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Memorandum: J Trevor Jones, City Engineer's Office to Mayor. Report on conservation of water during

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Unique IDA-00307541SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]Date8th September 1880Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionMemo: J Trevor Jones, City Engineer's Office to Mayor. Report on conservation of water during present unprecedented drought. The watershed has had no rain to fill the new dams, weekly consumption reduced by 3 million gallons weekly with prosecutions assisting in this. Recommend Mayor call upon consumers to economise, to extent of using shower and sponge, in lieu of a 60 gallon plunge bath for ablutions; and employing a few night watchmen will stop waste as night use continues very high. Will discontinue street watering [17 streets named, not main ones] about 5½miles, saviing 24,000 gallons daily..LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Memorandum: J Trevor Jones, City Engineer's Office to Mayor. Report on conservation of water during