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<br />. <br /> <br />I~" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />B1er8 is ODG thi~l th~" I wo~ld lik~ to say at th" outset <br />b0CBQS0 it h~s CUj~~ to my knoDlodSc, - it has beeD r0~orted,- <br />that there, is a dls}Jositiol1 to P"'OPOS". or :,erhaps a SUE-€,8stion, <br />that this question is one which can be settled iD~~pund8ntly of <br />13.\V. .!j want to ent0r a protwst 'l.b2ins.o tili". J:hi.s is not liko <br />a l='orposition of "v\.Vo 01' th!'cc or SC.V(;~l boys .swa~)~.;Jing jackl~niv6s <br />02:' trucl.illJ mu4.os, or entt;rinz into a COTIl)act dis)osinl; of som0- <br />tli.inf3 in whict" t.:i\:;~; 8_lon6 a:!'E.: ii.ltC!'~St....d.. In this f.i.\..J.d \.'J.... hav\.; <br />the b0D~iit 01 history 10r mora than ten thousand years. In <br />thw histor.v of '~he. \,or10. wilter hus b0u]1 vHally important in <br />the ~)roLr(;SD of ci\ ili.zc.tion. Durin6' this :CJTOZ"l'uSS SOinG !'ccog- <br />nize:d l'ulQS J:.avs crown U}) which r.avo l'"duccci. f:cict ion 2nd which <br />havo wnabled the. po}ulation of the world to depend OD the use <br />of water. It has boen the result of ex}oriwnce of mankind that <br />Some kind of rU!.b i:> inherent and nath'E. tc this subject. It <br />would bb a'most Reorio'-ls mistekiJ for th" ,ncmr-0rs of tho Co,,1Illis- <br />sion to suppose that thay can evolvG out of thu atmoLphere <br />end without rc&~rd to Gxpurienc~ a ~e\'l rulo, a DGW m~thod of <br />d.ividlDG water ano. hano,lil1C it. <br />It mii';llt be \".;;11 for [,1<3 to outlin", with b:'eovity what the <br />(l,iff",rGot ru10s of 12"1 art.; which ha7e b'overnwd this Clu0stion, <br />or which have b00rJ )ropos"o. for e;ovt::"niniS this question. ~'hC~7 <br />fall into four classifications. First th0rb is thb doctrine of <br />ripsl'iao rights. I do riot necc'. to ':',0 into any ex,11anatior. of <br />tho princii:>18 of t;,osc ri(jhts. <br />