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3 1 the United States as provided in Article 12, and thereafter all subsequent <br /> 2 annual installments shall be payable subject to increase or decrease as <br /> 3 follows: <br /> 4 a. For the purpose of this article all of the irrigable <br /> 5 lands described in Article 8 hereof which are entitled to water, <br /> 6 or lands which may become irrigable as provided in Article 11 and <br /> 7 entitled to receive water, shall comprise the "project contract <br /> 8 unit." <br /> 9 b. Each calendar year, in which such annual installments <br /> 10 are required to be made, the Secretary shall determine or esti- <br /> 11 mate the "annual returns" and shall determine the "normal <br /> 12 returns" for the project contract unit. "Annual returns" mean <br /> 13 the amount of the gross crop returns per acre of the area in <br /> 14 cultivation within the project contract unit for any calendar <br /> 15 year, the term being applied herein also to like returns for <br /> 16 those calendar years prior to the ones for which the first <br /> 17 installment becomes due and payable under this contract in <br /> 18 which, in the opinion of the Secretary, the records of such <br /> 19 gross crop returns per acre are adequate for determining the <br /> 20 annual returns for such year. The "normal returns" shall be <br /> 21 determined by taking the weighted average of the "annual <br /> 22 returns" of those ten calendar years of the thirteen-year <br /> 23 perisd covering said year and the twelve years preceding it, <br /> 24 in which annual returns for such years are highest: Provided, <br /> �5 That an estimate of annual returns may be used for the year for <br /> t 7 <br /> 82 <br />