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Show 7178 Kroeger- D 5159 A The total area? Q The total area, yes. A About one hundred and sixty thousand acres. Q How much of that last given acreage is within themselves state of Colorado and how much within the state of New Mexico? A One hundred and twenty- nine thousand, eight hundred and forty- six acres in Colorado; thirty thousand and sixty-four acres in New Mexico. Q Now, calling your attention, Mr. Kroeger, to the acreage that you have just spoken of, located within the state of Colorado, from which records have you taken those figures, the records of District No. 7 or the records of the county assessor? A I have taken them from the records of the District No. 7 in Colorado and from the county assessor's records in New Mexico. Q Do the records of the county assessors in Colorado show more or less of these irrigated lands than the records of District No. 7, or do they show just the same? A The records of the county assessors show quite a considerable less. Q According to the records of the county assessors of counties in Colorado in which these irrigated lands lie, what |