecame legally payable on the 30th of June. Since that date a sum of £7,167 5s. 4d. has been received, so that the amount now overdue is £24,204 3s. 4d. This sum is owing hy the following trusts, viz.:- Trust. Loan. Interest outstanding. Avoca £15,630 £1,981 8 6 Loddon TT nited 36,483 4,324 13 0 Swan Hill Shire 43,436 5,254 8 () Wimmera United 184,872 2,576 11 2 Bet-Bet Shire ... 5,645 127 0 8 Lowan Shire ... 23,753 7'73 5 0 Echuca and vVaranga 115,096 6,793 3 8 Shepparton 23,534 1,742 8 0 Shepparton Urhan 10,916 495 1 4 Euroa 1,637 4 17 4 Lancefield 6,324 131 6 2 Totals £467,326 £24,204 3 4 In the case of the Avoca Trust the loan has been, hy speeial arrangement, apportioned among the municipal bodies whose districts are either ·wholly or partly included in the Trust district. The scheme of apportionment lnts prepared hy the Hon. Henry Gore, M.P., and the respective liabilities of the local bodies found hy him to be as follows, viz. Shire of St. Arnaud £2,637 () :2 Shire of Gordun 1,850 0 0 Shire of Kara Kara 1,609 1 B Shire of Korong 7,53() 12 ] Shire of Swan Hill 1,997 0 0 After lengthy negotiation, the three first-named municipalities agreed to accept the award, aud as will be seen fi·om the Appendix under review, two of these (the St. Arnaud and Gonion shires) have paid the amounts due hy them on account of current interest. A similar payment by the Shire of Kara Kara may also he expected immediately upon the close of the current municipal year. The Korong Shire, on the other hand, has declined to hecome responsiNe, and the Shire of Swan Hill has given no decided answer. The rate strnek hy the Trust is, therefore, as regards the districts of these bodies, being collected by the Board of Land and V./ orks; and an amount of£ 139 14s. 8d. has alread.y been brought to aceonnt. Until other arrangements have been made, a yearly rate, sufficient to mnintain the ·works, meet current interest, make provision for a sinking fund, and extinguish overdue interest, will he levied by the Bo:1rd. In the case of the conncils that have :tceepted the award, it has been arranged that Trust works in the respectiYe Hhires shall he maintained and managed as municipal works: and that the 1)ayment of overdue interest will be extended over a period of six years. The Loddou "Gnited vVater T'rnst owes-loan, ~£22,670, overdue interest, £2,923. Until recently, the loan to this Trust was £36,483 and the amount of overdue interest £4,324 13s. It is now proposed that the Bridgewater weir and head-sluice, and the Kinypanial weir and off-take works shall he declared Nntional works, and an allowance of £5,000 made to the Trust on account of the Bridg·e water channel. The total sum of which the loan would thus he relieved is £13,8l3, with a corresponding deduction from the interest outstanding. These concessions will reduce the actual liability of the Trust to the sums first mentioned. The possession by the Government of all regulating and off-take works, upon this part of the Loddon, will simplify the supervision nnd distribution of the river flow. when reg·ulated by means of the Laanecoorie weir. As to the balance of the Trust's liabilities, the Commissioners propose to allocate the indebtedness, both in respect of principal and interest, among the municipalities comprised, or partly com prised, in the waterworks district. A scheme of apportionment has accordingly been 10 prepared, and has been accepted by the Shire of East Loddon; from which body pay ment of its share of current interest has heen obtained. It is fully expected that the other councils will now at once provide for their respective shares of the indebtedness, and make arrangements for the future maintenance and supervision of the works. In the event of their failing to do so, a sufficient rate will l)e made and collected by the Trust, the payment of overdue interest being extended over a period of six years. The Swan Hill Shire '\Vaterworlcs Trust's loan is £4:1,L136, and overdue interest £5,254 Ss. tid. A portion of these liabilities will shortly be allocated among a number of newly-appointed Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts; indeed, as nearly as can at present he determined, not more than £26,500 of principal moneys, with a relatively reduced proportion of interest, can be considered as remaining to the debit of the Trust. The lands comprised within the Swan Hill 'Waterworks district offered exceptional L'lcilities for irrigation; and, as might be expected, the provisions of The Irrigation Act have been largely availed of with regard to them. Since the completion of the scheme of works for furnishing a stock and domestic supply, no less than ten Irrigation and '\Vater Supply Trusts have been constituted, in respect of lands either wholly or in part comprised in the waterworks district, and a number of petitions for new Trusts have yet to be considered. As many of the Irrigation Trusts are rec1uired to take over portions of the liabilities of the 'Vater works Trust, the rapid creation of the new bodies necessarily mktde a final adjustment of the Trust's liabilities impossible. '\Vith the co-operation of the Trust, apportiomnents sufficiently correct for practical purposes could easily have been made; hut this assist ance was not afforded by the local commissioners. Under strong pressure the Trust at last struck a small rate of 6d. in the pound, over the Rural district, but despite every effort of the Department, this revenue the Trust Commissioners have allowed to remain uncollected. On more than one occasion payments on account of loan funds were with held by the Department, and authority for carrying out further works refused, so as to compel recognition of the liabilities. The Trust thereupon paid the claims made against it from revenue collected in the Urban districts of Kerang and Castle Donnington, which moneys should properly have been set apart on account of interest accruing. Certain works were also carried out hv this Trust without authority, and in some instances paid for out of Urban revenue: As a result, the Board of Land and Works is now in possession of the Trust works, and is engaged in collecting the rates over due both in the Rural and Urban districts. 'When this task shall have been carried out, a sufficient rate will be struck and collected by the Board to provide for all liabilities accruing on the Trust's loan, the future maintenance and management of the works, provision for a sinking fund, and the liquidation of all incidental expenses incurred by the Board. Other outstanding sums are-'\Vimmera U uited \Vatenvorks Trust loan, £184,872; outstanding interest, £2,676 lls. 2d. Lowan Shire "Waterworks Trust loan, £23,7 53; outstanding interest £77 3 .5s. Bet Bet Shire Waterworks Trust loan, £5,645; outstanding interest, £127 ('s. 8d. The sums due by these Trusts for the most part accrued during the last half-year. They will be paid immediately upon the close of the current municipal year. Echuca and Waranga "\Vaterworks Trust.-Loan, £115,096; interest outstand ing, £6,793 3s. 8d. Thee~·lierpaymentsonaccountofinterestmade bythis Trustwere contributed by the shire councils of Echnca, Waranga, and Rodney. The two first mentioned of these bodies having, however, deelined to continue their payments, a rate was struck by the Trust over the lands in the municipal distriets. Fair progress was made in collecting the revenue, until, in certain legal proceedings brought by the Trust in the petty sessions at Rochester for the recovery of rates, the cases, upon technical grounds as to the validity of the rate, were dismissed by the justices. The Trust is now taking steps to have these decisions reviewed hy the Supreme Court, but pending the result of the appeals the collection of the rate has necessarily been postponed. Should the appeals he allowed care will he taken that the collection of the rate is energetically resumed. On the other hand, should the rate be held to he invalid, the defect will be cured as regards the future rates, which the Department will insist shall be of an amount sufficient to liquidate arrears. Shepparton Shire vVaterworks Tmst.-Trust loan, £23,5~4; overdue interest £1,7 42 Ss. The attitude of this body with reference to its liabilities is by no means satisfactory. Stringent measures to compel payment of interest \Vill be taken at an early date. 11 Shepparton Urban Trust.-Loan, £10,916; interest overdue, £495 1s. 4d. The arrears in this case have been caused by the rate struck for the year heiug too smnJl in amount. The Trust will he required to make its rate for next year sufficient to meet both current and overdue interest. The Euroa and Lancefield Trusts are newly constituted bodies, whose works nre in process of construction. No revenue has yet been collected by the Trusts. It will thus be seen that of the interest overdue, £24,204, substantial payments on account may be expected at the close of the present month, that otlwr large amounts will probably he paid during the current year, and thnt the hnlanee, amounting to about £10,000, will g-radually he extinguished within a period of six years. 'With this explanation the A:i)pendix as a whole must he regarded as sho,Yillg that fhirly satisfiwtory efiorts are made by the large majority of these Trusts to meet their ohliga tious. This result lms not, however, hcen nttained without stritt departmental super vision, nor without most liberal concessions having heenmade hy the Governmeut, while the Trust's works were heing earried out; and it may now be expcetetl that, hy mean~ of continued vigilance, nnd a firm determination to resist all attempts to evade responsi bilities, future interest accming upon the loans will be punctually paid. Another matter calling for attention is the necessity for seeing that the Trust works are sa tis factt)rily t-~upervised and maintained. These works being mortgaged to the Board of J_,and and \Vorks ns security f(n: the loans advanced, it i~s clearly the provinee of the Department to insist upon the effieieucy of the securities being assured. TlH· Puhlic Service Board has therefore been asked to nominate a duly qualified office1· for the position of inspecting engineer. It will lJe the duty of this officer to visit and report upon the condition of all works mortgaged to the Board, and to direct the Trusts to carry out necessary repairs thereto. In event of any failure to comply with the inspector's requirements, the repairs will he efiected by the Department at the cost of the Trusts. Hitherto it has been thought undesirable to press the Trusts to make the statutory provision of per cent. towanls sinking funds to redeem their loans. The sch<>mes of works in the majority of instances having now, however, reaehed of developrnent that will admit of the law being complied with, ever.y efiort will he made to have the necessary percentage duly set apart. Appendix X o. 8 gives particulars of seventeen ( 17) proposetl schemes for supplying Urban districts. The expenditure upon the works is estimated at £71,038. One small Rural scheme that may involve an outlay of £3,000 is also under considemtion. TRUSTS UNDER "THE IHRIGATION ACT 1886," No. 8B8. A reference to Appendix No. 10 1-vill show that since the date of the last Annual Report the number of these Trusts has increased fmm ten to twenty. Tlte nzgregatt' area of the Trust districts has likewise heen substantially added to, ;lnd now ~t~ind~ at 1,267,517 acres: as against 848,620 at the close of 1887-8. The totnl extent of irrig able land under the authority of the Trusts is estimated at 1,078,77H acres, of 1vltieh 294,240 acres can he irrigated annually. The borrowing powers accorded to these corporations hy their constituting Orders in Council cover a sum of £1,015,911; of which the Board of Land and \V~rks agrees to provide £%0,776. The balance will he obtained in the o1wn market. Up to date departmental ndvanees have been made to the amount of £212,567, leaving £7:-38,209 still to he provided. The gro:- NATIONAL "WORKS. During the past year considerable progress has been made tmrards the con struction or completion of various National works of \Vater Supply, whose construction and nationalization, under the provisions of the Irrigation A et, have either been author ized h,v Parliament, or for which authority is intended to h.' ';::mght. A great extent of trid survey hns also heen carried out, so as to provide ,ee:: .infH·nmtion in regard to further proposals, some of which h:we heen, n;d oche~:; ::r~· heing examined. The following is n. hrief outline of snch works as han~ to date been actually taken in lwnds, in some fcn·m or other, with a statement of the progress :rnade in respeet of them. Oou!lmrn dional .VVorks.-These comprise a mnsonry weir on the Gonlburn Riree, ahout 8 m!les above Murehison ; a ehannel thence on the east side of the rivet·, abont ;n miles in length, to the parish of Shepparton, and capable of conveying a volume of 20,000 euhic feet of water per minute ; a channel on the west side, about 24 miles in length, to \Varanga, capable of emrying 1001000 en hie feet per minute; a reservoir at the \Varanga 8wamp, originally intended to cont;lin about 4,000 hut the design of which has been enlarged to nearly 8,000 millions of cubic feet ; aud a channel from the Waranga Heservoir westward to the Campaspe Hiver, about 60 miles. The contraet date for the eompletion of the weir expired on the 30th of .June last ; hut in consequence of the severe and protracted floods of the winter of 1887, and again of the wiuter now drawing to a dose, it may he expected to he quite nine months over coutraet time. The clunmel on the cast side of the river is trial surveyed only. That on the west side to \Vnranga is permanently snrve,n~d throughout, ~nd the first ten miles are in contractors' hands. The eontract date for completion is November, 18~)0; hut there is provision for the completion of a service channel, to deliver water at the otf-take of the Rollney Trust's works as soon as the weir is in a condition to divert a supply from the river. The permanent surveys of the proposed \Varanga lteset·voir are nearly finished, and the greater portion of the land required has been privately purehased on hehnlf of the Board of Land and \Vorks. The surveys for the line of channel \Yestwanl to the Campnspe have been eommenced. Broken Rive1· Wm·ks.-These consist of a weir on the Broken River, at a point. ahont two miles uortlt from Benalla ; a ehannel thence to the \Vinton Swamp; a reservoir at the swnmp to store about :3,200 millions of cnhic feet, for the summer supply of the Broken Hive1· and Broken Creek districts; and the clearing, sectioning, and gmding of the Stockyard Creek, so that it may aet as a supply channel from the reservoir to the Broken River at Gooram hat. The permanent rmrveys of the whole are nearly co1npleted, and the designs are in engineer's hands. Campaspe 1Vational TVork, is intended to be a storage and regulating reservoir on the Campaspe Hiver at Langwornor, immediately below the junetion of that river with the Coliban. It would probably be of concrete masonry, and would have a capacity of 785 millions of cubic feet. Its purpose \VOldd he to maintain a constant and nearly uniform flow in the river, so as to provide for the service of the Irrigation Trusts lower down. Tl10 permanent surveys are eomplete, and in the hands of an engineer for the preparation of a design and working drawings. Loddon National PVrHk.-This will consist of a regulating reservoir on the Loddon River, abont half~a-mile above Laaneeoorie. It 'Yill be a compound structure; the portion in the river channel being· a weir of concrete masonry, with automatic tilting gates for the diseharge of excessive floods; with an extension on the left bank 13 in the form of an earthen dam, protected in rear from erosion hy the action of flood waters, by a heavy herm or banquette of materials not liable to sconr. The capacity of the reservoir will he 57G millions of cnhie feet. The work is now under contract, but, partly in consequence of the frequent and heavy floodo of this year, very little progress hao been made beyond the preparation of materials. Kow Swamp ~National Wm·ks.