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I consider it would be a great advantage if such
fittings as would satisfy the requirements of the
Water Company should always be placed in new
houses, and that a constant supply should be provided
in every new road.
Such fittings would probably entail an inappreciable
difference in the cost to the builder.
POPULATION.
The estimated population at Midsummer is
79,260. This is a natural increase by births over
deaths of 1,385. The actual estimated increase for
the year is 5,620, at which rate, if maintained, the
population before the end of the century would be
considerably over 100,000.
The mode of estimating the population is by
taking the number of houses on the rate books, deducting
5.9 per cent, for empty houses, which was
the per centage of empties at the time of the census,
and multiplying the number of houses by the average
number of persons in each house, also shewn by
the census; this latter varies in the different Wards,
and consequently the change from four to seven
Wards causes some difficulty in adjusting the average
number of persons in each house, but I think
the difficulty has been met and that a fair estimate
has been obtained. The total number of houses in
the District multiplied by an average number in
each house would give a near approach to