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down the road past Barringtons to Orsett Hall,
up through Orsett street to Orsett Rectory gate,
and through the village of Orsett up to the Union
House, the Schools, and Mill House—then from
Orsett street along the road to Baker street and
Stifford road and oil the Grays road as far as
Chapel Farm. Bulphan and the lower parts of
South and North Ockendon are supplied from
artesian wells, about 1oo-ft. deep, many of them
overflowing above the surface of the ground. A
main has now been laid from Stanford-le-Hope to
Digby-road, Corringham, and water is supplied by
the South-Essex Water Company. Fobbing village
is now supplied by the Southend-on-Sea Water
Company from their well at Fobbing. Laindon
Hills is badly supplied with water, Dry street, to
the east, obtaining its supply from a spring in a
pool at Well Green, which was liable to pollution
from surface water, but has now been enclosed
and gives a supply of good water. A spring
half-way down the west hill has been enclosed and
domed over and gives a constant supply of good
water. To the north of Laindon Hills, there is a
considerable amount of building going on, and
application has been made for water certificates, the
supply being rain water, caught from the roofs of
the houses. I have advised my Council, that the
rainfall in South Essex is not large enough to
make it certain that enough water will be able to
be collected from the roof of an ordinary house to
give a constant supply for an ordinary family. The
Council has consequently, at present, refused, to
grant certificates. Just lately two wells have been
dug which appear to give a good supply and will
prove to be of good quality. The source of the