-These will con;.,ist of a direct cut, from the head of the Gunbower Creek to the Kow Swamp, advantage being taken as far as possible of the creek channel; a reservoir "With outlet and regulating weir at the Kow Swamp; and a channel and branch thence to the J.,oddon. It is intended for the service of the lands in the lower part of the Loddon valley. The permanent surveys are praetically completed, and the de,igns in engineer's bands. Jt is expected that tenders for the first seetions will he called for in a few weeks. East FVimmem PVorks.-l''inal survevs of a number of storaQ:es have heen made in this district, but no final decision lt;s yet hecn arrive IUVEH GAUGING AND lL\INFALL. The average rainfall over the whole surf~1ce of Victoria during the year 1888 was 2G·35 inches, representing a volume of water of about 36 cubic miles. The lowest monthly average rainfall was in January, l':)H inches, and the highest in .June, 2·7 5 inches. .Monthly rainfall returns from eig·ht places of ohservation, viz., Ex pedition Pass, Barker's Creek, Crusoe, and Malmsbury Reservoirs, and Sandhurst Branch Channel, Coliban '\Vater Supply; and from Stony Creek, and Lovely Banks Reservoirs, Geelong \Vater Supply; and Lindisfern, are received at this ofiice. Copies of these returns are sent to the Melbourne Observatory monthly. Pamphlets con taining the records of meteorological observations, published by the Observatory, are received here, and filed for public intonnation. Monthly rainfall maps are pre'pared for the Department by contract, and copies are distributed for the information of ·water Trusts, local bmlies, and the general public. The work of river gauging is being proseeutcd with vigour. During the year corrected tabulated mean discharges to date have been published of the rivers Goul burn, Broken, King, Ovens, Kiewa and lVlitta, with a full description of the methods employed. \Vith these have heen published statements of the proportion of the rainfall 14 in each river basin discharged by the channel. It is hoped very shortly to be able to give complete statements of the discharge of the :Murray River, at tour stations, from Albury to Mildura. Aml it is further anticipated that, at no distant date, we shall be able to publish each year tables of the discharges of all our principal streams, with the means for series of past years for comparison. The details of gaugings, and the discharges from day to day, are at all times available for the use and information of Water and Irrigation Trusts and others interested. The follo·wing a1·e a few approximate Discharges of Rivers and Reservoirs during the recent Floods. River. Discharges in cubic Station. Date. feet per minute. ~· ·-~ 1889. Murray ... Eehuca January 10 537,880 , July 1 1,657,230 l-Iitta" Tallangatta January 5 183,270 , June 14 456,900 Kiewa" Kiewa ... January 5 72,560 ... June 14 132,100 Ovens" ! W angaratta" January 5 23,350 June 14 106,000 Broken" ... Goorambat" ,January 3 137,290 , ,June 14 596,000 Goulburn" i Murchison January G 270,000 I ,, ,June 18 1,291,000 " BORINGS l!'OR WATER. The work of boring in search of underground or artesian waters has recently been transferred from the .Mining to this Department, and the following embodies all tl1e work done to date, as shown on the papers handed over to us: -To the 30th June, 1884, 384 bores were put down, by means of water augers, the aggregate depth bored being 30,662 feet. Fresh water was struck in 69 bores, and brackish water, fit for stock, was struck in 45 bores. Shire qf Yarrawonga.-From August, 1884, to the end of February, 1885, the following bores were put down in this shire :-At Wilby, 10 bores; the aggregate depth bored being 705 feet; brackish water, good for stock, was struck in one bore. At Pelluebla, 10 bores; the aggregate depth bored being 280 feet. At Yarrawonga, 4 bores; the aggregate depth bored being 255 feet. At Boomahnoomoonah, 3 bores; the aggregate depth bored being 125 feet; fresh water was struck in each bore. Mordialloc.-The first bore put down here reached a depth of 190 feet, and was abandoned on encountering what the foreman believed to be granite, but which subsequently proved to he hard cement. The second bore reached a depth of 240 feet and struck water, which rose to within 3 feet of surface, but was abandoned in exceedingly hard basalt, the appliances proving incapable of penetrating it. Two additional bores were put down by the contractors and abandoned, the bores caving in through insufficient casing. The fifth bore is being put down, and has reached a depth ~f 2i0 feet to basalt boulders. li'resh water was struck at about 120 feet, and rose to within 11 feet of surface; also at 207 feet and rose to within 14 feet of surface. Lara.-Two bores were put down. In the first bore water was struck at 328 feet, and rose above the surface; in the second bore water was struck at a depth of 387 feet, rising above surface at the rate of about 600 gallons per hour. Bal~y1·or.;an.-Three bores were put down, the first to a depth of 160 feet, the water was struck at 50 feet and rose 13 feet; the second to a depth of 155 feet, the water was struck at 45 feet and rose 13 feet; the third was eventually abandoned at a depth of 31 feet. Narrewillock.-Seventeen bores have been put down here.-No. 1, 17 5 feet; No. 2, 105 feet; No. 3, 131 feet, stock water was struck at 115 feet and rose 7 feet in the bore; No. 4, 16 7 feet, stock water was struck at 118 feet and rose 6 feet; No. 5, 181 feet, fair domestic and stock water was struck at 109 feet and rose 7 feet; No. 6, 206 feet, good water was struck at 114 feet and rose 19 feet; No. 7, 172 feet, stock water was struck at 110 feet, and rose 15 feet; No. 8, 19 9 feet, stock water was struck at 110 feet and rose 14 feet; No. 9, 98 feet, and a very hard stratum struck; No. 10, 191 feet, stock water was struck at 100 feet and rose 17 feet; No. 11, 176 feet, good 15 stock water was struck at 112 feet and rose 7 feet; No. 12, 225 feet, brackish water was struck at 103 feet and rose 28 feet; No. 13, 198 feet, brackish water was struck at 100 feet and rose 12 feet; No. 14, 216 feet, brackish water was struck at 107 feet and rose 21 feet; No. 15, 38 feet, hard sandstone was struck; No. 16, 45 feet hard sandstone was struck; No. 17, 211 feet, fair stock water was struck at 84 feet and rose 12 feet; No. 18 is now being proceeded with . ..Nhill to Jlfurmy River.-Bore No. 1, at Nhill, was put down to a depth of 964 feet, by means of a diamond drill, and abandoned in sandy drift; No. 2 diamond drill, at Nhill, reached bed-rock at a depth of 1,172 feet; No. 3, at Netherby, ~bo~t 1? miles north of Nhill diamond drill has reached a depth of 1, 7 38 feet, and It IS still m pro gress. A co~tract has been arranged for boring further. northward, on a line. fl'Om Nhill to the Murray. An aggregate depth of 10,000 feet IS to be bored, the maxnnum depth of each bore to be 1,500 feet. The first of these bores has been put down at Tullyvea Dam, about 9 miles north of Netherby, and has been discontinued at a depth of 1,185 feet, in coarse sand intermixed "With fine quartz. A good supply of brackish water was struck at t 15 feet from the surface. The contractors are now drawing the casings. Two additional bores were put down at Boyeo Well, about 9 miles north of Nhill. The first was abandoned at a depth of 943 feet, a supply of fresh water which, according to the contractor's report, rose 800 feet in the bore in ten minutes, being obtained before the bore caved in. The second was sunk to a depth of 1,160 feetj by means of a Canadian pole-drill, and reached bed-rock; a good supply of water was struck at a depth of 152 feet from surface. Donald to JYiurm,y River.-A contract has been let to bore on a line from Donald to the :iVIurray. An aggregate depth of 8,000 feet is to be bored. The maximum depth of any bore to be 2,000 feet. Under a previous contract a bore was put down at Corack, 12 miles north of Donald. The bed-rock was reached at a depth of 400 feet. A second bore was put down at Wirmbirchip, 28 miles north of Donald. The bed-rock was reached at a depth of 760 feet. A good supply of stock water, rising to within 30 feet of surface, was struck at a depth of 738 feet. The first bore under the present contract was put down at :Marlbed, 38 miles north of Donald. The bed-rock was reached at a depth of 899 feet; a strong body of salt water was struck at 160 feet, and again at 360 feet, and 890 feet, and fresh water was struck at 760 feet, rising 2 feet into the bore. A second bore is now being proceeded with at Five-:Mile Tank, a few miles north of Marlbed. E:cpenditure.-The total amount expended in connexion with boring for water during the last three years has been:- 1886-7 £4,914 3 2 1887-8 7,953 10 11 1888-9 17,997 4 11 Total £30,864 19 0 Plans and sections of the work done to date are being prepared, and with the aid of these conclusions as to the direction future work should take, will be arrived at. Beyond the information that has been hitherto, fi·om time to time, published in the annual reports on the diamond-drill operations, no steps have heen taken to render the sources of discovered underground waters available for the use of the public. It is expected that this matter will receive attention at the hands of the Water Trusts or local governing bodies in whose districts discoveries are made . .At~ALYSES OF \.VATER. There are two kinds of analyses of water carried out for this Department, viz. 1st, as to their potable qualities; 2nd, as to their manurial value. ' This work was commenced in September, 1887, and since that date 41 samples of water, from 36 different localities, have been analyzed. The examination of the waters used for domestic supplies were made by Messrs. Newbery and Dunn, nnd the tabulated results of the investigations are given in Appendix No. 21. In ascertaining the fertilizing value of the waters used by irrigators the services of :Mr. A. N. Pearson, of the Agricultural Department, were secured, a.n~l the thoroughness with which Mr. Pearson has dealt with the various samples will be understood by a reference to his interesting and instructive report, which is given at length in Appendix No. 22. It is proposed that samples of the soil to be irrigated be experimented upon in conne:x:ion with future manurial analyses. 16 IRRIGATION COMPETITIONS. Owing to the extension of the practice of irrigation throughout the colony, the number of entries in respect of these competitions, as a "Whole, showed an increase, as compared with the entries for the preceding year. The prizes offered were as follows, VIZ.:- Class I., for the best irrigated farm, first prize, £30; second prize, £20. Class I I., for hest irrigated orchard, garden, or vineyard, first prize, £50; second prize, £25, and Class III., for the hest variety of irrigated crops, first prize, £50; second prize, £25. Aggregate value of prizes, £200. The conditions of the competitions are given in Appendices Nos. 15, 16, and 17. It will he observed that in the list of prizes those offered for the best irrigated orchard, garden, or vineyard, appear for the first time. The desirability of encouraging the irrigation of small holdings, and of inducing scientific methods of applying "Water to limited areas, seemed to justify the additional outlay; and the number of entries for the prizes fully proved the popularity of this class of competitions. From among seven entries, the first prize for the best irrigated farm was awarded to Mr. John Garden, of Cull en House, Gunbower, and the second prize to Mr. M. Kavanagh, of Lake Erie Farm, ~fooroopna. The rivalry for the prizes in Class II. was very keen, and the judges, after experiencing much difficulty in arriving at a decision, recommended that the first prize be equally divided between Messrs. R. Clark and Sons, of Horsham, and Mr. Daniel Vince, of Bridgewater-on Loddon, and the second prize between 'jfr. F. K. Shalr, of Goornong, and :Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Katunga East. The number of entries in this class was seventeen. As regards Class Ill., from among ten competitors the first and second prizes were awarded, respeetively1 to Mr. D. Milton, of The Grange, Keilor, and Mr. George .Eason, of Scott's Marsh, Buninyong. It is satisfactory to add that the judges in reporting· their awards expressed themselves tls being gratified, not only by the increase in the number of competitors, but also by the marked improvement in the character of the irrigated holdings and quality of the crops. They likewise g;ave it as their opinion that the competitions are doing much "to introduce approved methods of cultivation and more complete modes of irrigation." It has been suggested that to ensure an even wider range of com petition, and, if possible, a higher class of entries, the nomination of the irrigated holdings should in future he made by the various Agricultural and Horticultural Societies throughout the colony, instead of as at present by the owners themselves. In preparing the conditions of the next competition, this suggestion will be carefully considered. The Department on this occasion again gladly availed itself of the services of Messrs. T. K. Do'.v and Thomas G. Pearce to judge tho respective merits of the entries, and to these gentlemen more than ordinary thanks are due for the painstaking manner in which they carried out a very arduous task. DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS. It may be useful to enumerate the publications that have been issued by the Department. The list will properly include the reports of the Hoyal Commission on "Water Supply, though these cannot in strictness be regarded as departmental They, however, treat comprehensively of the subjects of Irrigation and Water Conservation, and have, in no small degree, aided in the development of the various schemes that have engaged attention. Moreover: the circulation of these publications has devolved upon the Department, so that it may be convenient to refer to them here. The first memorandum upon Irrigation in Western America, "so far as it has relation to the circumstances of Victoria," was issued early in 1885, and for a purely official publication its circulation has been most extensive. Several thousands of copies have been required for distribution in the colonies, while supplies have, from time to time, been forwarded by request to the United States. The authorities at ·Washington recently asked for a number of copies for the use of a special commission of the Senate, appointed to deal with the question of irrigation in the \Vestern Statt:s; and an engineer of eminence in California has stated, in an official communication, that in his belief this "Report upon I1Tigation in VV estern America, is the onlv thing of the kind of anv value in print." As an appendix to this publication, a Report by Mr ..T. D. Derry, M.Inst.C.E., upon some of the engineering featur<:s of American irrigation, was issued. It was amply illustrated by drawings, and obtamed 17 a wide circulation. The next Progress Report contained the recommendations of the Commission, and minutes of evidence taken, and \vas issued in August of the same year (1885). This publication was of much importance, as it outlined the principal provisions of "The Inigation Act 1886." In .Jlny of the same year was issued a series of reports on irrigation projects, prepared at the instance of the Commission, and edited by their secretary. These discussed the feasibility of a large number of schemes, and were supplemented by extracts from the reports of experts, whose services were temporarily availcd of. A further report, dealing specially wi.th the Avoca Valley, was published in November, 1887. Although these might be regarded as chiefly of local interest, the large number of landowners likely to he affected by the proposals caused such a demand for copies that the work is now practically out of print. The latest publication of the Commission-a memorandum upon Irrigation in Egypt and Italy-was issued in November, 1887, and has also been widely distributed. As it describes the operations of the irrigator in countries where iniga tion has been practised from remote antiquity, it is specially instructive when read as an addendum to the report on the methods of watering adopted in California. During 1885 and 1886 the Commission also issued pri11ted record:-; of the g'augings of a number of the more important rivers, and other matter of intere:-;t and practical value. The departmental