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4. Notes in Favour of Bathurst.
(From the Commissioner's Expert Witnesses.)
Cost of Building.
The following indicate the relative cost of the different sites, Bathurst being taken as unity:—
| Bathurst ... ... | 1.00. |
| Goulburn ... ... | 1.00. |
| Millthorpe-Yass ... ... | 1.04. |
| Orange ... ... ... | 1.05. |
| Albury ... ... ... | 1.05 (if supplied from Melbourne) |
| Albury ... ... ... | 1.12 (if supplied from Sydney) |
| Wagga Wagga ... | 1.10. |
| Bombala ... ... ... | 1.15. (Could be reduced if Eden were provided as a port). |
(Report of Messrs. Mansfield, Vernon, Barlow, and Knibbs).
Water Supply.
Sites which can be supplied by gravitation:
Buckley's Crossing.
Bombala.
Tumut.
Carcoar-Garland.
Bathurst.
Orange.
(Report of Mr. C. E. Blomfield, Resident Engineer, Department of Works).
Mr. Blomfield adds: “I have examined Campbell's River, … and find that a large and pure gravitation supply can be obtained for Bathurst.”
Thus, both as regards Cost of Building Material and Water Supply, the Expert Evidence places Bathurst before Orange (Canoblas).