pints, or 13.33 litres a minute, or 19,195 litres in 24 hours.' " The above are French measures. The litre is equivalent to 61,028 cubic inches ;

hence the fountaineer's inch is 813 1-2 cubic inches a minute, or 678 cubic feet a day. Gallon, as used by English writers, is also a very ambiguous term, when applied to hydraulic discharges. The gallon which I employ in this report,= 231 cubic inches the ;

beer gallon,= 282 and the imperial gallon,= 277,274 cubic inches. ;

" Mr. Geniey's statement is that 19,195 litres (one inch) is generally estimated in France, as a supply for 1000 inhabitants which gives 0.6779 cubic feet, or a little over 5 ;

gallons to each daily. Seine water is distributed by carriers in hogsheads or carts, for which they pay at the pumps or filters 6305 francs the inch, and retail again to the inhabi tants for 30,462 francs. The amount thus paid by the Parisians is annually 2,864,504 francs. Another class of water-carriers are those who carry it in buckets, (Porteurs d 1

eau a bretelles), hung to straps connected with a kind of yoke over the shoulders. These take water gratuitously from fountains of the second class, from the Seine, or from the filtering establishments on the quay of the Celestins, sell it for 10 centimes the voire, or two pailfuls of water about two cents for four and a half gallons. In this manner the ;

water-porters receive 1,405,252 francs, thus making the total sum of 4,266,756 francs, = $767,835, as before stated, paid annually by the citizens of Paris for a daily supply of 135,584 cubic feet, or 1,013,168 gallons. Mr. Genieys says a company might furnish for '