publications begin in 1887, with a report by the Chief Engineer of Water Supply, on the Colihan system. Thi:-; was followed by reports on the proposed schemes of the Shire of Wimmera, Colmua, and Echuca Shire Trusts. A further series of the gangings of the River Murray was likewise issued. In 1888, reports, with illustrative plans, 'rere issued, reviewing the proposals submitted hy the promoters of the tollo,ving Trusts, viz. :-Pine Hills, North Boort, East Boort, .Marquis Hill, Buckley Swamp (Yatchaw ), Emu Valley, -wamlella, Lake Charm, Yarrawonga, and Bacchus Marsh. During the current year the tollmring· have been similarly dealt with, viz. :-Kerang East, l.,erderderg, Eastern Goulhurn, Torrumharry North, and Rodney; 'vhile a further printed record of river gaugings has been published. These will be followed by reports upon the proposed Echuca and 'Varanga, l{ochcster, Harcourt, and :.Myall schemes, now in the press. From the list it will he readily understood that a large amount of work has heen entailed in the preparation and distribution of these papers ; but as they are intended to convey to the public information of much importance, and are necessary to enable the lando1mers to judge of the merits of the proposal:'l they are asked to guarantee and endorse, the lahour and cost involved must be regarded ns fully justified. Hitherto the want of a handbook, or guide, to the Irrigation and \Vater Con servation Acts has heen much felt. To supply this waut a compact volume is now in course of preparation. Appendices embodying the Reg,ulations ii'amed under the Act:-;, forms of account to he used by Trusts, and copies of departmental circulars, will be added ; while an endeavour will also be made to furnish irrigators with information likely to he useful to them. Appendix No. 23 em braces a complete list of the publications hitherto issued. CONCLUSION. From an engineering point of view the situation, as disclosed in the foregoing· report, is encouraging, 1vhether considered in relation to the schemes completed, in course of construction, or projected. The existing works, both thot;e ofthe Gon·rnment and of the Trusts, excepting one or two that happened to be at a critical stage of con struction, have withstood the severe floods of the past winter pruetieally without injury. At the same time every effort has been made to secure reliable dat~ concern ing the volume, duration, and force of the floods, for guidau('e in the design of further, and the enlargement and strengthening of existing structures. The financial aspeet is not unpromising ; the stringent measures that have been adopted with the few Trusts that disregarded their :responsibilities have had the effect of causing them to take steps to meet existing, and to provide for the c discnargeu of future liabilities. The year has been one of activity in every branch of the Department, as the rapid extension of \Vatenvorks throughout the country, and especinlly in the dry districts, amply testifies. There is not much yet to point to in the shape of results from irrigated lands ; but this is because most of the schemes are on so largo a scale No. 135. n 18 that their construction nec~ssarily requires a considerable period of time. Such a period of suspense woula have been inevitable in any country. Here, where irrigation schemes on a scale of magnitude are still novel, and where difficult questions are continually arising and demanding solution, whilst little information, and few precedents are available, the substantial progress n'lade will challenge attention. The study of available sources or supply, and the examination of promising or suggested areas of distribution are being pushed forwa1·d with vigour. vVhatever further obstacles may arise therefore to the successful prosecution of the policy entered on, those that have proved serious at the outset will soon have been so effectually removed, that it will be difficult to realize the barriers that have had to be surmounted at every step during the past three years. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, C. ,V. LANGTREE, Secretary for Water Supply. • • . f .~. tc ttrtau N A ::E*L.a.N" Shewing TRUSTS CONSTITUTED and PROPOSED under WATER CONSERVATION and IRRIGATION ACT, TOWNS SUPPLIED under LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES LOAN ACT and WORKS CONSTRUCTED and PROPOSED by the VICTORIAN WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT to 31/7/89. REFERENCE -:M,I L L E W 'A- WATERWORKS TRUSTS SHEWN BY BLUE COLOR THUS 1/Z::T URBAN DISTRICTS SHEWN BY BLUE CIRCLE PROPOSED URBAN DISTRICTS SHEWN BY BLUE CIRCLE - " IRRIGATION TRUSTS SHEWN BY RED COLOR " I PROPOSED IRRIGATION TRUSTS SHEWN BY HATCHED RED LINES .. .s::7 ,... "~,.~' ·~ i ,·· TOWNS SUPPLIED UNDER LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES LOAN AC'f SHEWN BY RED CIRCLE " TOWNS SUPPLIED BY DEPARTMENTAL WORKS SHEWN BY BLACK CIRCLE - .. NATJONAL WORKS (PROPOSED AND IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION) SHEWN IN " • .. -• --- Dwm, osrv ' ' .<~Y;J< • , D:EXI SO A .T I ITA STUART 111URRA V, Chief Engineer of 1-Valer Supply. 1018/89. S1;a]fl. APPENDIX No. 1. COLIBAN SCHEME. COMPARATIVE STATE~IENT OF CAPITAL OUTLAY AND REVENUE, FINANCIAL YEARS 1883-4 TO 1888-9 INCLUSIVE. ~------····----~ Interest Gross Uevenue :X et Uevenue. Percentage payable on Capital Dellcloncy. for Year. upon Capital Co•t. Cost at +i oio· £ £ £ £ £ £ 1883-4 I,ooo,o55 17,552 7,830 9.722 '972 45,002 35,280 1884- 5 I1004,452 I8,993 6,914 12,079 1'202 45,200 3),I:li 1885-6 1,0JI,839 19,321 7,195 IZ1126 1"1 75 46,4J2 34.306 1886-7 I,052,3I8 20,907 8,686 IZ122I I '16I 47.354 35,133 1887-8 1,064,4I4 21,201 9,ooi 12,200 I 'I46 47,8g8 J),6g8 1888-9 I,o6g,254 21,332 u,o96 9·236 •863 48,u6 38,88o APPENDIX No. 2. GEELONG SCHEME. CoMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF CAPITAL OuTLAY AND REVENUE:, FINANCIAL YEARS 1883 TO 1888-9 INCLUSIVE. I I Per Cent. Intere•t on Year. Capital Cost. Gross Revenue. Maintenance. I Net Revenue. on Capital Cost. Capital Cost at Deftclcncy. I 4i per Cent. --·····---· £ £ £ £ £ £ 1883-4 350,299 7.342 2,496 4.846 I'383 I 5,763 I0,9I7 I884-5 353.952 71081 z,6ss 4,426 1'250 15,9'~7 u,;oi ISSs-6 354·502 7,348 2,498 4,85o I '368 I5,952 I 1 1102 r886-7 356,865 81 I2I 2,363 5·758 I'6J3 16,os8 IO,JOO rB87-8 356,g84 8,415 2,725 ;,690 1'594 16,o63 10,373 I888-9 357.337 9,oo8 2,408 6,6oo I •846 I6,o8o 9.480 ' I I APPENDIX No. 3. GOLD-FIELDS RESERVOIRS. Cost. Date of Leue, L Name of Reservoir. Locality. I Capacity. Under wllat Control. if any. Yrs. ,& Amherst ... Talbot z,roo .Amherst and Back Ck. Commons Board Beaufort ... Beaufort Mining I,991 Shire Council of Hipon 14 June '69 99 I Blackwood Lerderderg River Mining I,o9o Shire Council of Ballan I Jan. '64 99 1 Buninyong Buninyong Mining I,047 Borough of Buninyong II .Ang. '74 99 4 J Commissioners' Gully Castlernaine ... , Mining 1 1203 Borough of Chewton I Jan. '64 99 Dean's ... Creswick Domestic' Borough of Creswick 1 ,Jan. '64 99 Dunollv Mining Borough of l>unolly Dun oily (old) ••• 'I I,9I2 1 Jan. '64- 99 Hepburn ... Daylesford Mining 2,527 Borough of Uaylesford I Jan. '64 9q Homebush A voca s,ooo,ooo Mining 328 Shire of A voca lnglewood (old) Inglewood s.67o,ooo Mining 1,112 Borough of Inglewood 1 Jan. '64 99 luglewooJ (new) lnglewood ZJ,ooo,ooo Domestic 4,95f Borough of lnglewood I Jan. '64 99 Kit more Kilmore 14,466,ooo Domestic 2,986 Shire of Kilmore 1 Jan. '66 99 Lamplough Lamplough 9,26z,ooo Mining I,288 Shire of .A voca 14 June '69 99 :;>.1:aryborough Maryborough zx,ooo,ooo Domestic I,8J9 Borough ofMaryboro' I Jan. '64 99 No. r Quartz Reef ... Stawell Mining Borough of Stawell ... I Jan. 'os 99 No. 3 l'leasant Creek Stawell 7,9o;,ooo Mining 8os Shire of Stawell I Jan. '65 99 No. 9 Fonr Posts Stawell 3,1oo,ooo !>fining 8o2 Shire of Stawell I Jan. '65 99 I Nuggety Gully Timor 25tooo,ooo Domestic 2,384 Shire of Tullaroop I9 Oct. 'Ss IO I Oliver's Gully .Am rat 19,6I s,ooo Domestic s,ooo Borough of Ararat ... I :!\:lay '83 99 I Opossum Gully .Ararat 24,62I,OOO Mining 2,481 W. M. Burke, lessee ... 20 Oct. '84 7 6 Redbank ... Hedbank 27,1oo,ooo Mining 2,785 Shire of .A voca 14 June '69 ! 99 Sandy Creek Yackandandah jO;ooo,ooo !\lining z,835 V. W. t5. Dept. South St . .Arnaud St. .Arnaud so,ooo,ooo i Domestic IS,J43 Borough of St. Arnaud I .Jan. '64 99 of Tarnagulla Tarnagulla 8,ooo,ooo llornestic I 1<\.30 Borough Tarnagulla 14 June '69 99 'V cdderlmrn Wcdderburu Domestic z,sgo Shire of Korong White Horse Ranges Sebastopol Mining 2186z Borough of Bnuinyong BZ 20 APPENDIX No. 4. WATER SUPPI,Y WORKS CARRIED OUT BY LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES OUT OF 140A.NS ADVANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Naruo o! LoCI\! Gonruing Body. De•cription of Work!. Popula.t!on supplle ~·········------·---· - ········------£ Ararat Borough ...... Urban. Gmvitation ... 3,6oo 47.500 Ballarat ·water Commission ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 40,000 362,ooo"' Beechworth Shire (Beechworth) ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 2,400 2),000 Bet Bet :Shire (Goldsborough) ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 8oo . J,ooo Chiltern Shire (Chiltern) ...... Urban. Gravitation .. . 11JOO 3,5oo Clunes Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 4,400 70,195 Creswick Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 3,8oo 3,soo Dunolly Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... r,soo 7,170 Hamilton Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 3,300 I 3 8 57 Huntly Shire (Elmore) ...... Urban . Pumping ... 65o soot Inglewood Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation .. . 1,350 4,rso Korong Shire (WeJderburn) ...... T:rban. Gravitation ... 350 965 Korong Shire (Korong· Vli.le) ...... Urban. Gravitation ... JOO 6sot Leigh Shire (Rokewood and Corindhap) ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 250 x,ooo Melton Shire (~felton) ...... Urban, Tank ...... so Soo Hipon Shire (Beaufort) ...... Urban. Gravitation ... t,ooo J,OoO Hutherglen Borougl1 ...... Urban. Gravitation ... soo 3,288 St. Arnaud Borough ...... Urban. G ra,·ita tion .. . z,6oo 12,000 Sta\vell Rorough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... s,ooo xo8,so6 Talbot Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation .. . z,ooo 15,000 Tarnagulla Borough ...... Urban. Gravitation ... 900 soo Wangaratta Borough ...... T:rbau. Pumping 1,550 4,ooo Totals ... ::: I n,6oo £688,o8t "" Of this sum, £3:t6,319ls due- to Government on account of Originall.. oan and Capitalized Interest. t :E'or reticulation only ; supply purchased from Railways. t For catchwater drains and reticulation only; supply from Railway De11artment, by special arrangement. APPENDIX No. 5. LoANS TO CoRPORATIONS (EXCLUSIVE OF WATER LocAr, '\VATERWORKs. UNDER "TnE LocA.L GovERNING BomEs LoAN AcT " 36 VICT. No. 448. Interest. Corporation. Interest Paid. Interest Outstanding, Joth June, 188<). Date of Last Payment of Interest. Towards Tota.l. To Revenue. Redemption. Total. £ $, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ .•. d. .£ 8. d. £ s. d . Ararat Borough 45,soo o o 45,266 6 6 30 June '75 5 April '89 4,0I8 16 6 233 I3 6 4,252 IO 0 I6,579 I2 g I0103 I I7 26 061I 9 I I I) Ballarat Water Commission 294.300 0 0 281,438 15 10 I5 .Jan. '68 29 June '89 I62,362 I3 0 121 861 4 2 I7 2 ),628 I 5 7 * 5,628 7 Beechworth Shire 25,679 0 0 24,326 14 7 26 Mar. '74 6 April '89 7,479 3 o z,6o8 o II 3 II z,6Io o o 887 8 6 3.497 8 6 Bet Bet Shire I,ooo o o 9ss 2 8 31 Dec. '82 2 Aug. '86 II 9 li 7 I4 I 7 4 I 34 8 li I68 15 9 81 5 3 250 I 0 N:'l Chiltern Shire 4·500 0 0 4.470 19 3 31 Dec. '74 5 Jan. '89 1,253 I2 3 537 7 0 1,790 I9 3 89 8 5 89 8 1-' Olunes Borough 70,I95 0 70,195 0 I IO Aug. '74 12 Feb. '89 26,sso 0 0 ... 26,sso 0 0 I4,973 12 7 2o,76I I 6 35,735 8 IO 0 Creswick Borough ...... 3,5oo o o 2,901 0 6 30 June '76 31 Dec. '88 I 0 197 I9 I 598 I9 6 I,796 I8 7 ;8 0 29 0 2 87 7 Dunmunkle and St. Arnaud Shires s,ooo 0 0 31 Dec. 'So 2 Sept. '82 658 IO 8 70 IO 3 729 0 II Dunolly Borough 2,soo 0 0 1,973 14 0 31 Dec. 'So 2 Nov. '88 432 II IO 2I6 6 0 648 17 IO 78 I9 2 39 9 8 uS 8 Io Il HamJ!ton Borough 12,000 0 0 11,384 8 30 June 'So 12 ,Jan. '89 3,4-87 3 ro 6I5 I 1 7 41 I02 IS 5 248 19 14 9 6 263 8 Huntly Shire soo 0 0 454 7 2 31 Dee. '82 8 June '89 IJ6 17 6 45 I2 10 I82 IO 4 II lnglewood Boro11gh 4,100 0 0 3,385 x6 7 31 Dec. '75 28 Sept. '88 I 1428 7 2 714 3 5 2,I42 IO 7 173 5 4 86 12 259 I8 3 Koroug Shire 1,564 s 5 1,468 7 6 31 Dec. '82 8 .Jan. '89 278 0 9 96 0 I I 374 I 8 3I 11 I 2 9 9 44 0 IO Ripon (Beaufort) Shire J 1000 0 0 2,340 I8 I I I .Jan. '77 15 .June '89 I 1 JI8 I 4 659 I I I,977 2 5 2,I62 II I Rutherglen Borough J,228 3 7 31094 2 10 I .Jan. '75 2I June 'So 348 2 I 134- 0 9 482 2 I 0 I 14I5 0 7 747 IO 6 St. Aroaud Borough Iz,oco o o 7 8 30 June '77 3I Dec. 'SS 612 I5 o I41 19 7 I4- 7 328 IS 6 298 11 o 627 6 6 Stawell Borough I08,so6 o o IS 9 31 Dec. '74 27 J1me '89 Io,838 8 9 I,844 4 3 IJ 0 40,788 3 1 22,95I 15 6 63,739 18 7 T1\lbot Borough ls,ooo 0 0 14,986 I9 8 I Jan. '77 28 June '89 I 134-9 0 4 I 3 0 4 0 8 5,444 7 I 3,o6o 9 7 8,504 16 8 Tarnagulla Borough soo 0 0 453 I9 5 3I Dec. '82 I4 Feb. 89 138 0 Io 46 0 7 I 5 IQ 4 4 3 8 *I 3 I2 5 Wangaratta Borough 4,ooo o o 3,088 n 8 30 .June I6 April '89 I,8z2 I4 3 911 7 4 2,734 I 7 6I I5 7 30 I7 IO 92 13 5 Wimmera Shire 27 1000 0 0 I,483 I3 0 30 .Tune IS Feb. '89 4,498 4 3 r,z56 o z 5:754 4 5 33 7 IO II 2 7 * 44 IO 5 Totals , 643,572 n I 596,29I 0 ~30,328 14_0_1 23,6~~-6- 2)3,946 IS 6 88,722 I4 5 .59,048 4 4 I47,770 IS 9 " Since paid. APPENDIX No. 6. W A.TERWORKS TRUSTS, ACT No. 946. ANNU.A.L EXPENDITURE TO 30TH JuNE, 1889.-Lous. Name of Trust. T_.-OA..NS GRAMT.ID. Year 1SIU-83. Yea.r 1883-84. Year 188.4--Ss. Year 18Ss-S6. Yea.r 1886-87. Yea.r 1887-88, Year r8Sil-!J9.· TOTAL. BALANCE. £ '· d. £ '· d. £ 11. d. £ '· d. £ $, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bena!Ia I88z 1o,ooo o o £ '· d. £ s. d. 3·900 0 0 +:485 I4 6 1,329 6 7 284 I8 II :ro,ooo o o Rchuca IO July, I88z Io,ooo o o 2,460 o o 2,186 4 7 2,353 15 5 2,839 2 5 Sr z o 79 IS 7 ro,ooo o o Loddon 3 .July, I882 45,6oo o o :1.1,218 18 0 5,739 I 7 3,042 0 5 +.577 9 11 3,25I I5 4 5,162 8 5 1,332 1 8 36,483 4 4" g,u6 15 8 Maryborough 30 May, 1882 s6,250 0 0 40,885 0 0 2,1o8 8 o 6 12. 0 8,334 0 5 2. 1769 19 I 896 0 6 1,125 IS I 56,I25 15 I 124 4 II St. Arnaud ... 3 .July, r882 2.5,143 0 0 8,045 10 7 7.465 8 IO +,+89 0 7 z,884 I7 10 869 3 Il I,388 I8 3 I8,476 6 st 6,666 I3 4 Swan Hill ... 3 July, I882 50,100 0 0 I4,307 Il 3 t6,304 I4 4 939 3 4 I,481 12 II 8,8oo 4 4 +,683 2 7 I,ll2 0 7 43,436 I7 ot 6,663 3 0 St~twell ... 7 Aug., 1882 1,370 0 0 1,356 7 3 I3 IO 0 I,369 17 3 0 2 Wimmera United 4 Oct., 1882 I8S,J98 0 0 9 33,820 I 5 9 39>41 3 5 7 19,199 10 31,485 17 10 31,889 I6 20,]76 15 2 8,540 I 3 2 185,I26 I4 o Kyneton 14 Aug., 1882 27I 6 0 27,500 0 0 4,77o o o 17,67o o o :~.,sec o o 1,740 0 0 z.6,68o o o Sz.o o o Bet Bet ••• Il i:iept., I 882 6,ooo o o 1,131 19 7 2.,290 0 9 813 4 IO 749 5 7 400 I7 II 144 I 8 4 II) I2 6 s,6+5 I9 6 354 0 6 A voca United 27 Sept., 1882 15,63o o o 4,711 Il 6 5>I99 IO I I 5,718 17 7 1,799 5 4 15,429 5 200 14 8 4 Oct., 1882 28,167 3 10,152 I7 8 3,228 4 11 2,528 I2 8 9° 4 9 z,zoo 0 0 7,923 7 2 23,706 14 4,460 8 6 and ~Waranga 1 I Oct., 1882 u6,ooo o o z,1o8 4 r II,II4 17 5 47,236 6 10 3 I,907 15,593 8 2 22,041 14 7 I United I ,8 51 3 I I41,8 52 I7 903 19 9 Lowan 26 :Feb., 1883 25,740 0 0 1,142 I5 4 8,944 2 4,0]8 9 8 1,204 3 3 ~,I 26 I4 IO I,684 8 Il 4.572 IS 2. 23,753 I2 3 1,g86 7 9 NJ Romsev 24 April, 188 3 0 0 3,296 10 Io 638 I 2. NJ 247 II 0 3.>o 2 3 4.532 5 3 I 67 I4 9 Jiorsha'm 23 Nov., I883 If,JOO 0 0 9 I,555 3 9 I 5,8 55 3 !) Mooroopna 26 Oct., I885 z,ooo 0 Q 686 12 8 441 12 0 476 1 6 1,604 6 2 I3 10 Yarrawonga ll .June, 188 5 24,000 0 0 6,76I 19 8 3,238 0 4 7,000 0 0 5·939 18 9 19,593 15 6** 4 6 Upper Macedon 23 Nov., I885 r,ooo o o 822 6 5 53 IS 5 72 15 2 948 17 0 SI 3 0 Bacchus ~1arsh 12.Tan., 1886 S,ooo o o 3,5oo o o 4-,1.20 16 6 Seymour 279 3 6 8,ooo 0 0 17 Aug., r885 1,534 0 0 I,ooo o o 17 4 • 'fhis Trust has of £7,840 11s. t Thls Trust has been relieved by transfer of £6,666 131 . .jil. 1 This Trust has been relievetl by transfer ol £4,191 us. § This Trust relieved by tr&n>fer of £z,416 as. Sd. 