The inspector had accompanied the mayor and town clerk to see Messrs Russell and othors und the inspector's report on tho subject was aa follows : — "Ab regards the feasibility of supplying Mr Russell and others with water, thero is no difficulty as tho fall to eaoh place is ample to ensure a good bighpreaaure supply. Ab regards tbe desirability, I ahould bo very sorry to advise tho council to m any way inter- I capt the supply bofore tbo water reaches the reservoir. lam of opinion tbat all the water •supplies Bhould go through tho reservoir. Had they several supplies intercepting tho flow of water down the race last summer,! am afraid -we should havo been m a fix to keep the town supplies going, for it is at a time when the water is most wanted m town for sluicing, street watering, etc., that 1 tho waler is mostly wanted m the country." In reply to Mr B. Kvaus' complaint of too much water on hiß land, the iv speotor sug gested that a drain be cut on tho land, ai Mr Evans was ogreeable to the by-wash remain ing. The last named suggestion re drain wob approved of, and on tho motion of Councillor Hall-Jonca, the recommendation respeoling the building of a house for one of the con tractors qn the race was referred to Council lors bmitheon, Hole, Hurford, and Owers, the members of tho works and finance com mittee. The mayor reported meeting Messrs Bristol, Kaye, Russell, and others on the subject named by the inspector. Thoy had gone fully into the matter and finding that to carry out tbe work would cost over £2000 ond would trench too muoh on the funds they had m hand, he recommended that m the meantime the report be allowed to stand over. Thia seemed to him tho moat advisable course to pursue. THE CONVENT DRAINAGE. The mayor said that at last meeting a petition signed by ratepayers m and around Brawn street wns read objecting to the drain from the convent being connected with tho Brown street sewer, 'lho mayor read thia petition and also a letter from Mr M. do U. Duval (boih of which were included io our report of bet conncil rreeling) and adder 1 that the council were now called on to reopen this question. 