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

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River charae (Maximum) Average i Works authorized, j Works completed. re Sl, charge (maximum). B, ain(al! | Area Area I Expenditure Estimate Scheme. Source of Supply. fmni. from I 109? commanded j irrigated I I to 31st to Remarks. ,,,7,tv,V As per During Records i J-" 40 - (Gross). (at Present.) Main ! Distribu- t Main Distrlbu- March, 1926. complete. '* Design. 1925-26. Available. I I i Canals. I taries. j Canals. taries. I 1 I I I Cusecs. Cusecs. Cusecs. | Inches. Inches. Acres. Acres. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. £ £ Steward Settlement Waitaki River .. .. 110 .. j 20-10 18-38 18,000 .. 14 60 50 31 14 60 50 31 12,115 .. Completed. j (Steward Settlement) Otekaike .. Otekaike River .. 9 15 .. 21-89 25-21 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- .. ! 110 110-5 15-68 15-98 28,918 10,603 73 0 54 0 73 0 29 20 169,851 991 About 20,000 acres can now bum, and Moa (Moa Ck.) receive partial irrigation Creek. (Storage j j ! equal to one-third comManorburn Dam) j plete irrigation, the bali ance being land that either j does not require irrigation or benefits indirectly through irrigation of the balance. To provide further water for its com- ] j plete 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 j that direction. Galloway .. Manorburn Dam .. .. 15 21-5 14-07 14-96 2,250 2,066 10 50 7 47 10 50 7 47 22,262 1,865 Completed and in working (Galloway) condition. An extension of area of 600 acres is proposed. Manuherikia - Alex- Manuherikia River 77 100 63 15-55 15-95 11,000 4,967 23 0 41 0 23 0 44 0 221,033 2,288 Completed and serving all andra-Clyde No. 1 (Alexandra, land requiring water. Ophir, and Clyde) Ardgour .. .. Lindis River .. 40 20 19 18-55 17.82 2,000 1,494 13 0 2 40 13 0 2 40 32,859 633 Completed and serving whole (Tarras) area, with a few improvements requiring to be done. Arrow River .. Arrow River . 55 48 .. 26-16 28-01 6,536 .. 17 0 24 0 0 35 .. 6,596 115,620 Survey completed and eon(Frankton) struction is well in hand. Hawkdun (formerly Tributaries of Manu- .. 50 .. 24-50 28-38 10,000 .. 65 0 70 0 0 70 .. 2,163 58,364 Survey is nearly completed, Mount Ida) herikia River and j (Naseby, and construction has been Eweburn Reservoir I Naseby commenced. ' Plantation).