'If This Includes r. •um of £~6,756 171. tr&llliferred to !Ieatlworks Grant. ** 1'his 1'rust hos relieved by transfer APPENDIX No. 7. WATER SuPPLIES To UURAL DISTRICTS ADMINISTERED UNDER ·mz PRovrsroNs OF "Tm~ WATER CoNSERVATION AcT 1887," No. 946. -- --- Area of country Annu.e.l Name ol Trust. supplied in Na.ture of Works. Uateable Value of F.stlmated AdTe.nced to Remarks. I A cr.,.. Lands supplied. Coat of Works, 3oth June, 1889. I £ £ £ 1. A voca United ...... 64-,000 Weirs, Dams, and Tanks ...... 17 1000 20 117 I 20,171 2. Racchus Mars I ...... 960 ·weir and Channds ...... j,ooo 6,8oo 6,509 This Trust has been recently absorbed in the Bacchus Marsh Irrigation and W~ter Supply Trust. 3· Bet Bet Shire ...... 21.4-,000 Dams and Tanks ...... 21,780 5·442 s,o38 +· Echuca and W !lrunga ... 564-,000 Steam Pumping Machinery, Channels, Weirs, 95,800 157.,757 14-2,7 57 This Trust will be absorbed in Irrigation and Tanks, with pumps and troughs Water Supply Trusts 5· Kara. Kara Sh re ...... 256,ooo Dams, Tanks, with pumps and troughs, Weirs ... 25,6oo 10,922 9·1 58 6. Loddon Unite ...... 180,480 -Weirs, Channels, Tanks, with pumps and troughs 2J1000 .4-6,410 .45,65o This Trust will be diminished by the excisioo of North and East Boort Irrigation and Water Sup ply Trusts. w c.o 7· I.,owan Shire ...... 4-04-,000 ·wells and Tanks, wiLh pumps and troughs 8J,OOO 30,481 23,623 I 8. Shepparton S ire ...... 4-95.000 ·weirs, Pumping Machinery, and Channels, Tanks, 62,000 :!.1,94-1 :u,182 I and Wells I I 9· St. Arnaud S ere ... .. 48o,ooo ·Tanks, with pumps and troughs, Wells ...... 4-8,ooo 25,321 21,919 I 10. Sta.well Shire ...... 72,000 Tanks and.Dams ...... 9.144- 1,915 1,915 . I I 1 I. Swan Hill Sh e ...... zs6,ooo Weirs, ; Dams, Channels, Ta.nks, with lifts and 32,000 37,536 35,ol'i+ The area of this Trust is being diminished by the troughs I excision of Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts. 12. Wimmera Shi e ...... 736,ooo Weirs, Reservoirs, Pumping Machinery and SJ,OOO 88,219 88,219 This Trust has been recently absorbed in the Wes Channels, Dams and Tanks, with pumps and I tern Wimmer:a Irrigation and. \Vate< Supply troughs Trust . 13. Wimmera Un .ed ...... I,o88,ooo W cirs, Pumping Machinery, Channels, Dams and IlJ,OOO The Dimboola Shire portion of the Trust area has Tanks, with pumps and troughs '''·"' I ',~,.. I been excised and added to the \Vestern Wimruera Irrigation and Water Supply Trust. The bala.nce of area will be absorbed by the proposed Eastern Wimmera Irrigation and Water Supply Trusts. 14. Yarrawonga S 1ire ...... 14-9,600 Weirs, Channels, Tanks and Dams ...... 26,ooo . , .,.. , ,,.., I Tota 8 ...... 5,070,040 ...... 650,524- 64-3,54-1-----1 610,799 ,__ .. ------I Rural scheme at present under consideration. Cowwarr, Rosedale Shire ... 1 \ APPENDIX No. 8. URBAN WATER SuPPLIES ADHINISTERII:D Ult'DER THE PROVISIONS o:r "THE WATER CoNSERVATION AC'J' 1887," No. 946. Remarks. Name of Town Supplied. Traet by wllom Worka .rried out. Natnra of Worka. £ £ 3,000 1. Avenel 500 Seymour Shire Gravitation 1,934 z,700 Supplies Railways. Bacchus :Marsh \Vatcrworks 2, 700 Bacchus Marsh Gravitation and Pumping ... 3,5oo Bacchus Marsh Trust has been recently absorbed in the Bacchus Marsh Irrigation and Water Supply Trust. 480 Bet Bet Shire Gravitation 2,400 r,862 3· Bealiba Supplies Railways. 4· Benalla z.,ooo Benalla ... Pumping II,OOO Io,ooo 5· Charlton 900 Avoea United Pumping and Gravitation ... 5,soo 8,6oo Supplies l~ailways. 6. Daylesford ... 3,8oo Daylesford Gravitation 16,ooo 27,000 ?· Dimboola 400 Wimmera United Pumping 1,5oo 3,ooo 8. Don!tld 85o Wimmera United .. Pumping 5,ooo 4,o8o Cost is exclusive of share in headworks. 4,ooo Echuca Borough ••• Pumping 29,000 n,ooo The Trust has expended :from Private Loan, Muni 9· Echuca cipal :Funds, and Revenue, a further sum of N;) £I6,JI9· The total cost of scheme is £z7,319. ;j:>.. xo. Horsham 2,500 Horsha.m Borough Pumping ZJ,400 I?,S 55 Supplies Hail ways. 11. Kerang Soo Swan Hill Shire Pumping 6,300 9,589 Supplies Railways. £:~.6,68o paid to Trust by Iz. Kyneton 3,5oo Kyneton Shire Gravitation 2J,200 27.500 Treasury to 3oth June, x88g. soo Lancefield Gravitation 3,o5o 7,550 Supplies Railways. I3· Lancefield ... Supplies Railways. 14. Maryborough 3·950 Maryborough Gravitation 26,ooo s6,Z50 8oo Mooroopna Pumping 2,720 z,soo 15. Mooroopna .•• :For reticulation only. Supply purchased from 16. Murtoa ... Soo Wimmera United Pumping 4,5oo I 1Z30 Ra.ilways. 17. Nagambie ... 550 Nagambie Pumping z.,zoo r,5oo r8. Nhill ••• Soo T~wan Shire Pumping 7,ooo 3·950 19. Numurkah ... x,ooo Shepparton Shire ... Pumping 6,)00 7,5oo Supplies Railways. Romsey .•. ••• Gravitation :~.,6oo 4,700 20. 4-50 Supplies Railways. 21. z,ooo Shepparton Urban 12,000 22. Swan 400 Swan Hill Shire ••• 2,700 2.3. Timor West lOO Bet Bet Shire .j.OO 24. 250 Upper Macedon ••• Gravitation 1,750 949 Upper Macedon For reticulation only. Supply purchased from 25. Warrackna.beal 500 Wimmera United Pumping z,soo 460 Railways. 8,ooo Supplies Railways. 26. V{ oodend 550 Woodend Gravitation 2,500 z7. Yarrawonga. goo Yarrawonga Shire Pumping 7,ooo 7,zgo Totals 33,980 214,220 2+4,192 URB.&.N WATER SuPPLIEs ADMINISTERED UNDitR THE PRoVIsioNs OF "THE WATER CoNsERVA'l'ION AcT '' No 946-continued. Name of Town Supplied. Truet by whom Works oarried oufi. Nature of Worka. Cost of Works. Remarkll. Urban tDork.s authorized and in process of construction. £ £ I. Carisbrook a.nd Majorca a,7oo Carisbrook and Majorca Gravitation I I,ooo 26,089 A supply is to be furnished to the "mines." 2. Euroa 55° Euroa .•. Gravitation 4,770 7.790 3· Koroit 700 Koroit ... Pumping 6,700 s,ooo 4. Lorne 350 Winchelsea Shire ... Gravitation 3,400 4,150 5· Tatura soo Tatura ... . Pumping 1,65o 2,100 6, Tungama.h soo Yarrawonga Shire Pumping 3,ooo z,soo Totals 5,300 3o,szo 47,619 Urban schemes at present under consideration. I, Avllca 910 ...... ' Not determined ...... 4,150 z. Ballan 460 ...... Gravitation ...... I,760 A Trust was formed, and loan of £6,ooo granted. An alternative scheme for supply from Railway Department is now under consideration. 3· Boort 400 ...... Pumping ...... 1,654 4-· Colac 1,700 ...... Gravitation ... .. 8,soo 5· Gisborne 6so ...... Gravitation ...... 3.250 6, Gordons 6oo Gravitation 1,332 N;) ...... ~." 7. Hamilton ••• 3,300 ...... Gravitation ...... I7,760 <:;\ 8. Hea.lesville 700 ...... Gravitation ...... 4,000 9· Kvabram 200 ...... Pumping ...... 1,225 IO, 1,000 ...... Gravitation ...... 6,143 II. 1,300 ...... Not determined .. .. . 6,soo n. Mansfield ••• 450 ...... Gravitation .. .. . 2,664 13. Murchison 460 ...... Pumping ...... 1,300 14. Natimuk ••• 300 ...... Gravitation ...... z,ooo I 5· Seymour ... t,ooo ...... Gravitation ...... 6,ooo I6. Wallan and Wandong ...... Gravitation ...... Awaiting information with respect to scheme. 17. Werribee ••• 400 ...... Pumping ...... z,8oo ------Totals 13,830 ...... 71,038 URBAN WATEn SuPPLIEs FROM GoLD-FIELDs RESERVOIRs ADMINISTERED UNDER THE l'ROVISIONs oF THE LocAL GovEnNMENT AcT. Population Annual Ro.teable Name ol Town Supplied. Admi11istered by- Nature ol Works. Value of Property Ck>»t of Works. Remarks. Supplied. in Urban District. ------ £ £ 1. Kilmore 1 1400 Shire of Kilmore ...... Gravitation ...... 8,400 2,986 z. Timor 700 Shire of Tullaroop ... Gravitation ...... 3,5oo 2,384 APPENDIX No. 9. WATERWORKS TRusTs.-STATEMEC<~T OF lNTEREs·r PAID AN'D OuTSTANDHW uP TO THE 30Tu JuNE, 1889. YeM rgss-86. I Year r887-8S. Year r888-89. Name of Trust. Remarks. Interest Paid. I Int..rest Outstant1 mg. s. a.) ;~;: '· £ .. "· d.l £ "· d.'. £ .Avoet~ United 1 I5,63o o ol .•• 35I IJ 6, IS,6Jo o ••• I I,oss o 6 1 I5,63o o in August, £IT8 131. 6d., by Arnaud Council. Paid jn August, £41 us. 6d., by Gor dou Council. Paid In August, £5o, by Avoca Trust. D=h•• -h ...... I ...... I J.SOO 0 0 ... I ... I] '·'" ,, Paid in.August,£54 7s. 7d. Bet Bet Shire ••. . 4,984 IO 9: ••. !09 2 2 5·385 8 8 22I 5 sr· II7 9 6 5.489 !I Benalla ... 9,7I5 I 11 175 IO 364 5 6 917I5 I I 582 I7 3 2I8 II· 9 917I5 I !'aid in .Augu&t, £:us. E"huea Borough g,839 2 5 ...... 9,920 4 5 ••• - ••• 1 Io,ooo o Paid in ,July, £go. I;! .huCIJ. and Waranga 92,J66 11 si ... 1,956 2 I 79.449 I4 4 3.578 8 71),0641 0 8 Ioo,su Paid in ,July, £941 17S.9d. United [ 1 Horsham B~~ugh ... I41 Joo o o 243 8 78 6 4 15,855 3 9 470 o Iol· 356 14 9j I5,855 Paid in .July, £356 IfS. gd. Kaxa. Kam Slure •.• I ...... 346 17 9 ... ••• 563 Paid in Aug., £166 7s. 4-d. Kyneton Shire .•. 24,940 0 0 ••. 561 3 0 24,940 0 0 1,122 6 0 S6I 3 0 24,940 0 Paid in ,July, £572 14s. 8d. Loddon United ... 34·577 9 Il ... 739 13 .0 37,829 5 31 446 4 II'I 1,919 10 sJ 34.#0 Lowa.n Shire ... I5,369 Io 4 3I5 o 33 13 8. 17,314 4 Io 379 Io 2 370 2 2, 19,18o Maryborough ... 51,334 .. Q 51 ... I,l22 7. 21 54,103 19 6 2 1 306 0 II_ 1,195 10 Ill 55,000 Paid In August, £1 1 :%,46 IOS. 3d. Mooroot::na. ... ••• ... 686 1:1. 1,128 Paid iu .August, .C2 :z.s. 4-d. w 1 I 81 ... I ... 0': Na.gamb1e ...... 1,3oo o o ... ••• . 1,3oo o Paid in ,July, £33 I$S. Romsey ... 3,934 12 oj 226 1 88 10 9 3,934 I2 o. 177 I ~· 88 10 9 f,I8z. Paid in July, £IOI Igs. sd. Stawell Shire ... 1,369 17 Jl 61 13 30 16 6) 1,369 I7 3 92 9 61 ... 1,369 Paid in July, £30 r6s. 6d. 1 Seymour ..• ••• I,ooo o o) ... .., . 1,ooo o o ...... I 1,400 o 01 Paid in August, £31 Ios. t'heppa.rton I 5,909 15 3 ... 357 19 6 r6,ooo o o 528 7 6) 547 o 4 18,2oo Paid in Aug., £191 6s. 2d. Shepparton Urban...... I ...... 1 ••• ... • ... 3,047 St• .Arna.ud"' ... 2o,ooo o ol 11 573 6 450 o o1 22,884 I7 Io go6 11 9) soo 6 :1.1 23,754 Paid in July, £408 4-s. 7d. 8wa.n Hill Shire ... 32,306 Paid in August, £zoo. Upper Macedon ... 4-82 1 1 Paid in .July, £21 7s. Id. Wimmera United ... I2J,919 9 { 2112'3 I9 rl· 353 10 7! 155,~09 5 ~~2,123 19 Paid in July, £83r 4s. Paid in August, £632 18s. 3d. Wimmera Shire ... ••• [ ... ••• I I<:.HI ' 71 ••• ... I 42.,662 2 o 1 Paid in .August, £224 28. 255 IS +i IJ,OOO 0 UarisbrookandMajorcal ... : ..• j ... I ... \ ... Works and mortgage not completed. Daylesford Works and mortgage not completed. Euroa Lancefield .•• Winchelsea Woodend ... Totals ... l478,741 5 " £6,666 IJS. 4d. ol this Trust's loan has been transferred to the K&ra liar"' Waterworks Trust. APPENDIX No. 10. IRRIGATION AND \VATER SuPPLY TnusTs .APPOINTED uNDER THE IRRIGATION AcT 1886, No. 898. Gross Area of Net Date of Source of W"ater Irrig-uble Remarks. 1:\ame of Trust. ConstituLion. Locality o{ Trust District 'l'rust Supply. Nature of Works. District. Area. Aercs. Acres. Acres. .£ £ £ £ £ Bacch us ::\Jars h ... I 2 April, '89 I BacclmH Marsh ... I 95° Werribee River 'N eir and channels ... goo 6oo +s,ooo I8o I0,500 xo,soo I,J 38 £g,ooo to be paid to and Par wan Waterworks Trust Creek in respect of works taken over. and 2\:Iurra- I 31 ;'\fay, '86 I Between Murray I I9,84o I Murray River... Channels with sluices ... I 7,893 6,ooo 53,000 2,250 7,ooo 7,000 3,926 Works in progress. River and Barr Creek Boort East ...... 3 Sept., '88 Near Lake Boort ... 2g,6oo Loddon River ••• ·weirs and channels ... 24,600 6,140 7o,ooo 3,700 14,400 3,8 51 Works in progress. Boort North ... 3 Sept., '88 Near I,ake Boort ... I 2 1220 Loddon River ... \Veirs and channels 9,000 5,coo 27,000 6oo 7,6oo I ,jJ6 \Vorks in progress. Cohunat ...... 20 April, 'S6 Gunbower Creek ... 97·920 Murray River ... Pumping plant and channels ... 8g,309 301000 z.zo,ooo 9,000 sS,ooo 50,000 26,071 \Vorks in progress. Emu Valley ... 2 April, '89 Near Casllcmaine ... 3,7oo Coliban Channel Channels, &c. ... 2,466 Soo I 6,61) 830 4,6JI 4,63I 500 Works in progress. Kcrang East ... 26 Aug. '89 Near Kerang ... 17,920 ;'\.furray H.ivcrvid Weir and channels .. , ... I5,000 5,000 45,000 I,_)OO I 7,82 5 17,82 5 Nil Works about to be Kow Swamp commenced. Koondrook:f: ... i 18 ~lay, '86 Rear Koondrook, on 12,480 Murray River ... Pumping plant and channels 11,000 3,ooo 33,000 1,200 5.9 2 5 5,925 3,ooo \Vorks in progress. I Murray River N; I rr.,.,H:d~ UTIT'\lulntl" -FrH• ~n Leaghur and Meering§ 4 Sept., 'Ss Loddon Valley ... 8,g6o Loddon River ••. Weir and channels .•. ... 8,1271 2,700 zo,ooo Soo 6,65o 6so Nil ""' I Marquis Hill ... 10 Dec., 'SS Near l{erang ... I4,280 \Vcirs and channels ... 11,840 3,soo 32,0CO 2,8oo r2,goo I 12,900 300 Pine Hills ...... I6April, '89 Near Kerang ... 1),120 Weirs and channels ... I3,730 4-,ooo 39,474 3,300 Io,6oo ' xo,6oo Nil \Vorks in progress. Rodney ...... 18 April, '89 Goulhurn V alley •.. 298,88o lllain and distributaryclmnnels 28.J-,OOO 70,000 49.730 242,878 242,878 Nil ·works in progress. Swan Hill ... 26 Sept., '87 Murrn.y Valley ... I5,360 1\{urray River ... 1'umping plant and channels 14,300 7,)00 3o,oco 1,087 I 5,000 9,000 6,227 Trust applying ior an additional loan of £6,ooo. Torrumbcrry North ... 12 l\Iar., '89 Near Echuca ... I9,397 Murray Hiver .•. Pumping plant and channels I s,ooo I 8,ooo 67,88g 8oo 12,300 Nil Nil Tragowel Plains 11 ••• 23 :\far., '86 Loddon Valley ... 251,520 Lodtlon River ••. \Veirs and channels ... 22S,400 Jo,ooo )oo,cco z..z.,oco 16),000 r6),ooo I 5 5>798 Trust works almost completed. T:"•el ve-Mile, ... 2 Aug., '86 Lo•ldou Valley ... 9,920 Lodilon lliver ... W cir and channels ... 9,0JI z,ooo 201000 goo 5,0)0 s,oso W arks in progress. VI' andella ...... 29 Out., '88 Loddon Valley ... 32,290 Loddon Rh· er ... Weir aud channels ... 16,3oo ),ooo 2,445 r4,8oo 14,800 \Vorks in progress. Werrihee ...... I Nov., 'SS Near Werribee ... 1,460 \Verribce River I Pumping plant, weir, and 1,383 1_000 230 30,4 55 Nil Nil \Vorks iu progress. channels i I Western \Vimmcra ... 3 Sept., 'SS Wimmcra District 398,8oo G lcnelg, Me Ken- Heservoirs, weirs, nnd channels . I S2,C'OO 35,o6o 368,397 :;68,397 3,458 Works in progress. 1 ' Yatcllaw ...... 26 Nov., ·ss X ear Hamilton ... ' ;'l.fdntyre'r; Reservoir and channels I Works in progress. Total ... Totals ... * neconstlturctl umlcr ,\('( )lo. ~;:;8, ; :3 .;t;ly, : ~::;7. t Hf'constitutcLl unL1cl' ~h·L :-..:·o. 8:_,8, 18 July, 1887. li~.:ep:: .. n.ltutvr1 unt1( ·:· _'L·' ~j:,, ;<: ,, 1[1j', . 1.\:Jj. ~ ltl•cou~titnJccd t:nder Act Xo. 898, ::.-t Oetobvr, 1887. 11 HccoustitntNl nwkr Ad Xo. 898, 29 J1mc, rS87. "' t ... -!· '',/', ~) APPENDIX No. 11. -- PRoPOSED IRRIGATION AND WATER SuPPLY TRUSTS. .A.nnua.l Rate- Estimated Gross Area et Irrigo.b 1e able Value Source ol Water Nature of Works proposed. IN of Irrigable Cost of Remarks. Name. I Locality. I of proposed Supply. Area. Scheme. Trust District. Lands. Acres. Acres. Acres. £ £ £ I 3,228 Loddon Hiver ... Weir and channels u,ooo 3,500 40,000 2,500 7,818 IIn abeyance. Cativil and Pompapiel .. Loddon Valley ...... 27,142 Minister's declaration published. Carrum ...... INear Dandenoug "'I... Jo,ooo Dandenong and \V eir and channels ...... g,Soo 4,000 88,200 x,zoo Eumemmerriug Creeks Minister's declaration published. Goulburn Valley ... 2$2,480 Goulburn !liver Channels ...... 224,000 r8o,ooo I,I20,000 4$,000 317, lOO Eastern Goulburn ... z,688,ooo 6o,ooo 207,000 First petition being dealt with. Eastern Wimmera ... Wimmera District ... x,n8,o8o Lake Lonsdale, Reservoirs anrl channeb ... 896,ooo 30,240 &e. Awaiting second petition. Near Echuca 2oo,ooo Goulburn River Channels ...... xso,ooo 6o,ooo soo,ooo 30,000 109,ooo t..:;l Echuca and Waranga ... 00 Shires 25,000 140 8oo Awaiting second petition. Harcourt ...... Near Castlemaine ... x,xos Barker's Creek Channels ...... x,xos soo reservoir Being reported upon. Murray Valley 235,6oo Murray River..• Pumping plant and channels ... t,zoo,ooo 12,500 I 52,112 Koonoomoo ...... 2,500 First petition being dealt with. Kow Swll.lllp ...... KowSwamp ... 21,000 Murray Hiver, Pumping plant and channels ... 45,000 28,578 viaKowSwamp 4,180 2j,OOO In abeyance. Lake Charm Near Lake Charm ... 57,6oo Murray River, Pumping plant, weir, and chan- 12,000 79,080 ...... viaKowSwamp nels Lerderderg River Weir and channels 700 78,ooo 6oo 7,soo Second petition received. Lerderderg ...... Near Bacchus Marsh 2,019 ...... First petition being dealt Near Bairnsdale 20,500 Mitchell Hiver Weir and channels ...... s,ooo x8o,ooo 3,ooo 9,542 Lindenow ...... 3,ooo SI, 'i8I First petition being dealt Millewa ...... Near Echuca ... 39,141 Murray, Goul- Pumping plant, and channels ... 35,000 tz,ooo x6s,ooo burn, and Cam- paspe Rivers MiniRtcr's declaration Near Koondrook 3,780 Murray mver ... Channels ...... 3,5oo 2,000 xo,soo 440 Z,)OO My all ...... 