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1938 - 7,157 aore-feet - 20.~ of total supply to these lands 1939 7,927 aore-t'eet 35. ~ o;f total supply to these lands whioh illustrates the fact that lands 1With Leroux Creek rights attempt merely to malte up their shortage from ]'1re Mountain diversions and are unable to do so in the dryer years. The amount supplied. to lower lands entirely dependent upon Fire Mountain Canal "Was probably equal to, or slightly greater than, the amounts given above. The ratio o;f aore,s and stookholdings under Fire Mountain Canal between the Leroux Creek supply area and the area supplied Wholly ;from North Fork are: Acres .:L Shares .JL Leroux supply area 3,399 62 58,921.' 52 'Average of years 1938-39-less than North Fork " " 2,065 38 54,004' 48 1'" ehange. In spite ot' som_hat small'er stockholdings, the NQ:r1;h Fork supply area using ]Ire Mountain water all season receiV'es a grea:terpart of thell'i.re . Mountain supply from North Fork than do the lands in LeroUX CreekllUpply area. There has not been suffioient time to assemble the records or diversions frCll)l North Fork and study them, but oertain warranted inrer- enoes oan be dralVll ;from the detailed studies made by the Bureau or Reclam- ation ror the year.s 1938 and 1939 oovering lands under ll'ire Mountain Canal which receive water from Leroux Creek also. From the reoord of Leroux Creek rliversions it appears that call for Leroux Creek storage by lands under Fire Mountain Canal exceeded 10 second-feet on June 30, 1938 snd on June 9. 1939. These are also approxim- ately the dates on 'Whieh these lands began the maximum use ef North Fork vater then possible. The Bureau studies seem to indicate that in 1938 an average of .30 second feet was run from North Fork starting July first through Ootober to lands under ll'ire Meuntain Canal which .are also drS'lling water from Leroux Creek and its storage. It may be inrerred that in a good year like 1938 lack of ditch oapaoity at tl19 lower end or ]Ire Mountain Canal might have pr.evented drBiYing mereiril.ter from thst source and conlBert:ilM Leroux Creek storage, at least for part of that time. In 1939 i1hen the season was nearly three weeks earlier an average of 31 second-feet was .draWll by the lands also dra1Wing Leroux Creek water, threugh June and July. After July 'first_tar available to these lands from North Fork was probably less than their needs and the supply was variable indioating that the oanal was operating on run-lItf-river. From the reoord or these two years, typical respectively, of good, and or very peor water supplies, it seems apparent that even the present area needs greater canal capacity for adequate service in good years, and that the river is not adequate, a.nd storage as well as .greater canal capacity is needed ror the present area in all except the years of good water supply. -6-