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Show 122 -- 118-- and then compare them with gaugings at another station and speak of the difference as a variation? " A No. This report is not that in any sense of the word. For instance, I show here ( indicating) the mean annual discharge of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, at page 39. " Q Yes. " A I show for the years 1922 and 1928 what the mean annual discharge has been, what the mean annual run- off has been, what the minimum day has been, what the maximum day has been, and how the discharge has varied throughout the period. For instance, in 1925 the mean run- off was only 58 per cent of the normal. In 1928 it was 16 per cent above normal. In other words, that is just a method of computation to show what the discharge was throughout that year compared with the mean." R. 257- 258. Where any variations are referred to by him the figures that he gives indicate that these variations are always the figures of gaugings at the same station. R. 258. " When I wrote my report on the Green and Colorado Rivers I compared the run- off at certain points on those streams, to show which was the largest, and I showed that the maximum during certain months of the year was large on the Colorado River and certain months on the Green River; nothing of that is in this report. This is a study of the gauging station records for each station. |