6o,ooo j0 000 360,000 6,ooo 104,822 First petition d Ovens ...... Ovens Valley .. . 64,000 Ovens River ... Weir and channels ...... 1 Campaspe River Weir and channels 40,000 17,000 23o,ooo 3,500 51,779 Second petition Rochester ...... Near Rochester 44,ooo Second petition being dealt with. Yarra.wonga Shire ... Broken Creek Dis- 262,400 Broken and M ur- Pumping plant, weirs, and rg2,ooo 2,000 768,ooo 35,000 2o,soo channels trict ----- ray Rivers Total ... l,344,933 Totals ...... x,8g5,565 ~~4,940 I7.576,7So ~~9,56o I x,xso,;;:- APPENDIX No. 12. RETURN OF THE VARIOUS WATERWORKS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA ON 31ST JULY, 1889, SHOWING THEIR POSITIONS, STORAGE CAPACITIES, DRAINAGE AREAS, LENGTII OF AQUEDUCTs, :MAIN AND RETrcur~ATION PIPES, WITH CosT THEREOF. I.-Works under direet Governmer1t control (exclusive of Melbourne fVater Supply and of Goldfields Reservoirr). ------·-~-~-~--- Length of- Reservoir or Source of Supply. Na.me of Town or District Supplied. Drainage Area. A.queduct. TonL Coil'!'. --- Main Pipeo. Reticulation Pipes. Where Situated. I Storage Capacity. Main. Branch~ ------;-- --- Gallons. Acres. m. eh. m. eh. Jn. ch. m. ch, £ Malmsbury ...... 3,2 5 s,ooo,ooo 71,700 17 52 IH fO ...... Taradale ...... Taradale ...... 6s,ooo ...... I 53 I 59 1 Expedition Pn" ... 1zo,coo,ooo 3,6oo ...... _ Red Hill ...... 1,zso,ooo ...... 1 Castlemaine and Chewton I Old Post Office Hill ... z,ooo,coo ...... I 7 4-6 29 19 Barker's Creek ... 6z9, I 3 s,ooo 3>4 29 ...... Specimen Gully ... z,6r8,ooo ... N;) ...... ~ I ~ Fryers town ...... Crocodile Gully ... 5,4-07,000 4-50 ...... 3 17 2 4-0 Mal don ...... Green Gully ...... 1,soo,ooo 300 ...... 17 0 10 0 Big Hill ...... 68,ooo,ooo ...... Big Hill Tank ... 300,000 ...... II Sandhurst ...... Crusoe Gully ...... 320,000,000 ...... I 1,o69,25+ New Chum Tank ... 23,000 ...... 1 Solomon's Gully ... J ,z so,ooo ...... 120 0 Spriag Gully .•. ... J so,ooo,ooo ...... (including mains) r Sandhurst District ... Upper Grassy Flat ... s8,86o,ooo ...... { Lower Grassy Flat ... z6,8oo,ooo ...... Eaglehawk ...... Sparrow hawk ...... r,soo,ooo ...... l Raywood ...... Lightning Hill ... 7,ooo,ooo 573 ...... { Raywood ...... z,soo,ooo ...... + 25 Sebastian ...... Sebastian ...... 239,200 ...... j Lockwood and Marong ... Green Gully ...... 3,5oo,ooo ...... 24- 4-0 ...... Upper Stony Creek ... 3 54-,ooo,ooo Lower Stony Creek ... If3,000,00C' } 3,f6Z Geelong and Suburbs Anakie (Pipe Head) ... 900,000 ... 3 2f ... 27 0 84- 7 357.337 Lovely Banks ... 6,ooo,ooo ... ( 1 Newtown Tank ... soo,ooo ... ~~-----· ·---- II.- Wat~rworks controlled by Waterworks 'Trusts. (A.)-Urban Districts. ReserToir or Source of Supply. Length of- Capacity of Wt.ter ------Trust by w horn W orlts were :Rame of Town Slllll'l!td. Tank or Service How Supplioo. Cosl. Reservoir. Reticulation Carried out. Where Situated. Stor&re Capaelty. Aqueduct. Pipe Main. Pipes. ------~~~ . ... --~--- nauons. G&llons. m. eh. m. eh. m. eh. £ Avenel ...... Mount St. Bernard Spring .. . 50,000 Gravitation ...... 2 68 r,934 Seymour Shire. Bacchus Marsh and Ma.ddingley Werribee River ...... 120,0')0 Gravitation ... 4 8 o 6o 2 46 2,700 Baechns Marsh. Bealiba ...... Bealiba ...... r,ooo,ooo Gravitation ... 0 37 ... 2 14 I,86z Bet Bet Shire. Benalla...... Broken River ...... 40,000 Pumping ...... 8 40 1o,ooo Beualla. Charlton ...... Charlton ...... 13,000,000 20,000 Pumping and ...... 6 37 8,6oo Avoca United. Gravitation Daylcsford ...... Kangaroo Creek ...... 89o,ooo Gravitation ... 19 6o 7 I 7 16 40 25,140 Daylesford. Dimboo! a ...... Wimmera River ...... 1,075,225 Pumping ...... 3 23 3,000 Wimmera United. enelus~Te of) ma1n. Donald ...... Richardson River ...... 30,000 Pumping ...... 2 20 4,o8o Wimmera United. 70,000 Murray River ...... 6 Io,ooo Echuca Borough. Echuca ...... { 50,000 }Pumping ... I4 Horsham ...... Wimrnera River ...... 30,000 Pumping ...... I 0 II 5 I7,7I3 Horsham Borough. Kerang ...... Loddou River ...... 25,000 Pumping ...... 4 I7 9,589 Swan Hill Shire. Kyneton ...... Little Coliban River ... 29,ooo,ooo 6oo,ooo Gravitation ...... 9 ------H.-Works controlled by Waterwvrks and Irrigalion Trusts. ~-;," (B.)-Rural Districts. I Ston.ge Reservoir. Length of- Number N e T nst 1 01 t'umpmg I Number of Number of Number of j of Wells with ------Cost. am O1 r · -··· '\Vei:rs. J)&ms. Tank.s. Windmills. Capacity. Main:channela. Ur&nch Channels. G&Uonl. I m. eh. m. eh. £ Avocn Uitited ... •...... 5 4 I 10 I •.• •.• ...... 20,17I Bacclms Marsh ••• ...... I I 1 I ... 1(See Return1 ...... I ... 3 40 I 40 6,509 A.) BoortEast ...... I I ...... Il 20 ... 2,351 Boort North ...... • 7 6o ... 735 Bet Bet Shire ...... 32 ••. ••• ••• ••• ••. 5,I68 and Murrabit ...... I 2 I ...... o 6o ... z,87 5 Cohuna •...... 1 ...... ~6 76 zi,I87 nain chmmel Echucu and 'Varanga ...... 1 I 5 I ... I 4 I ...... 120 o 337 o I \Virnmora Shire ...... I 14,and 3 head 8 I 45 2 Wartook ... 3,o67,881,ooo 46 o I 106 o I 88,219 sluices Yarr:nvonga Shire ...... I 6 z I ...... About 50 miles, including 1 15,402 r • • • • . . • • ,. • defining creeks I 1'atehaw ...... ••. ... ~ntnc;unt ;nformnt:on not: to hand nt date oi comp~Int;on ------ Reservoir or Source of Supply. Length of- --- Coin. Name of I,oeal Governing N O.Jlle of Town or District Supplied. Body. Rcticulat.ion Where Sliuated. Storage Capo.city. Drainage AreL AqueducL Pipe Mains. Pip,_: ----- Gallons. Acres. m. chs. m. chs. £ .. I 5,ooo,ooo , 320 I5 6I {Langi Ghiram ...... I3 ... 0} 47.500 Ararat Borough . Ararat• ...... Oliver's Gully ...... 24,ooo,ooo 840 ... I 20 . {B"l''' ...... 9o,z8g,550 3·746 ...... Pincott's ...... 34-,sso,ooo 7,623 ...... 0} I30 0 294.300 { Ba~Ia:at Water Com- Ballarat ... Kirk's ...... 8J,IZI,ooo } llilSSIOn, Gong Gong ...... 42 7 ,ooo,ooo 7,320 ... 5 2I Beaufort ...... Camp Hill ...... I,2oo,ooo ... 30 0 0 20 6 26 3,000 Ripon Shire. 2~ Beech worth ...... Lake Kerferd ...... I9I,ooo,ooo ...... 2 2 I3 63 25,000 Beechworth Shire. Barry's Reef ...... Springs, Blue Mountain ... 2oo,ooo ...... 0 35 0 25 ... Ballan Shire. Chiltern ••• ...... Barrambogie Spring .. . 4,76o,ooo 3,682 ... 7 40 2 54 3,soo Chiltern Shire. Clunes ...... Newlyn ...... 207 ,ooo,ooo I3,H6 I z6 6 IO I6 0 70,I95 Clunes Borough. { Bulla IV.-lleservoirs on the Goldfields constructed by the Government, other tha,. those marked* in Ill. Under what Control. Name of Re$ervoir. Locality. Cap,.city. Purpoee. coot. Gallons. £ Amher:;t Talbot I 3,813,000 Mining ...... 2,100 Amherst and Hack Creek Commons Bo~rd. Beaufort Beaufort 8s,88r,ooo M.ining ...... I,99I Ripon Shire Council. Blackwood .. . Lerderder"' River 6f,4-4I ,ooo Mining ...... I,o9o Ballan Shire Council. 0 Borough of Huninyong. Buninyong .. . Buninyong IO,f62,000 Minin"0 ...... I ,04-7 Commissioner's Gully Castlemaine 7,ooo,ooo Mining ...... I,203 Borongh of Chewton. (old) Dunolly I7,200,000 Mining ...... I,912 Borough of Dunolly. Hepburn ...... Daylesford 31,2 84-,000 Mining ...... 2,527 Borough of Dl~ylesford. s,ooo,ooo :Mining ...... 328 Shire of A voca. CJ,:l Homebnsh .. . Avoca CJ,:l Inglewood (old) Inglewood s,67o,ooo Mining ...... I,II2 Borongh of Inglewood. Kilmorc Kilmore I 4-,466,ooo Domestic ...... 2,986 Borough of Kilrnore. c: Lamplongh I.amplough 9,262,000 Mining ...... 1,288 Shire of A voca. Maryborough Maryborough ZI,ooo,ooo Domestic ...... 1,839 Borough of :M:aryborongh. No. 1 Quartz Reef Stawell ... Mining ...... Borough of Stawell. No. 3 Pleasant Creek Stawell 7,9os,ooo Mining ...... Shire of Stawell. No. D Four J>osts ... Stawell 3,1oo,ooo Mining ...... 8o2 Shire of Stawell. Nnggetty Gully ... Timor zs,ooo,ooo Domestic ...... 2,384- Shire of Tullaroop. Opossum Gully Ararat 24,62 I,ooo Mining ...... z,4s I vV . .:\L Burke, lessee. Redbank ...... I~edbank 27,IOO,OOO Mining ...... 2,785 Shire of Avoca. Sandy Creek .. . Yackandandah South 7o,ooo,ooo Mining ...... 2,8 3 5 V. W. S. Department. Wedderburn . .. W edderhmn 3,Ioo,ooo Domestic ...... 2,)90 Shire of White Horse ~. _ ~t:ohn.;,;;:frrnr f,83I,OOO Mining ...... z,86z Council. 34 APPENDIX No. 13. ENGINEERS OF WATER SUI'PLY. (Hegulations nnder Section 64 of The Irr£gation Act 1886.) BOARD OF EXAMINERS. Mr. Stuart Mnrray, Chief }~nginecr of Water Supply. Mr. William David,-;on, Superintending Engineer, Melbourne Water Supply. Mr. \Yilliam Thwaites, Pnblic Works Department. -----~------ "THE IRHIGATION ACT 1886."-REGULATIONS. [F1·om tl1e Victwia Oovermnent Oazette of 18t!t lficn·clt, 1887. No. In pursuance of The li·rigation Act 188G, section G·l, the Governor in Council has made the snb joine REGULATIONS. Intending candidates must give notice, in writing, of their intention to present themselves for Hxamination, and must forw~ml to the Board documentary evidence that they are eligible under one of the following preliminary condition~. ~ pon their application being approved by the Board, candidates shall pay the prescribed fee of £3 3s. inio tlte Treasury, Melbourne, or any Receipt and Pay Office, and forward receipt for same to the Secretary to the Board. PRELil\fiNARY CONDITIO~S. 1. A c:andi(late must !Je a member, or an associate member, of the Institute of Civil Engineel'B of London; or a ('ertificatcd engineer, or master of engineering, of ono of the Universities of the Australian colonies or New Zealand, or of one of the UniverEitie~ of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of some University whose degrees arc recognised by the University of ::Melbomne, and whose graduates arc admitted by it ad eundem grad1~m. 2. Or he mnst proclncc evi(lencc satisfactory to the Board that be has hecn properly educated and trained for the profef'f'ion of a ciYil engineer, an~.1 tliat he has been engaged for not less than two years, exclusive of any period of training or 1mpibgt>, in the lH'tivc practice or the profe;;::;ion, and that ouc year, at least, of sneh practice lms been in conuexion with hydraulic works demanding the exercise of technical knowledge and skill. QUALIFICA'l'IOXS. I. Candidates whose applications have been approved under Preliminary Condition I will be required to show, to the 8atisfaction of the Board, that they have been employed for not less tlum five yenrs, in some responsible professional capacity, in the design, construction, and supervision of hydraulic works, and that the works carried out hy them have been of a ~;ncccssful and sati;;factory character. II. Candidates whose applications ltave been approved nmlcr Preliminary Condition 2 shall be required to pass an examination in the following : H.-General Principles of Civil Engil&eering. Strength of materials. Production and transmission of strains in structures. Genemllaws of statics. III.- Engineering Structnres. Principles of engineering constructi.on. . Special structures in stone masonry, brickwork, carpentry, cast and wrought 1ron. Combined structures. Composition and nse of lime and cement mortars and concretes. Note.-Candidatcs who have obtained the certificate of the .Municipal Surveyors' Board in Victoria will be exempt from the examination iu general principles of ciYil engineering and in engineering structures 35 IV.-Hydraulic Engineering. Gauging of natuml and artificial stream~, and flo~v of water over weir~. Computation of the flow of water in channels. Computation of the flow of water in pipes and closed conduits. Construction of reservoir embankments in masonry and earthwork. Outlet works, waste weirs, and bye-washes. Relation of bye-wash capacity to cachment area and rainfall. Construction ofweirs in river channels. Pumping machinery, including motors. Candidates for examination must provide themselves with a book of logarithms, plotting scales, parallel ruler, and all necessary appliances (exeept paper) for drawing and computing. They will also be permitted to use any ordinary manual of reference, or book of tables, which they may bring with them into the examination room ; but they will not be permittetl to leave the room during the progress of the examination. Any candidate who shall have proved, to the satisfaction of the Board, that he is possessed of qualification I., or who shall have successfully passed the examination prescribed for qualification II., shall be entitled to, and shall receive, the certificate of the Board that he is duly qualified to act as an Engineer of Water Supply, under the provisions of The Irrigation Act 1886. Every such certificate shall show whether it has been issued in respect of sufficient service, the gr&ntee being also the holder of som€ one of the qualifications referred to in Preliminary Condition 1, or in virtue of his having satisfactorily passed the examination prescribed by these regulations. (L.s.) JA:\IES McLucKIE, Secretary to the Board of Examiners. Department of Victorian Water Supply, Melbourne. Approved by the Governor in Council the J5th March, 1887. Tnos. BRISBANE, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council. APPENDIX No. 14. LIST OF ENGINEERS WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED CERTIFICATES AS ENGINEERS OF WA'l'ER SUPPLY, UNDER SECTION 64 OF "THE IRRIGATION ACT 1886." W. W. Culcheth, M.I.C.E. ,T. A. Griffiths, A.M.l.C.E. G. J. Burke, M.I.C.E. W ..F. Bell, C.E. J. D. Derry, M.I.C.E. H. V. Champion, C.E. C. A. Bayer, A.M.I.C.E. J. G. Starr, C.E . •T. S. Beeman, A.M.I.C.E. W. A. Carver, A.M.I.C.E. C. A. D'Ebro, A.M.I.C.E. A. Clayton, A.M.I.C.E. E. J. Hawkins, A.M.I.C.E. W. G. Kerle, A.M.I.C.E. W. Henderson, A.M.I.C.E. N. E. Jennings, M.I.C.E. W. :Mercer, A.M.I.C.E. W. Bage, M.E. C. W. Smith, A . .:VI.I.C.E. R. Lundon, A.M.I.C.E. C. E. Albrecht, C.E. T. C. Hodgson, C.E. S. Horsley, C.E. J. Burns, M.I.C.E. H. C. Kempson, C.E. G. Gm·don, M.I.C.E. H. A. King, C.E. R M. Gale, A.M.I.C.E. W. S. Mnrray, C.E. R. 0. Robson, M.I.C.E. J. Tipping, C.E. T. M. Howden, C.E. S. W. Fowler, M.E. J. Lynch, junr., C.E. C. E. Oliver, C.E. W. H. Scott, M.I.C.E. F. R. Mahony, A.M.I.C.E. W. Parker, A.M.l.C.E. W. Dowden, C.E. L. P. Moline, A.:\-I.I.C.E. G. H. Dunlop, C.E. 1'. Murray, C.E. F. W. Thomson, B.E. G. McKenzie, C.E. APPENDIX No. 15. PRIZES FOR BEST IRRIGATED FARM (OTHER THAN ORCHARD OR VINEYARD). First Prize, £30. Second Prize, £20. CoNDITIONs oF CmrPETITION. 1. The area of any farm entered for competition shall be not less than 60 acres in one holding, of which not less than 12 acres must be under irrigated culture. 2. The water supplied to the irrigated land may be provided either by pumping or by gravitation, but must be from some natural source that would be capable of yielding a sufficient supply in each ordinary season, 02 36 3. Sufficient drainage must be provided for the irrigated land to remove any excess water from the fields after the irrigation is completed, and without injury to other lands, either of the irrigated farm or of lands adjacent thereto. The first prize of £30 shall be awarded to the farm fulfilling the above conditions, which, in the opinion of the judges, exhibits the highest merit, and the second prize of £20 to the next best: but the judges may decline to award either, or both prizes, if, in their opinion, the merit of the entries is insufficient to warrant them in making the award. In making their awards, the judges will be guided, as far as possible, by the following considerations, viz.:- L The land is to be so laid out, and cropped, as to fully utilize the available supply of water at all 11easons of the year. Thus :-If the supply of water available in the locality be greater in winter than in summer, the land must be laid out so as to employ the greater proportion of it in the irrigation of cold weather crops, or otherwise, so that the utmost use shall he made of the whole available water supply. 2. The farm is to be so arranged that the irrigated and unirrigated portions shall mutually contribute to the maintenance of each in the best condition of culture, and in the highest possible state of fertility. 3. The irrigated lands are to be so arranged and prepared that the water supplied to them shall be under perfect control, both as to the volume of water to he applied to any area and as to the length of time the crops on such area shall remain under water or wet. 4. In the laying out of the farm, and especially of the irrigated portions, advantage is to be taken of the natural conditions, and of the natural contour of the surface; so that the preparation of the land, to attain the requisite conditions, shall entail the minimum of labour. 