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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 73

Wonderful Facilities Existed in Central Otago for Irrigation

Wonderful Facilities Existed in Central Otago for Irrigation

purposes in comparison with all parts of the Australian colonies. Apart from the water, which is already brought on the land by the miners, sufficient water could easily be raised from the Molyneux, by the erection of a weir across the river or other simple means, to irrigate the whole country. The waters of the Molyneux were also as fertilising as those of the Nile. Another means of getting water was by the construction of reservoirs in the large gullies. Speaking of