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-45- qualifying it with language which made it clear that Arizona's tributaries would be immune from the burden of supplying water to Mexico. California's representatives rejected the proposal, demanding a definite allocation of not less than 4,600,000 acre-feet of water and in effect placing the major portion of the Mexican burden upon Arizona's tributary waters. At the time the Conference recessed on October 5, this status of the proceedings, so far as it related to the division of water, was not altered. Power Benefits No determination was arrived at regarding question 4, including the extent of the benefits to accrue to the States in the case of power development on the river by the federal government, and division of such benefits between States whose lands and waters are jointly used in any such development. Substantial accord was reached between the States of Arizona and Nevada, but California rejected the theory of the right of States to a revenue from power developed within their borders by the federal government. One California representative offered a proposal that, although the principle could not be recognized, California would agree to the payment of four-tenths of a mill per kilowatt hour, to be divided between Arizona and Nevada in the event of a power development on the boundary of these two States, and to continue until completion of amortization payments to the government, after which the benefits from the creation of power should be divided equally between Arizona, Nevada and California. This suggestion was not concurred in by the other California representatives. Arizona's Finai, Statement Before the Conference recessed on October 5, the Arizona Commission presented the following statement for the record : "To the Governors of the States of the Upper Division, Colorado River Basin: "Gentlemen: "The lawful representatives of the States of Arizona, members of the Colorado River Commission of said State, and their advisors, in attendance upon the conference called by you and convened at the City of Denver, Colorado, on July 22, 1927, deeply regret that the full purpose of the conference, to bring about an agreement which would result in complete ratification by seven States of the Colorado River Compact and solution of the Colorado River problem, has not been effected. "Such agreement not having been reached, we desire at this time to state concretely, Arizona's position as taken by her representatives at this conference and disclosed by the record, in a sincere and earnest effort to accomplish the purposes thereof. "We hold that Arizona possesses the land and the natural facilities to economically utilize within her borders a very large proportion, if not all, of the waters of the Colorado River System