LETTER OE TRANSMIITAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of Experiment Stations, 



W^ishini/ton, D. a. May '20, 1903. 



Sir: 1 have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for 

 publication a report on Egyptian irrigation, prepared under the direc- 

 tion of Elwood Mead, chief of irrigation investigations of this Office, 

 b}^ C. T. Johnston, assistant chief. 



This report gives the results of observations made by Mr. Johnston 

 during the winter of 1901-2 on the irrigation works, practices, and 

 administrative system of Egypt, under authority of the act of Con- 

 gress making appropriations for the irrigation investigations of this 

 Office, which provides, among other things, for investigation and 

 report upon ^Hhe laws "'' * ''' and institutions relating to irriga- 

 tion and upon the use of irrigation water at home or abroad." 



The bulletin is illustrated by twenty-five full page plate illustrations 

 and nine text figures, all of which are necessary to a complete elucida- 

 tion of the text. 



Respectfully, 

 V A. C. True, 



Director. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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