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200 million gallons 415 million gallons aforesaid ANDREW LANG authorised average Bill Binnie Board of Trade C. J. LONGMAN Chelsea cisterns Commissioners Committee constant supply consumers cost Crown 8vo district drought dwelling-house East London Company East London Water engineers filtration gallons a day Grand Junction HISTORY houses Illustrations inquiry intakes Kent Company Lambeth Lea valley Llangorse London County Council London Water Company Lord Maps Max Müller ment Metropolis Water Act metropolitan authority Metropolitan Board months notice obtained opinion owner or occupier pany Parliament person pipes Plates population premises prescribed fittings present proposed pumping question rainfall regulations reservoirs river Lea river Thames Royal Commission sources of supply Southwark Southwark and Vauxhall special Act square miles Staines scheme storage supply of water Teddington Text Thames and Lea thereof tion vols Wales water limits water supply watersheds Welsh scheme Welsh water West Middlesex Yrfon
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