PUBLIC WORKS IN GREECE.
♦ Eeeent telegrams from Athens state that the opening of the canal; which has been in process of excavation for the past five years for the purpose of draining Lake Copais, was celebrated on June 12 by a brilliant inaugural ceremony, in presence of the French Minister and numerous distinguished persons from Athens. Lake Copais, which is situated near Thebes, in Bceotia, covers an area of over 60,000 acres, or nearly 100 square miles. The French Company which has been engaged in carrying out the enterprise is now so far advanced with its work that two-thirds of the waters of the Like are expected to be drawn off within the next two or three months. Hitherto this inland sea has been chiefly remarkable for the malaria and fevers regularly prevailing on its shores during the hot season. By its drainage not only will this evil be permanently removed, but Greece will add to her territory many thousands of acres of arable soil of the greatest fertility. The lake is fed by the rivers coming down from Mount Parnassus, whose waters are hereafter to be employed, by help of a new system of canals, in irrigating the surrounding country.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5692, 9 August 1886, Page 3
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