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Show S3* several hundred feet. Bach time tha flume went out, service to lauds irrigated from lateral a 3, 0 ixaii 10 waa suspended until repairs could be made* Owing tc the scarcity of materiala and the inability to secure either good or sufficient labor, It waa diffioult tc rake renewals as promptly as tha conditions required. CPrBATIOBj- It must also he remaEaberod that Uedi Cap Canal ia at the tail ond of the Bake'Pork Biver, and it is hard to gat a steacy flow at all times* However, by the efficient use of water, moat of tha crops matursd v.ell ia thia diatri.-vt. every effort has beea made to get wator to lands in thia district, and it is safe to 3ay that a deficiency in tha supply was* caused by events beyond the control of those in charge of the Irrigation Departs Bet* Tabulated below ia the acreage under cultivation during the years 1918 to 1919 inclusive^ 1_.18 B885 acres. 1917 2333 1918 4503 " 1919 5545 1020 4400 " BISTOBP:- water service from li.09 to 1314 s&s sufficient to supply tha demands of tha water users. The eeason of 1915 W3» one of only fair water delivery oa account of subsaqaont fllera taking water belonging to R |