5. Care is to be taken to avoid saturation of the soil, either of the irrigated lands or of lands adjacent thereto ; aml to avoid the formation or retention of swamps or pools of stagmmt water to the detriment of vegetation, or of the health or comfort of person~> residing in the locality. ALFRED DEAKIN, Minister of Water Supply. Victorian Water Supply Department, Melbourne, October, 1888. APPENDIX No. 16. PRIZES FOR BEST IRRIGATED GARDEN, ORCHARD, OR VINEYARD. First Prize, £50. Second Prize, £25. Co~DITIO~s OF ColiiPETITIO~. 1. The area of any holding entered for competition shall be not less than 12 acres, of which not less than 4 acres must be under irrigated culture. 2. The water supplied to the irrigated laml may be provider] either by pumping or by gravitation, but must be from some source that would be capable of yielding a sufficient supply in each ordinary season. 3. Sufficient drainage must be provided for t.he irrigated land to remove any excess water from the :fields after the irrigation is completed, and without injury to other lands. The first prize of £50 shall be awarded to the holding fulfilling the above conditions, which, in the opinion of the judges, exhibits the highest merit, and the second prize of £25 to the next best ; but the judges may decline to award either, or both prizes, if, in their opinion, the merit of the entries is insufficient to waiTant them in making the award. In making their awards, the judges will be guided, as far as po~sihle, by the following considerations, viz.:- 1. The land is to be so laid out, and cropped, as to fully utilize the supply of water at the seal!ons when it is available. 2. The irrigated lands are to be so arranged and prepared that the water supplied to them shall be under perfect control, both as the volume of water to be applied to any area, and as to the length of time the crops on such area shall remain under water or wet. 3. In the laying out of the laud, and especially of the irrigated portions, advantage is to be taken of the natural conditions, and of the natural contour of the surface ; so that the preparation of the land, to attain the requisite condidons, shall entail the minimum of labour. 4. Care is to be taken to avoid saturation of the soil, either of the irrigated lands or of lands adjacent thereto; and to avoid the .formation or retention of 5wamps or pools of stagnant water, to the detriment of vegetation, or of the health or comfort of persons residing in the locality. ALFRED DEAKIN, Minister of Water Supply. Victorian Water Supply Department, )felbourne, October, 1888. 37 APPENDIX No. 17. PRIZES FOR BEST VARIETY OF IRRIGATED CROPS. First P1'ize, £50. Second Prize, £25. CoNDITIONS OF CmrrETITION. 1. The area of any irrigated land entered for competition for these prizes shall not he less than twelve acres in one holding. 2. For the purpose of computing the variety of irrigated crops grown on one farm, no crop shall he reckoned the net annual v~tlne of the produce of which, on the farm, is less than £5, except in the case of garden crops, grown for the use of tho5c residing on the farm, the total net value of which may be reckoned as one item. 3. The number, value, and readiness of sale of the products shall each be taken into consideration in making the award ; and all of these points will weigh in determining the relatiye merit of the entries. A first pri:t.e of £50, and scrowl prize of £:Ui, will be o,warded to those two irrigated holdings, entered for competition, which, subject to the alHJve conditions, oxhihit the highest merit, should this he such, aA in the opinion of the judges, to ;jnstify the awanl. In the order of proee(lence of the entries, the jndges will be fmther gnidetl by the following considerations, viz.:- 1. The irrigated land is to Le so laid out, arranged, and prepared that the water may be applied without waste, without injury to I he crops an(l without injury to any adjacent lands. 2. The crops are to be arranged Ro the cxleut of oaeh slmll be in proportion to tho quantity of water available for it,s irrigation at, the season when it requires to be watered; and that the whole shall utilize all the available labour of the farm at each season of the year. 3. Special attention will Le given to such crop~ as are likely to command the readiest and the highest prices relatively to the amount of labom and the 11ro11 of land cmployc(l in their production. N on:.-Irrigatcd holding:;; mny he entered for competition both for a prize Ior the "best irrigated farm,'' or for the "bo~t inigatcd garden, orchanl, or vineyard," as the case may be, ami for a prize for the "best variety of inigntod crops.'' And the juJges may award !t prize for both causes to t,he same holding, should they ~o think fit, or may awar,l the prizes to different holdings. ALFRED DEAKIN, Victorian Water S:1pply Department, :XIinisterof Water Supply. Melbomne, October, 1888. APPEXDIX No. 18. WATER BORING.-TABLE OF RESULTS. I'Villq;, Sl!ire of Yarrawonga. I Wllter Struck. No. of Bore. I Total Depth. Comtncncc(t Finished. Depth. Quality, --.. ·~----· - ·-- }'eet. Feet. I 130 7.8.8+ ...... None. 2 70 ...... 3 6z ...... " 4 6s ...... " 5 g8 ...... " 6 fO ...... " 7 35 ...... " 8 45 ...... ," 9 40 ...... 10 ISO ... 28.z.8 5 ... Slightly" brackish; stook. Pelluebla, Shire of Ym'rawonga. Z3 1.12.84 No water. 2 37 3 23 " 4 17 " 5 30 " 6 30 ,," 7 30 8 30 " 9 30 " 10 30 3I.I2.8f " Yarrawonga. " 57 1.2..8 5 None. 2 54 3 47 " 4 97 ::8.2.8 5 ," Boomahnoomoonah. fO 11.84 Fresh, good. 2 40 Fresh. 3 +5 I I " 38 WATER BoRING.-TADLE OF RESULTS-continued. .Jiordialloc. i Water Struck. No. of Bore. Total Depth. Uommenced. Finished. Depth. Quality. I Feet. Feet. I 190 ...... Abandoned. 2 24.0 20.9.87 12.11.87 ... Fresh, abandoned. 3 I 5 I 12.88 1.89 i ... Abandoned. 4 ...... i ... ,, 5 260 2.4.89 ... I 11 s, 207 Fresh. Ballyrogan, Shire of A1·arat. 160 1.8.87 I 20.9.87 I so 2 I 55 23·9·87 28.3.88 45 3 3 I 15.10.87 22.10.87 Abandoned. Lara. Fresh. 2 Fresh.* "' Flowed over surface at the rate of 600 gallons per hour. Narrewillock. (Commenced January, 1888; in progress.) Wntcr Struck. No. ot Bore. Total Depth. Depth. Rose. Quality. Feet. Feet. Feet. I 175 ...... 2 105 ...... 3 131 I I 5 7 Stock. I I 8 6 4 167 " 5 181 109 7 Fair domestic and stock. 6 206 I 14 19 Good fresh. 7 I72 I 10 I 5 Stock. I !0 8 199 14 " 9 98 ...... 10 191 lOO 17 Stock. I I 176 112 7 Good stock. 12 225 103 28 Brackish. I 3 198 lOO 12 I 21 I " 14 216 107 " I 5 38 ...... 16 45 ...... 17 2!1 84 12 Fair stock water. I Nhill. 'Vater Struck. No. of Bore. Commenced. I!'inished. Totnl Depth. I I Depth. Rose. i Quality. i I I i I Feet. Feet. 1 Feet. I I I I q.86 27.11.86 964 ...... I I 2 15.2.87 .....88 1,172 ...... I ... 3 9·7·88 In progress I,7f2 ... I I, I 8 5 I I 5 ... Good supply of brackish. 4 5.!2.88 12. 5·89 I 7.87 I 8oo ... Abandoned. 5 23·9·86 943 I 6 5.12.87 29.10.88 i 1,160 ' 152 I ... Donald to Murray. 20.4.87 26.6.87 400 115 Brackish. 2 27.8.87 7·7·88 76o 738 708 Brackish ; fit for stock. Salt. 3 28.8.88 31.5.89 899 1£0 6) 360 344 760 2 Fresh." 890 About 88o Salt. 39 APPENDIX No. 19. EXTRACT FROM NOTES, BY THE CHIEF EXGINEER OF WATER SUPPLY, OF A VISIT TO THE ::\HLDURA IltRIGATIOX COLONY. The gro·wth of :Mildura during the 22 months it has heen in the hands of the Messr.:;. Chaffey is very surprising. Less than two years ago the site was virgin bush, low sand rises covered with malice, interspersed with occasional blue-bush plrtins. Now there is a town of certainly more tlmn 400 inhabitants, with substantial buildings of wood nnd brick, some of them two-storied, ami such as would not seem out of place in a street in any provincial town in Australia. Some idea of the number and character· of the town population may be gatbereJ from the fact tbat there arc 135 children attemling the .Mildura State school, and that the numLer is continually increasing. Of !he buildings and works erected l,y rlte ::\Iessr~. Clmffey, at the townohip, the principal is the foumlry, n galvrmize,l-iron huiluing,aLont 80 feet by l I) I) t1tted up 1dth forges, lathes, slotting machines, a multiple punching machine, ;h'illing machines, mller:; for pipe-making, Lrass furnace, &c. An iron cupola for thi6 establishment, is now on the way from Melbourne, and is expected to Le ercctecl shortly, when the tirm will be in a po~ition to execute almost any of work locally. The fo11mlry at present aifonlK employment to 2fi or 30 men. As many as 40 men have Leen employed, and tlH•rc are room and appliances for 50. At the town there is also a pumping plant, consisting o.f two donLle-action piston pumps with cylinders of 12 inches diameter nnd 21-incll stroke, for maintaining a supply in the pipe~ with whidt the streets are rotienlated, aml in the chnnnels along Deakin avenue. The pumps are workell by an engine of 200 hor~c-power, which also tlrive~ the maehines in the foundry and does the press work in the ollico of the Jfildum CnlticatoJ' clo,;c by. The eugine has Leen designed with a ~peeial view to economy of fuel. It is set on a Led of brickwork, !milt in Portland cemout, and housed in a substantial brick Lnilding. The local offtce of the firm is a very ortHtte Luilding of brick, surrounded by an cmLryo garden, shrubbery and lawns, enclosed by ornamental fencing, and occupies 11 commauuing po~ition just above the landing-phwo. Near it i8 the site of the .Mildnm Coffee Palace. The agricultnrnl eollego, the intended site of which is about hnlf~a-mile fmther sou!h, will ocenpy nn even more commanding position than the company's oifices, and will be an ornamental slrueime of JJrick work, partly of two nml partly of three stories, wi1h a tower, from whieh will be ohtained an ex!ensivo view of the surronlllling country and of the river. Of buildings, the property of private owner~, the most conspicious is the two-storied brick store and dwelling of i\lr. ";-ilJiams, situate on the highest point of Deakin-avenne within the towu~hip. There is ah-o a very handsome and eomfurtable villa, with welllai;l out grounds, owne;] and occupied by 31r. }'[cLarcn, the company's engineer. Foundationfl in concrete arc iu progrc: APPENDIX No. 20. EXTRACT FROM REPORT ON IRRIGATING AND RECLAIMING DESERT LANDS IN IDAHO, U.S.A., BY A. D. FOOTE, C.E. Importance of Drainage.-To an engineer the question of the drainage of a tract of land to be irrigated is quite as irnport.ant as the water supply. The neglect of this subject in conncxion with irrigation has cost the Government of India millions of dollars in re-construction of canalR, aml, where the cost of re-alignment for the canals was too great, bas left whole districts to tleteriorate into uninhabitable marBhes and white alkaline flats. Alkali rmd 11.falaria from Want of Drainage.-In the San Joaquin Valley, near Lake Tulare, there are tracts of land which seem to lJO impregnated to a depth with alkaline salts; the effect upon them of irrigation is to caw APPENDIX No. 21. GENERAL STATE1YIENT OF RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF POTABLE WATERS . ... ------ Locality. Total Solids. --·-····--· ---····------Grains per Imperial gallon. ( A pp ea ranee-Very turbid. 1 Organic matter ...... •.. r6o Insoluble matter, consisting principally of ferruginous clay z·s6 OvENs RrvEn, at \Vangarntta, oppo l1 : Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, traces of chlorides • IZ site the confluence of the King l. of calcium and potassium Hiver. 6 Sept., r887. Total residue ... ll Free from any decomposing vegetable matter. A ppcarance-Very turbid. Organic mat.ter ...... 4 · 64 lmolnble matter, principally ferruginous clay ...... 8 · o8 \VnnmRA RIYER, at Honham, at Soluble matter, prineipally chloride of sodium, chlorides and sulphates site where water is pumped to the of calcium, magnesium, and potassium ... 3 · 76 filter beds for supply to the town. 6 Sept., z887. Total residue ...... r 6 • 48 Containing decomposing vegetable matter, probably due to flooded condition of the river. 42 GENERAL STA'fEMEN'r OF RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF POTABLE WATERs-continued. I,ocality. Total Solids. Grains per Imperial gallon. Appearance-Very turbid. Organic matter Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay Avoo.t. RIVER, at Charlton, just above Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, chlorides and sulphates Charlton Weir. 6 Sept., 1887. of calcium, magnesium, and potassium ... I' So Total residue 14•68 Containing decomposing l"egetable matter, probably due to flooded condition of river. Appearance-Slightly turhid. Organic matter ... Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay GouLBURN RIVER, at Murchison, Solnble matter, prir.cipally chloride of sodium, chlorides and sulphates from centre of river, near gauge. of calcium and potassium I'ZO 8 Sept., r887. Total residue 5'Z4 Free from any decomposing organic matter. Appearance-Slightly turbid. Organic matter I'ZO bsoluhle matter, principally ferruginous clay 3'ZO MuRRAY RIVER, at Gooramadda (at Soluble matter, principnlly chloride of sodium, traces of chlorides of Gooramadda and How long bridge). potassium aml calcium Io Sept., r887. Total residue Free from any decomposing organic matter. ! ( Appearance-Turbid. Organic matter Z'56 1:,·. Insoluble mattur, principally ferruginous clay, traces of calcic and magnesic carhontttes ... 6• 7Z LODDON RIVER, at Bridgewater. j Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, and chlorides and sul- z7 Nov., r887, II'9Z 1 phates of calcium, magnesium, and potassium Total residue 1.1'1.0 ll Free from any deleterious organic matter. I Organic matter Traces Silicious matter x·68 Sodic chloride 66'51 Calcic chloride I' 41 Magncsic chloride I'Z7 Magnesic bicarbonate 6· 37 Calcic bicarbonate 3'45 NHILL '\VATER WELL Ji'errous bicarbonate Traces Sodic bicarbonate Traces Calcic sulphate 6'99 Potassic sulphate Traces Total residue 8 7 · 68 Containing decomposing organic matter and a small amount of car- bonic acid gas. Organic matter ·So Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay, traces of carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and potassium 1.' z8 MrT'I'A MITT A RIVER, at Soluhle matter, principally chloride of sodium, and the chlorides and r 6 yards from gauge staff on sulphates of calcium, magnesium, and potassium • 32. side of bridge. 19 Sept., r887 Total residue 3'40 Free from any decom11osing organic matter. Appearance-Turbid. Organic matter z•z8 Insolnble matter, principally ferruginous clay, traces of calcic and magnesic carbonates ... 4'52 CAMPASPE RIVER, at Rochcster, at Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, and chlorides and sul- gauge staff. 16 Nov., r887. phates of calcium, magnesium, and potassium 3'20 'rota! residue 1o·oo Free from any deleterious organic matter. 43 GENERAL STATEMENT oF Hr,;suLTS OF ANALYSEs OF PoTABLE WATERS-continued. Locality. Total Solids. Grains per Imperial o;allon. Appearance-Slightly turbid. Organic matter Traces Silicious matter ·g6 Sodic chloriue .. . 63 '44 Calcic chloride .. . 1"87 1\Iagnesic chloride 1'58 I Ma.gncsic bicarbonate 10'82 NHILL TowNSHIP TANK. 19 Jan., ~ Calcic bicarbonate 3'34 1888. Ferrous bicarbonate Traces I Sodic bicarbonate Traces Calcic sulphate 4'47 I Potassic sulphate Traces Total residue l Containing decompo~iug organic matter and free carbonic acid. ' Appearance-Turbid. I Organic matter I '20 So die chloride ... 48.57 Calcic chloride ... 1'52 A vocA HrvER, at Char! ton, -!J mile I Ferruginous clay and calcic carbonate, traces of magnesic carbonate 7'20 south of weir. 28 Jan., 1888, ·: Potassic sulphate Traces I Calcic sulphate 2'03 I Total residue 6o· 52 l Containing decomposing vegetable matter. ( Organic matter Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay, traces of calcic and magnesic carbonates ... OvENS RIVER, at Wangaratta, near I Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, traces of chlorides of confluence of King River. 30 Jan., calcium, magnesium, and potassium I'36 1888. I Total residue L, Slightly contaminated with decomposing organic matter. I ( Organic matter '44 Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay and calcic carbonate, with I traces of magnesic carbonate ... 1'20 KING RIVER, at Wangaratta, just ~ Soluble matter, priLH,ipally chloride of sodium, chlorides of calcium, above King-bridge. 