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TABLE No. 6. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY. Schedule of Schemes completed or under Construction.

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Main Canal Dis- ! , . Iliver charge (Maximum). ., 7 _ 0(ro Dq . f ,, Area able Wor ks authorized. Works completed. Discharge Average Rainfall Rainfall Area . * Expenditure Scheme. Source of Supply. ( Mini- from 1934 commanded irri ° t L to 31st Remarks. mum) As B « ri ng Records available. 10 *' (Gross). Q 1 Main Distribu- Main Distribu- March, 1935. mum) - Design. 1934-35. ; at Present. Cana , s taries> Cana]s _ tari(JS | j Canterbury South — Cusecs. Cusecs. Cusees. Inches. Inches. Acres. Acres. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. £ Redcliff .. Waitaki River .. 3,000 55 .. 21'00 ! 21*00 7,000 .. 3 69 13 76 3 58 6 9 3,456 Under construction. Otago North — Otekaike .. Otekaike River .. 9 15 .. 21-31 21-55 1,500 800 14 37 3 47 14 37 3 47 3,631 Completed. Used only on (Duntroon) j ; west side of river. Steward Settlement Waitaki River .. .. 110 .. 20-31 21-28 18,000 .. 14 60 50 31 14 60 50 31 I 12,115 J Completed. (Steward Settlement) Otago Central — Ardgour .. Lindis River .. 35 20 19 19-50 21-28 2,000 1,400 13 0 2 40 13 0 2 40 33,608 Completed. (Tarras) Arrow River .. Arrow River .. 40 50 32 27-51 30-78 6,536 3,421 .. .. 9 18 24 2 142,928 Completed. (Arrowtown and Frankton) JBengerburn .. Bengerburn ..1 4 4 .. .. 1.000 144 2 6 .. 2 6 .. 690 Completed. Earnscleugh (Fraser Fraser River .. 10 47 70"25 15-31 20-24 2,743 2,101 11 30 17 60 11 30 17 60 10,450 Completed. River) (allraces) (Earnscleugh) Hawkdun (formerly Tributaries of Manu- .. 60 27 24-08 25-71 10,000 8,242 66 0 101 0 66 0 90 12 70,770 Completed. Mount Ida) herikia River and (Naseby and Naseby Eweburn Reservoir Plantation) Idaburn .. Idaburn Dam .. 3 8 4-75 23-12 24-54 2,500 615 10 0 0 40 7 26 0 40 6,739 Main scheme completed. (Moa Creek, BlackIda Valley and stone Hill) Galloway — Ida Valley .. Manorburn, Pool- .. 110 79 16-52 19-99 14,000 11,761 73 0 54 0 73 0 29 50 ] burn, Moa Creek, (Moa Creek) and īotara Creek. (Storage Completed. Additional Manorburn Dam) storage furnished by PoolGalloway .. Manorburn Dam .. .. 30 24 14-24 15-81 3,450 2,653 10 50 10 7 10 50 10 7 J burn Dam. (Galloway) Lower Manorburn Manorburn Creek 4 7 7 .. .. .. .. .. 20.. 20 5,131 Dam and race-work comDam pleted. Protective works are being carried out below the dam. Last Chance (Fruit- Shingle, Coal Gorge, 8 20 14-5 16-26 20-05 4,300 2,231 22 0 5 70 20 78 5 70 35,623 Completed. lands and Earns- Butcher's Creek, (Earnscleugh and cleugh Tops) and Conroy's Creek Roxburgh East) Man uherikia - Alex- Manuherikia River 77 100 88 15-01 16-20 7,000 6,090 23 0 46 20 23 0 46 20 233,915 Completed. andra-Clyde (Alexandra, Ophir, No. 1 and Clyde) Omakau .. Manuherikia River ~) 36 65 and Storage Dam V- 20-29 20-65 10,800 .. 42 0 50 0 25 00 25 40 194,242 8,000 acres to be supplied and Thompson's J 7 15 J (Clyde, Ophir, and (irrigable) from main race and 2,800 Creek Blackstone Hill) acres from Thompson's and adjacent creeks. Tarras .. .. Lindis River .. 35 70 38 19-50 21-28 6,000 3,952 21 70 17 55 21 70 17 55 136,804 Completed. (Tarras) Teviot River .. Teviot River and 40 80 60 17-22 19-87 5,300 3,987 20 48 14 57 20 48. 14 57 68,034 Completed and serving all Lake Onslow Darn (Roxburgh East) land requiring water. General investiga- .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,054 tions and surveys, &c. Total: Schemes completed or under construction .. .. 102.129 47,397 389 24 391 06 337 55 ' 348 62 1,253,019