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TABLE No. 7. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY. Schedule of Schemes completed or under Construction.

River toSmml Average Works authorized. Works completed. Discharire (Maxirnu ). Eaiafall Area Area , Expenditure Estimate Scheme. Source o! Supply. 7mm from 1092 commanded irrigated to 31st j to Remarks. rmimV As per During Records * (Gross). at Present. Main Distribu- Main Distribu- March, 1924.1 complete. '* Design. 1923-24. available. Canals. taries. Canals. taries. Cusecs. Cusecs. Cusecs. Inches. Inches. Acres. Acres. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. £ £ Steward Settlement Waitaki River .. .. 110 .. 21*20 18*38 18,000 .. 14 60 50 31 14 60 50 31 12,115 .. Completed. (Steward | Settlement) Otekaikej .. Otekaike River .. 9 15 .. 21*31 19*77 1,500 800 14 37 3 47 14 37 3 47 3,631 .. Completed. Used only on (Duntroon) west side of river. Ida Valley ' .. Manorburn, Pool- .. 110 88 15*62 14*19 28,918 7,200 73 0 54 0 73 0 22 20 157,424 9,623 About 20,000 acres can now burn, and Moa (Moa Ck.) receive partial irrigation Creek. (Storage eqnal to one-third comManorburn Dam) plete irrigation, the balance being land that either does not require irrigation or benefits indirectly through irrigation of the balance. To p r o*v i d e further water for its complete irrigation further conservation -works would be necessary. These have been investigated, and as they appear to be excessive in cost, nothing further is now proposed in that direction. Galloway .. Manorburn Dam .. .. 15 15 13*49 13*21 2,250 1,650 10 50 4 0 10 50 4 0 21,122 666 Almost completed. Olrig (Galloway) Terrace scheme now reduced in area and amalgamated with Galloway. Manuherikia - Alex- Manuherikia River 77 100 40 15*48 15*15 11,000 2,050 23 0 41 0 23 0 37 6 189,651 22,045 Sufficiently completed to andra -Clyde No. 1 (Alexandra, supply water to any part Ophir, and of area, but some earthClyde) work enlargement of parts of main race will soon be necessary, as originally anticipated, to provide full irrigation. Ardgour .. .. Lindis River .. 40 20 20 16*90 16*90 2,000 1,426 13 0 2 40 13 0 2 40 32,199 459 Almost completed. i (Tarras) i I I