30 Jan., 1888. ., magnesium, and with trace,; of sodic carbonate I'28 Total residue l Free from any decomposing organic matter. ( Appearance-Very turbid. Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay with calcic and magnesic carbonates 7'00 AvocA RIVER, at Avoca, just below ,;I Soluble matter, principally chloride of sodium, traces of chlorides of junction of Hutherford Creek. 1 calcium, magnesium, and potassium 20"28 11 Feb., 1888. Total residue l Containing decomposing organic matter. ( il Appearance-Very turbid. ',·· Organic matter 3'28 Insoluble matter, principally ferruginous clay, with traces of carbonates of lime and magnesia ... "VnuiERA HrvER, at Horsham, roo I s·6o ~ Soluble matter, principally chlorides of sodium, chlorides and sul- yards above weir. I7 l<'eb., 1888. phates of calcium, magnesium, and potassium 1 Total residue l. Containing decomposing organic matter. rl Total solids 79 ·or parts in roo,ooo Oxide of iron-a! umina ·oss I Lime 15 "48 i Magnesia '036 , Potash ... 17' 735 " I Soda Not estimateu SPRING AT KonoiT; proposed source I Chlorine 11'27 , of Koroit supply. 25 .July, 1888. ~ Sulphuric acid ·os , Phosphoric acid .. . 'I5 Ammonia (free) .. . Kone Ammonia (albumcnoid) Trace I Kitrates and nitrites None Hardness (total) 38 · r o 11 Hardness (permanent) 8 ·o6 L[ ·with excess of hardness removed it would be a high-class spring water. 44 GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF ANALYSES OP POTABLE WATERS-continued. Locality. Total Solids. Grains per Imperial gallon. ( Total dissolved matters ... I 8 ·55 parts in wo,ooo Containing silica I '46 , Alumina and oxide of iron . II Lime carbonate ... • I 5 " I Potash, carbonate, and sulphate 3'45 " Phosphoric acid '09 I 1 Sodic chloride 10'45 ," BARONGAROOK CREEK, Colac. I61\ng.,J' :Magnesia, &c. '84 I 888. '! Organic matter ... 2'00 " Containing ammonia (free) ·oo " albumenoid ammonia ·oo2 nitrogen, as nitrates and nitrites '069 " Total hanlncss 2'40 Permanent hardness '03 Very good second-class water. Insoluble matter-Calcic and magnesic carbonates, traces of ferruginous clay and ferrous carbonate 6 · oo Solubli; matter-Chlorides of sodium, calcium, and magnesium, with AvocA HIVER. 8 Nov., I888 traces of sulphates. I Total residue principally soluble .•• 34 · 88 U Containing decomposing organic matter, but not in large quantity. r Sediment-Principally ferruginous clay, organic matter, and traces of ' calcic and magnesic carbonates. Calcic and magnesie bic:>rbonates 4'48 I Organic matter ... 5'44 I Silicious , CHARLTON RESERYOIU. Dec., 1888 Traces. i Sodic, calcic, and traces of magnesie chlorides and sodic bicarbonate, with traces of potassic sulphates Total residue ll Containing decomposing organic matter. ··---~---·----···------Inorganic matter-Alumina, lime, magnesia, soda, chlorides, and car :MAINS FOR SUPPLY OF EAGLEHAWK, bonates 6·s9 10 Mar., 1889. Total residue 9'3 1 Containing numerous micro-organisms. ·I Inorganic matter-Silica, alumirm, lime, magnesia, soda, potash, chlorides, sulphates, and carbonates I2'6!8 CHARLTON RESERVOIR. April, 1889·{1 Total residue I6'7 Water seem~ fairly pure and clean. Suspended matter 6!'2 SLEATOR'S DAJ\I, KAU\.EE. April, Total residue ...... •.. 61'4 I889. Inorganic residue ...... ss· 2. l Cannot safely be recommended for domestic use. rl Sediment I· 851 parts in 1oo,ooo Totrll solids 6·325 " 11, Organic matter ·Soo : Containing nitrogen (animal) ·oooS " nitrogen (organic) ·oox6 I nitrogen (as nitrates) None II Iron and alumiuie oxides ... •z8o BARE:NGo Cn~;EK, -{ Lime '430 " 1 Magnesia '245 " Soda 1'515 " I Potash ... 'S2I " Phosphoric arid ... Trace " Sulphuric acid ... . 378 I Chlorine 2.'300 " l, Good water, suitable for stock and domestic purposes. " Total residue ... Inorganic matter-Silica, alumina, lime, magnesia, sulphates, and Couc (No. 1). 3 June, 1889. { I chlorides No signs of sewage contamination. Total residue ... 6I'81 Inorganic matter-Silica, alumina, lime, magnesia, and soda chlorides CoLAC (No. 2). 3 June, 1889. and sulphates 1No signs of sewage contamination. 45 APPENDIX No. 22. REPORT ON THE FERTILIZIKG VALUE OF IImiGATION WATERS. The fertilizing value of water has been a subject of stndy for more tlmn a century. It was noticed bv tbe Swiss naturalist Bonnet, and ~pceially experimented upon in 17 50-60 by the Frenchman, Du IIamel. 1~hese investirrutors c~tablishetl the method of growing land plants iu water-a method since their time considerably advanced, 11ml which, uwler the name of "water culture," has contrilJUte(l greatly to onr knowledge ·of the condition:< and requirements of plant life. If any ordinary seed, sneh a~ a beau, he so sn~pendml in a bottle, containing spring or river m:cter, that it l'lmll touch the snrface of the water, it will sprout. and grow; and may with due care he made to blossom and bear abulHlant seed. Du Hamcl i11 this way grew elwstnut, oak, and a.lmond treeR, :,ome of whid1 attained the age of six years. Ir, instead of using ~pring or river wat.cr, one usc8 pnrc distilled water, then the seed will as before germinate quite regularly, and the yonng pla.nt will progress so long as the ;,toro of uonrishrncut originally contained in the ~ccd la~ts. But when this has heen exhausted the plant will cease to O'J'OW; or if for a time it continne to put forth fresh buds, then for every new growth thus cffeetcd ; 12,l0 d. per lb. Organic insoluble nitrogen may be taken, on the hasis of experiment, as two-thirds the value of ammoniacal nitrogen, or 4:fd. per lb. The best superpho~phatc in Melbomne contains 16 per cent. of soluble phosphoric acid, and is sold at £7 10s. per ton. The Melboume price of solnble phosphoric acid is therefore 4·7d. per lb. Bone-dust i11 very variable in composition, bnt, on the ayerage, it may be taken as containing about 21 per cent. of insoluble phosphoric acid and 2·5 per cent. of organic nitrogen, and it is sold at £6 per ton. This will give us 2~d. per lb. as the Melbourne price of insoluble phosphoric acid. "Muriate of potash," containing 62t per cent. of potash, is sold at about £17 per ton. The market valne of soluble potash is therefore about 21%d. per lb. Insoluble potash has no market quotation, but we may take it at ld. Pnt together concisely, the prices arc thus:- \Nitrogen, as nitrates .. . 1s. O-l0 d. per lb. Soluble 1 " ammoniacal 6~u. " Phosphoric acid .. . 4,J0 d. , Potash ...... 2l0 d. , 1 01·ganie nitrogen 4:fd. , Insoluble ) Phosphoric acid Z!d. , ( Pota~:~h .. . ld. , Some comment on the above prices will be desimble before finally accepting them. In the first place the fertilizing constituents in the irrigating water arc not to he regarded as simply distinct and separate, but as components of a mixtnrc. To obtain such a mixture in artificial fertilizers a. certain amount of labonr is necessary, and thi8, of course, adds to the cost. Then some value must be given to the fact that they are already in solution, or else in an exceedingly flue state of subdivision. The freight of artificial fertilizers conveyed from Melbourne to the country must also he considered. It will be observed also that there is a ;cry great discrepancy between the p;icc of nitrate nitrogen and of ammoniacal nitrogen ; a discrepancy whieh tells very much against the use of nitrate of soda, which in fact operates very often in quite a prohilJitory manner. It has been my endeavour to effect a cheapening of this nitrate nitrogen, and possibly in the course of a few years this result may he arrived at. Lastly, the sedimentary phosphoric acid is probably not so soluble as that in bone-dust. Taking all these points into consideration, I am disposed to repre~eut the actual money value of the fertilizing matters in irrigating waters as follows:- ,Nitrate nitrogen IOd. per lb. \ Ammoniacal nitrogen 8d. Soluble 1Ph osp1onc1 . ac1'd 5d. " Potash ... 3d. Organic nitrogen 5d. " Insoluble { Phosphoric acid 2~d. , Potash ... Id. " These prices differ a little from those adopted in the detail reports already submitted" hy me ; they are, however, probably a nearer approximation to the average market values. In any case the true test of the fertilizing value of irrigating waters i~ a comparison of the amount of fertilizing matter can:ied into the land by the water with the amount taken out of the land hy the produce. For the purpose of making this comparison the following figures will be useful :- APPROXUIATE QuANTITIES OF NITRoGEN, PHOSPHORIC Acm, PoTAsn, AND Lnm REMOVED FROM THE SoiL BY VARIOUs CRors. Lime. lbs. lbs. lbs. Wheat-grain, 40 bushels, of 6o lbs. each I'5 , straw, 3,4oo lbs. 12 Total 13 '5 Barley-grain, so bushels, of so lbs. each z. , straw, z,soo lbs. 16 Total 18 Maize-graiR, 6o bushels, of 56lbs. each ~ straw, 12 tons 8I 19 78 32 Total 139 39 : 90 33 Oats, for hay, 7,ooo lbs. 90 30 I 90 40 :M:eadow hay, 7,ooo lbs. 92 29 120 i 54 Clover, 9,ooo lbs...... 42 i 141 I33 Lucerne, 9,ooo lbs...... 67 282 225 .-- Peas-grain, 35 bushels, of 6o lbs. each ... 26 z.s I s t raw, z, 8oo lb s...... II 23 79 " _i Total ...... I 37 48 So Beans-seed, 35 bushels, of 6o lbs. each ...... 24 25 3 straw, z,8ooo lb3...... 1:7. 72 38 " I ·- Total ...... I 36 97 41 Beets, 15 tons ...... 101 39 121 :7.1 .Mangolds, 20 tons ...... 130 so ISO 30 Potatoes, 12 tons ...... 11.0 24 9S s Vines, 7,ooo lbs. grapes, with usual quantity of canes, &e...... so 16 54 2S I 47 From the nhove figures may he ol)ta~ned the actnal :no~ey v•:Iue of the ':laterials removed from the soil hy various systems of cultivation. Tins money value 1s gtven Ill the followmg table :- :Nio:<~EY VALUE OF NITROGEN, PHoSPHORIC Aom, AND LlliiE RE::vrovED FRmr AN AcRE ol<' SoiL BY VARIOUS SYSTEM~ OF CROPPING. Unrler a 6~course 1 Under Continuous Wheat Growing. ltotntion lfJ1cat, Heet, ' Barley, Maize, l)eas:. Unrler Vine Culture. Straw Returned to ! Straw ln all cases Straw Removed. the t;oil. returned. £ s. d. lhs. £. s. d. 1\Js, £ s. d. lbs. £ .. d. Nitrogen 77 2 li 4 49 I 12 8 35 4 so I 13 4 Phosphoric acid 28 o II 8 30 0 12 6 32 0 IJ 4 z6 0 6 8 Potash 55 0 13 9 0 IJ 0 90 2 6 54 0 IJ 6 Lime ! 24 9 47 25 --·-- --~---- Total value 2 I9 2 ... 2 IJ 6 I The words ut the heatl of this table, 11 straw returned to the stra.w is returned tlircctly; it mrty be used as forhlCl' or stable litter, nntl ploughed ln in t11e Ol'd1nary eourse calc:uln1cion of the 4 and 6 course rotations, allowance luts been mn.de ior tlle galn iu the nitrogen of the soil through the~"''"""'"'" :From the above table it will ],e seen that nndcr a system of jndicious cultivation, snch as a suitable rotation, n soil producing heavy crop:<, such as would be expected from an irrigated 'ivould lmve removed from it valuable mineral matter to the extent of £2 l5s. per acre per annum. The question will natmally arise as to whether it i;; uco!Unl to retum all this quantity of material Lack to the soil. That will !lepeud upon circumstances. ~With a very It hos already in om introductory obsenations been remarked that aeration is necessary to the roots of plant~, and we have notNl that air i,; di8solved in natnral waters. Bnt to this dissolved air we have assign ell 110 money valnc. Shon lll it be given auy special vaine? The gases dissolYed in natural waters are maiuly three-carbonic acid, free nitrogen, and free oxygen. Are we to suppose that these have any special fertilizing valne? lu regard to carbonic acitl, which acts purely as a soil solvent, it is ah·eady eontnined abundantly in any soils which are growiug crop:<. As regards free nitrogen, the whole question of the relation of free nitrogen to the growth of plant:=; is yet so undecided that no opinion or discussion upon the Yalnc of the free nitrogen in inigation waters would be jwltified. It has, indeed, been long sus pected that ~oils either directly or indirectly ohtnined free nitrogen from the air; and it has been frequently demonstrated that legnmiuon:< crop~ enrich the ~mface soil inuitrogen. Berthelot, has recently shown it prolmlJle that microbia ferment,; in the soil may fix free nitrogen from the air, aud COH\cert it into a form assimilable hy other plant~. It is likely that oxygen tli~solverl in irrigation waters has a directly beneficial effeet npon the crops. .But no value eonJd be aHHigued to this in the absence of experimem.al data. And, in any case, both the nitrogen aml oxygen dissolved in irrigation waters are oLtained direct from the air; and rain-water contains them in equal quantity. Rain-water, indeed, washes the air clean from mueh mineral and organic Thus far we have taken no account of auy substances contained in the water except those which may net bonefit'ially to the soil. But there may be injurious 'ubstauces. It is ]mown that an oxce~s of common Halt (wdic chlorille) and of other chlorides will diminish the productiveness of soils. Voelcker stated as a resul~ (:f CXJ?crimcnt t.bat ~iuth per ~cut. of ~alt in a,soil made it absolutely barren; probably, how ever, the lmnt vanes accordmg to many cn·cumstunces. The usual dressing of salt as an alterative to the soil is about 2 cwt. per acre; 5 cwt. is a maximum llressing, which should not be often. Now, if a water ;ontain 30 parts. of chlorine, which wo.uld represent about 50 parts of salt in 100,000 parts, then an acre ~f such W!~tcr, 1 uw.h deep, would conta1~1 1 ewt. of ~alt; 1 acre of that water, 10 inches deep, would contmn ~~~ to1~ of salt, wluch as we. have s,een. 1s. an exces;;tve <~.re~siul?. It may be considered that 15 parts of ehlonne 1~1 100,000 of water 1s a s~le hm1t for general Irr:g?twn purposes ; tlmt a water containing more than tlns shonlll be nsed only spnnngly; and that one contammg above 40 or 50 ~hould be condemned. These limits I have fixed upon, how~.e,'er, only on general considerations such as aLove O'iven · I am puttin(J' the m~tter to a direct exp.erimental test o~ .. a lab?ratory scale, by _u,ing solutions of different strengths fo~ watenng pot plants. lt IS probaLle that 1! a sOil were deep dramed and occasionallv flooded, so that an excessive acenmulation of salt in it could be ~washed out, a water eontaining a somewhat high percentage of salt might he used. After these introductory remarks, the following taLle, sumnml'iziug the results of the analyses of the irrigation waters in Victoria will be rer~dily understood :- GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF MANURIAL ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION WATERS. BY A. N. l'EARSON, GOVERNMENT ANALYST. Sediment. Quantity and Valu~ of Matorlal carried on to an Acre of Lan Nitrogen as nitrates ... 'OI8 '04-3 '4-3 , orgc. and amml. I'200 ' I 3 I '004- ' 2 49 I 'Zf .009 '07 Phosphoric acid ... '336 '037 '053 '070 . 18 ·I 19 ·6o From No. I Main Channel. Potash ...... 1 ·oss '117 ·612 'ZI7 ·zz I' 38 5 4' I 5 TRAGOWEL PLAINS IRIHGATION TRUST. Lime ...... ·877 '096 2'257 . I68 6 • I I I 25 .July, 1889. Same localitv as Chlorine ... ••. Il. 895 above. Total sediment ... 10'956 Total value with I inch of water 0 6/o IO , 5 8-flS " " zo ", II " " " 7ct ( Nitrogen as 11itrates ... I ' Nolle orgc. and amml. ::: lu ndet~;mined lundet~I:minerl ·oo28 ... . 02 5(?) ·oo64 'OSI Phosphoric" acid ...... I I' 032 ·o88 ·o29 '018 ' 045 ·o65 g~ NATIMUK CHANNEL, Horsham Water j Potash ...... ••• I g· 177 '078 . 564 1 54 '462 1'276 3. Trust. 21 Oct., I 888. At distribution Lime ...... 9·o9I 'OSI '750 ·o96 ... 1'698 head, where Natimuk Channel takes Chlorine ...... ::: i ...... i 2·8oo off from McKenzie Creek. Total sediment ...... ·858 Total value with I inch of water ... 0 10 ... 3 " " 20 " " ... 7 I " " I " " Nitrogen as 11itrates ...... None ...... orgc. and amml. ... U ndetcrmined Undetermined .0014 ... . oz( ?) .003 .024 Phosphoric" acid ...... 2.76 .oo8 .II94 .OI7 .042 .27 I I. 3 5 GooLBURN R>VER, at Mu>ehioou. •7th f Potash ...... 8.62 .025 .1985 .052 .052 ·449 I. 35 Nov., 1888. (12ft.fromedgeofriver, Lime ...... 7·24 .021 ·43 .045 ... ·973 about 400 yds. above the gauge.) Chlorine ...... I. I 7 Total sediment ...... I iucll of water ... 0 IO ,, ... z " " 20 " ... ~ + l " " " " ;j::o. <:0 r Nitrogen as nitrates ...... 023 ...... osz . 52 , orgc. and amml. ... Undetermined Undetermiued .002 ... .04 .oq6 Phosphoric acid ...... 2-72 .017 .o68 .037 .092 · I 53 COLIBAN l\fAIN CHANNEL, from near the I Potash ...... 7· 25 · 045 ·368 I .093 · 093 3 z ·4-99 intake to No. 7 Reservoir,abont42~ miles ~ Lime ...... I0.62 .o66 ·940 . I49 ... 