WATER SUPPLY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 534, 29 July 1865, Page 4

WATER SUPPLY.

The following correspondence has been '■: to us for publication. We are at a loss tol--'-what reason Mr. Weaver can have for rrikC to allow information to be given whichsvx: aid in testing the accuracy of his rum estimates. If these latter are correct ,r ' Weaver need not be afraid of the mo«-t v £l -'" ing scrutiny, and to endeavour to provescrutiny being made does not look p-vtiri- r well. This is more especially the ca<e liis estimates are so vague and general, 2> l( i not on tlic face of them give, as thev sufficient data by which a practical manc'"''= test their accuracy. | Wyndham-strect, Auckland, 2 Itli Juk.Kj Sir, —Dissenting altogether from the Hepor; by tlie Provincial Engmeer-m-Chief, on a Wa> tupply for Auckland, a copy of which ajne.r i til<l Southern Cross of the 10;h inst., I respei::"r i your authority to make tracings of tin detail,.-! and sections, accompanying or referred to iVi'v". report. If you permit me to make the tracings it me personally the expense of making Wh fev sections and surveys of the line proposed bv Weaver as the correct one for the Nihotupu s- 'i«~' as will enable me to investigate in detail i!v (■■■■ mate* accompanying Mr. Weaver's report, oi my present impression is that they are erroaeire... 1 have, ic., if. Wwk. S. Jackson, "Esq., Deputy Superintendent, Auckland. Superintendent's Office, Auckland, 2Gth July, 1 Pro, —T have the honour to acknowledge the r:.v;> of your 1- tter nt 24th July, requesting permission ■•••. make tracings of tlie di-tailed plans and s-.-ct!r:;s — accompanying or referred to" in tlie report of;'-. Kn»incei' in Chief; and, in reply, have to iaf.r.nv:; that I regret I cannot comply with your rcqu.';:. I have, (scc,, S.air. Jacksox Deputy-Superinu'-.Jei,;. Henry Wrigg, Esq., Civil -Engineer.