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<br />seepage is generally sufficient to supply the priorities). <br /> <br />. . . . . ......... 190,686 Acre-feet. <br />. . . . . ......... 88,782 Acre-feet. <br />1909. ............ 256,260 Acre-feet. <br />These figures represe'1t the now of the usual irrigation <br />season only-five months out of twe!ve- OLit iT represents <br />abO:Jt 74% of the total flow of the year, taking the mea- <br />surements for many years at Caron City as a criterion. <br /> <br />Without passing a positive opinion as to the probable <br />supply available in average years for this Storage Ca- <br />nal, it appears to me fair to assume :hat it should ex- <br />ceed 50,000 acre-feet. and may reach a much h~gher <br />figure. <br /> <br />CATCHMENT OF 1908 AND 1909. <br /> <br />The amount of water captured by the Storage Canal <br />from the river during the past year may be taKen as a <br />criterion of the maximum which can be expected under <br />present conditions of canal capacity. as the year has <br />been one of more than average supolY: <br /> <br />Year Month Acre-Feet <br />1908 December 1,560 <br />1909 January 2,168 <br />1909 February 120 <br />1909 June 10,020 <br />1909 July 2,422 <br />1909 August 4,816 <br />1909 Septerr-ber ~ 8.136 <br />39,242 <br />This water was practically all delivered to the Horse <br /> <br />4':1 <br />