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provisions as they exist are not always suited to the present
requirements, and might usefully be reconsidered.
" The Kent Company is now giving constant supply throughout
the whole of its district, with the exception only of 200 houses
on the summit of Shooters Hill, which are above the level of the
district reservoir, and are supplied by a daily service specially
pumped. The Kent Company supplied a total quantity of
6,564,994,146 gallons of water during the year for domestic or other
purposes, the average number of houses to which such supply was
given during the year being 103,091, and the average population
supplied being 618,544, giving an average daily supply for domestic
and other purposes during the year of 174.47 gallons per house,
or 29.08 gallons per head of the estimated population. The
maximum average supply was reached in July with 32.30 gallons
per head, the minimum being in December with 27.71 gallons per
head. For domestic purposes only, the average daily supply
during the year per house was 139.58 gallons, and per head of
estimated population 23.26 gallons.
" The Kent Company's supply, which is exclusively drawn
from deep wells, was delivered at a nearly constant temperature
throughout the year, the mean reading being 11.6 degrees Cent.
The Kent Company's water almost invariably contains more total
solid matter than the other Company's supply ; the chief ingredients
are Carbonates and Sulphates of Lime and Magnesia, which
impart what is known as hardness to the water, and cause incrustations
and deposits in boilers and hot-water pipes.
" The Kent Company's deep well water was throughout the
year of high organic purity, and, as usual, exhibited no seasonal
variations.