2. I78 from Malmsbury. Chlorine ...... 2-700 - Total sediment ...... 62I ...... Total value with 1 ineh of watN ... 0 3~ IO ... 2 I I·~ I ' " " 20 " ," ... I I l I " " " 5 Nitrogen as nitrates ...... ·oo6s ·o65 , orge. and amml. ... • ~ Z I '009 '0102 '05I '0046 ' 0 37 From :Main Channel. r Phosphoric acid ...... I· 887 '053 · I I 4 ·285 . I 54 ·no BACCH"USMARSH W. W. TRUST. Opposite I . I 2 . 12 2'205 I Pota"h ...... I '994 ·os6 I I '735 peg 308'57, aud withiti I chain of Lee's -~ Lime ...... 2.7+2 ·o77 I . I64 ... 4'04 offtake n.t the ilurne over the W crribce. I Chlorine ...... ! 1. 5 Nov., I888. Total sediment ...... 2·8o8 ...... Total value with I inch of water ... 0 , ., 10 ... 20 " " ... 5 '~ " " " " GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF MANURIAL ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION WATERS-continued. Sediment. Contents of Water per 1oo,ooo. Quantity and Value of ~Interlal carried on to an Acre of T,.,nnd \Vith --· I Inch of Water. Locality and Date ot gathering Sample. Pcrocniagc, i -~· ------ComposUion, and Amount per roo,ooo 9. d' ' [ of W ter In ,_e 1meut. In Solution. . j a • Tn ~PilmlP.nt,_ ln Solution. lbs. j Pence. lbs . f Pence. __ __ ...... - '-'~""'""" Nitrogen as nitrates '0057 ,., , .,, 'OT?O---./ 'I 29 . 00 I 6 • 1:. I " . - • '0036 '029 , orgc. and amml. '99 1 '343 v• j V) PhoHphoric add 'IH '050 .0705 'OH ·oBs '16I ·8os 4.'0"0 Potash '430 • 1 49 •6167 ·I 7 I '171 1'350 T AMBO RIVER, at Bruthen. 20 Dec.,~r . ' Lime . 306 4' 500 I 888. '39° • I 3 5 2'0100 ... Chlorine ... J'8500 Total sediment 3+'613 Total value with r inch of w:1ter 0 8~ 10 , 6 II} " " 20 " I 3 IO~ l " " " " Jl\ itrogen as nitrates ·oo68 ·o68 l;;t '003 0 , orgc. and amml. ·ooo8 ·ooi8 'Oif Phosphoric acid '0+7 · Io6 '530 OVE.e R.vEu. About 8 mil« E.S.E.l Potash '227 • 514 I ')f2 from Wangaratta, at the bridge ncur-~ l,ime '597 I'HO Tarrawingee. 16 March, 1888. I Chlorine ·675 Total sediment None Total valne with I inch of water z?- 10 , I 9~ " " 20 ", L " " " 3 7-l-1 Nitrogen as nitrates ·oos8 '013 'I 30 , orgc. and amml. 'OOI2 '003 '022 Phosphoric acid '0+7 · Io6 .530 Pot.ash ' 0 94 '203 ·6o9 KING RIVER. April, 1889. Lime '76I I'725 Chlorine '95° Total sediment '0987 Total value with I inch of water 0 IO " ", 20 " ", 2 " " ( Nitrogen as nitrates None orgc. and amml. ·oooS ...... ·oo18 'Oif BOYEO WELL, parish of 'l'arranginnie, [ acid ·o6+ ...... ·qs '725 Lowan Shire Watorwork~ Trust. 13-{ 1'33 ...... 3'000 9'000 Ifeb., 1889 Lime 6'30 If'Z6o Chlorine 6+·51 (salt) If6·co8 Total sediment 'Oif ·- l N OTE.-This water eontninH excess of salt that it is whether it would he safe lo nse it for irrigation. ~ as ni tra.tcs ·oo87 ...... '0!96 '196 , orgc. and amml. '0!09 ·o I(?) ·os ·ozs ·zoo Phosphoric acid Z'f!S '032 None ·o68 'I 7 ...... LAMBING HuT WELL, parish of Woomk.J 2 '09 '09 2'I 5+ 6·f62 Feb., r889 Potash 3"17+ 'Of2 '95 Lime I 2 '92 5 'I 7 I z· 5 I '385 ... 3·68 I Chlorine 12.'80 l Total sediment I'323 Total value with 1 inch uf wnter 0 7tr , IO , 5 I I~ ", 20 I I l I :1 " " ~ <:;rt..... Nitrogen as nitrates '0100 '023 '23 orgc. am! arnml. '001 2 '0027 ·ozz McALLISTER RIVER, at the bridge, :Maflra. r acid '2320 z·S 5 30 Mar., 1889. Value of sediment '57 " '2900 ·64- 1.92 estimated approximately from the data il Lime " l'III5 z·sz given by the Goulhurn River Chlorine " I'/900 L Total sediment ·z894 Total valne with I inch of water 0 sl IO + 3!- " " 20 " 8 6·},; " " " I r Nitrogen as nitrates I '0107 'OZf 'Zf , orgc. and annnl. \undct~;rnined '0016 '0036 ·ozg Phosphoric ~tcid '0432 '098 'f9 RrvER AVON, about three chains below j Potash " .8; z·6r Stratf.;,rd-b:ridge. 29 :Mar., 1889 '3830 Lime I " I'JOOO 3'85 Chlorine " 8· sooo Total sediment '47I7" l 0 ~~ Total value with 1 inch of water 3 IO " 3 os" " " " 6 " zo " " 0~ I " GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF MANURIAL ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION \VATERS-continued. Sedlmcnt. I Contents of Wate er 100 000 Quantity and Value of Material carried on to an Acre of Land with 1 Inch of - 1 r P ' • Water. Loca.llty and Date of gathering Sample. Percentage, Composition, and I-~·--~-- ·--~ ------~--- Amount per xoo,ooo of Water. . In Sediment. In Solution. In Sediment. In Solution. Total Value. ------!------1------·l------,------:------!------l------l lbs. ~ Pence. lb5. I Pence. I £ s. d. Nitrogen as nitrates ... ••• 1 ••• None , orgc. and amml. . . . ,U ndeterminedi • . • ·oo76 Phosphoric aciu ••• " ', . .. '036 NoTE.--The chlorine in this is very GLEN>LG RIVER, """ Bnhgallah-brldge.J Potash .•• • •• I'H6 I ·o199 ·968 high, so that the water taken from Sandf.,.d. '7 Apr. I889 l Lime .•• . .. 2.323 '0299 15'510 this point of the river could not Chlorine ... . •• •.• ... 94'050 be safely used for irrigation. Total sediment ... 1'287 ...... I I I IN'rtrogen as mtrates...... '0032 ...... '007 '07 ... I <:.l't , orgc. and amml. ... '583 '0328 '0123 ·o62 '3 I ·o28 '22 ... N) Phosphoric acid ...... ·814 '0457 ·614 '09 '22 1'39 6·9s ... LITTLE RIVER, at the Railway-bridge. Potash ••• •.. ... 1'562 ·o879 '702 '17 '17 1'59 4'77 ... 18 Apr. 1889 Lime ••• ...... ·682 '0384 I'39S '045 ... 4'05 ...... Chlorine ...... 7'300 ...... Total sediment ...... 5'6z6 ...... ------Total value with I inch of water ... I o-(0 IO ... IO 6rncr ," " 20 " " ... I I It I " " " Nitrogen ...... '300 'I07 ·68 3'40 '24 1'84 ... Phosphoric acid ...... '410 '040 '93 2'32 '09 '45 ... NILE WATER, at flood, in Septemb..-, I888. { ... Potash .•...... 15'000 '366 33'95 33'95 ·83 2'49 ... Analysed by A. Miintz Lime ...... T0 50 4'800 15'96 ... 1o·86 ...... Total value with 1 inch of water ... 0 3 8¥ , 10 , ... I 17 02 " " 20 " ... I " " " " " 3 14 -- 53 Some remarks may now be made on this table before concluding. Firstly, as to the percentage composition of the sediment, it may be considered that an average Victorian soil contains :- Nitrogen .•. ·130 per cent. Phosphoric Acid ·080 Potash ·IOO " ·100 " Lime " The sediments on an average contain:- Nitrogen ... ·586 per cent. 1·583 Phosphoric Acid " Potash 4•344 " I .. imc 5·231 " And even in the individual cases there are no sediments which do not exceed the standard of n first class soil. It is clear, therefore, that the sediment in all ordinary cases will operate in the direction of enriching the soil. Secondly, may be observed the ratio between the sedimentary matter and the matter in solution. In all cases of Victorian water hitherto examined, it will be seen that the dissolved matter exceeds in value the undissolved. The water most rich in sedimentary matter was the Snowy River, and in this case the sediment had only jrds. the value of the substance in solution. In other cases the ratio Yaried from 1 tth down to -2 1rth. Thirdly, in comparing the value of the substances which the water would carry on to tha soil with the substances which would be Temoved by cropping, it will be seen that whcrens the value taken out would amount to £2 15s. per acre (according to the Btatement already given), the value returned by the water would, on the average, be only 4s. 3d., with 10 inches of water. The richest, water is the 'V crribee, which has an unusual percentage of phosphoric acid ; and lO inches depth of this would carry lOs. 6d. worth of material on to an acre of land . .Fourthly, it will be obserYed that in almost all cases the potash largely preponderates in value over the other conRtituents. But potash is a substance required by soils in much fewer C!\ses than are nitrogen and phosphoric acid, and nothing would be gained by carrying a quantity of potash on to soils such, for instance, as the majority in the north-western plaillll. Fifthly.-At the bottom of the list there is given, for comparison with onr Victorian waters, an analysis, made by Prof. Milntz, of the Nile water during the flood in September, 1888. It will be seen that taken as a whole it greatly exceedH in richness any of the Victorian waters, hut that this excess is due entirely to the sediment. So far as the matter in solntion is concerned, there are severul Victorian water;; exceediug it iu richness. It is, however, noteworthy that both the sediment and the water itself arc rich in nitrogen. It will be seen also that the sediment is excessively charged with potash, in fact, with an amount of .this material quite beyond the requirements of any soil. If an allowance be made for this, then the richne>~s of the Nile water will not exceed that of some of our Victorian wnters. It would be interesting to institute a similar comparison with the waters of other couutries in which irrigation is adopted. But the au:.tlyscs hitherto made and published in regard to the value of waters are very few, and render such a comparison impracticalJle. Some general idea, however, may be gained if we compare the published results of one constituent only; as, for instance, the nitrogen, which is given in almost all water analyses. Turning to Appendix I. of the Royal Commission on Water Supply's Fourth Progress Heport, embodying the Honorahle Alfred Deakin's Memorandum on Egyptian and Italian Irrigation, we find a table of the mineral contents in the waters of the Garonne, the Seine, the Hhine, the Loire, the Rhone, and the Donbe. This table does not give the albumenoid contents, and is, therefore, for our purpose less complete; but taking· the nitrate nitrogen, we have the following:- NITRATE NITROGEN IN PARTS PER 100,000. European. Victorian. Seine ... ·253 Tragowel Plains No. 1 Main Channel •030 Doube ·124 Coliban Main Channel •023 Rhine ·049 Snowy River ·006 Rhone ·063 Ovens River •003 The most striking fact in this table is the exceedingly large amount of nitrogen in the Seine, an amount which indicates the excessive pollution of that river, and which in Victoria would perhaps be paralleled by the Yarra as it flows from Melbourne. The Hhine and I~ hone, which have less population on their banks, show less pollution, though these also compare nnfavorahly with the pure waters of our Snowy and Ovens Rivers. The Coliban and Tragowel Plains Channel waters, which have gathered material or become concentrated as they have sluggishly passed over the plains, approach the nearest the hitherto examined Victorian irrigation waters to the condition of European organic richness. In the above referred to Appendix to the Egyptian aml Italian Report, M. Charpentier de Cossigny quotes some results published by Herve Mangon. It may be interesting to treat those results, which are given on page 50 of the Appendix, on the same basis as we have done with the Victorian results. :1\f. Mangon found that (calculating his figures into English weights and measures)- 164 lbs. per acre of nitrogen wore taken out by the fodder crop. 108 , , , given in the manure. 21 , , , , irrigating water. 35 , , , derived otherwise.* . ' Ill. de Cossigny has endeavoured upon this 35 lb. excess to base an argument in favour of the fertilizing value of the Not~mg, however, is more common in cultivation experiments than to draw upon the reserve nitrogen in the soH, the cons1derably according to varying conditione. I have obta,ined similar results, on a small scale, where pure distilled water has No. 135. E 54 The amount of irrigation water used M. de Coasigny lms not quoted, nor the kind and the amount of the erop. The crops most likely to remove so large an amount of nitrogen would be grass at two or three cnttings, or sorgbum, or beet. The amount of nitrogen conveyed in the water was 2llbs., as corn pared with J·2 Ius. which would he convcycu by 20 inches of the Tragowel Plains water (1st Analysis). But the chiefpoiut to he observed iu M. 1\Iangon's result,,-is that the inigatiug water, even though pre suumbly ohtaiued from a nitrogen-laden Enropcnll strcmn, did not supply more than one-eighth part of the total nitrogen required; 108 lbs. per acre had to he supplied in the manure, and this, according to our Victorian prices, would represent a cost of £3 12s. 3d. Finally, this Report is not to be considoretl as furnishing an absolute decision on the particular Vietorian str.:ams; the paucity of the analyses yet made would entirely preelmle that. But rather it is to be taken as a broad discussion of the question as a whole, and may, perhaps, sen'e in some sort as prelimi nary to placing the 1natter on r1 more scientific foundation. Two p(,ints n,re particularly to be borne in mind, namely, that the contents of the waters must vary consillerahly with ,;enson and with po;;itio11 in the ~tream. In regard to season, the two analyses of the Tragowel Plains Channel water, both taken from the same spot, but at different times, show this variation markeuly, especially in regard to the chlorine, which at the one time was more t.han twice the amount eolltained at the other time. Ami in regard to locality, the sample of the Glenelg River water was taken near the Bahgallah-brid,;e, at Sa1Hlford,a long distance down the stream, aftet• it has meandered across salty country, and where its contents must be ,·cry different from what they may be in the hilly districts, where probably it would be proposed to erect the dam. Analy~es of ;;ystematically collected samples will now be necessary. And the accurately measured cnltiviHion experimcHtS which I am now undertaking in regard to the action of salt in water and soil, and in regard to some general fertilizing questions, will, I hope, throw nseful light on doubtful points. A. N. PEARSON, Agricultural J,aboratory, G ovemrnent Agricultural Chemist. Queen-street, Melbourne, 23rd A11gust, 1889. APPENDIX No. 23. REPORTS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON WATER SUPPLY. Mr. Deakin's Report-Irrigation in Western America ... 1885 :Mr. Deny's , , , J88) General Report~ ...... • 188+-S-6 Mr. Dcakin s Report-Irrigntion in Egypt and Italy 1887 DetHil Reports .. • ...... 1886 Avoca Valley Storage J887 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. Storage anu Regulation of River Lodrlon 1887 River Gaugings 1889 First Annual Report 1887 Second Annual Report 1888 Colibau System ... 1887 Kow Swamp Storage 1888 Report~ on the Scheme of the Proposed Shire of Wirnrncra I1-rigation and Water Supply Trust 1887 , , , Cohuna 1887 Echnea " " 1887 " ," " Pine Hills " " 1888 " " North Boort. " " J888 " " " Marquis Hill " " 1888 " " " Bnckley Swamp " " 1888 " " " Emu Valley " " 1888 " " " ~Taudella " " 1888 " " " J,ake Charm ", " 1888 " " " Yarrawonga Shire " t888 " " Bacchus Marsh " " 1888 " " " Lerderderg " ", 1889 " " " East Goulburu " 1889 " " " Ro~lney " " 1889 " " " Torrnrnherry North " " t889 " " " " B7 Auihorif71 RoM', S. BRAIN• Government Printer, Melboume, are carefnlly graded, that is, reduced to a uuiform or to a series of uniform slopes, with a diteh along the 40 head of each, Where the land is planted with trees or vines, these are set in straight rows in the direction of the slope, and each row is watered simply by opening a furrow with the plough or spade down each side of, and about a yard or a yard and a half distant from it. There has been no land at the settlement as yet prepared for lnccme or permanent pasture; but a few fields of wheat and barley, maize awl sorghum are seen here and there. These are watered in much the same way as is practised in many parts of the Loddon district, or on the Tragowel Plains; the water being allowed to flow from the head ditch down the crown of each lanrl in succession, awl to saturate each by saepage, the excess water finding its way into the furrows between the lands, and being collected in a ditch at the bottom. About five miles up the river from Mildnra township is the principal pumping station for the service of the portim1 of country now being operated on. Here there is in process of erection a plant consisting of four 40-inch centrifugal pnmps, driven by powerful engines. These pumps are to lift the water, when necessary, from the J\furray Hivcr into a long lagoon or creek that forms the first step in its progress to the fields, the lift being abont 22 feet above summer level. But when the river rises sufficiently high it delivers into the lagoon by gnn·itation, and pumping is not required. The engines and pumps are to be set on fouudations of concrete, uow in process of construction, and will be shielded from the river by a wall strongly constructed of sawn redgnm in sca.ntlings 12 inches wide on the bed, closely lai