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

River cha?®e SlfSimum) Average | ! Works authorized. | Works completed. Discharge ' '' Rainfall Eainfal] Area Area Expenditure Estimate Scheme. Source of Supply. Aiini ' rom 1»2B ' commanded irrigated ; to 31st to -Remarks. miim-i As per | During j "Records i | (Gross). at Present.! Main Distribu- ; Main i Distribu- March, 1927. complete. | '• Design, j 1926-27. | Available, j Canals. taries. Canals. : taries. Cusecs. Cusecs. Cuseos. Inches. Inches. Acres. Acres. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. £ £ Steward Settlement Waitaki River .. .. 110 .. 20-57 24-79 18,000 .. 14 60 50 31 14 60 50 31 12,115 .. Completed. | (Steward Settlement) Otekaike .. Otekaike River .. 9 15 .. 22-47 27-75 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 16-08 19-77 28,918 10,498 73 0 54 0 73 0 29 50 170,375 433 Completed and in working bum, and Moa \ (Moa Ck.) condition. Supplying all Creek. (Storage the land that requires Manorburn Dam) water. Galloway .. Manorburn Dam .. 30 23*5 14-37 15-58 3,450 2,066 10 50 7 47 10 50 10 7 23,218 651 Completed and in working (Galloway) condition. An extension of area of 600 acres has been completed during the year. Manuherikia - Alex- Manuherikia River 77 100 76 15-77 17-87 11,000 5,178 23 0 45 20 23 0 45 20 222,395 3,547 Completed and serving all andra-Clyde No. 1 (Alexandra, land requiring water. Ophir, and Clyde) Ardgour .. .. Lindis River .. 40 20 19 19-32 21-64 2,000 1,494 13 0 2 40 13 0 2 40 33,424 957 Completed and serving whole (Tarras) area, with a few improvements requiring to be done. Arrow River .. Arrow River . 55 50 .. 26-50 28-20 6,536 .. 17 0 24 0 7 42 8 49 38,348 85,044 Construction is half-com-(Frankton) pleted. Hawkdun (formerly Tributaries of Manu- .. 60 .. 24-61 25-50 10,000 .. 65 0 70 0 30 17 .. 18,144 42,820 Survey is nearly completed, Mount Ida) herikia River and (Naseby, and construction is well in Eweburn Reservoir Naseby hand. Plantation). Earnscleugh (Fraser 1 Fraser River ..10 40 44 14-50 16 56 2,743 1,851 11 30 17 40 11 30 17 40 12,298 468 Extension has been comRiver) | (allraces) (Earns- pleted, and whole scheme cleugh) is in working order and supplying all land requiring water. Last Chance (Fruit- Shingle, Coal Gorge, 14 20 13 14-46 16-68 4,300 2,960 22 0 5 70 20 78 5 70 28,147 762 The extension is complete, lands and Earns and Butcher's (Earns- and the scheme is serving cleugh Tops) J Creek J cleugh and all occupied land. Roxburgh East) Tarras .. .. Lindis River .. 40 70 35 19*32 21 64 7,000 4,171 21 70 17 55 21 70 17 55 129,677 3,059 Completed, and has had (Tarras) (Tarras) t wo years of operation. Bengerburn .. Bengerburn .. 1 4 4 .. .. 1,000 144 2 06 .. 2 06 .. 764 92 Completed. Supplying doj mestic and irrigation requirements. Teviot River .. Teviot River and 40 SO 42 j 14-43 16-81 3,300 2,742 16 51 10 55 16 51 10 55 39,241 3,281 Completed and serving all Lake Onslow dam [(Roxburgh land requiring water. ! East) -