

on the basis of the legal Colorado' inch — 38.4 inches equaling 1 cubic 

 foot per second. 



The following table gives the amounts decreed and the sum of 

 prior rights in loAver districts : 



Rights to water in district .'> (iiid prior ri(/Jifs in lower districts. 



Rights in districts. 



Year. 



Rights 

 acquired. 



1860. 

 1861 

 1862. 

 1863 

 1864. 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 



47.31 



85. 60 



158.14 



167.90 



119.46 



227.08 



126.23 



34.31 



12.79 



48.89 



815. 52 



257.04 



Sum to 

 date. 



47.31 



132. 91 



291.05 



458. 95 



578. 41 



805. 49 



931.72 



966. 08 



978. 82 



1,027.71 



1,843.23 



2,100.27 



Prior 



rights in 



lower 

 districts. 



29.77 

 77.65 

 167. 21 

 234. 06 

 469. 71 

 469.71 

 469.71 

 581.22 

 634. 61 

 682. 19 



Year. 



Rightsindistrict5.| Prior 

 rights in 

 Rights Sum to lower 

 acquired, date, districts. 



1872.. 

 1873 . . 



1874 . . 



1875 . . 



1876 . . 



1877 . . 



1878 . . 

 1879.. 

 1880.. 

 1881 . . 

 1884 . . 



163, 63 



163. 73 



207. 77 



21.71 



1.44 



12.55 



122. 19 



50.27 



16.14 



3.77 



9.11 



2,263.90 

 2, 427. 63 

 2,635.40 

 2,657.11 

 2,f;5S..55 

 2,671.10 

 2, 793. 29 

 2, 843. 56 

 2..S,59.70 

 2,873.47 

 2,872.58 



1,1.33.41 

 1,2.50.57 

 1,793.07 

 1,979. .57 

 2,352.21 

 2,584.28 

 2,708.96 

 2,732.59 

 3,277.69 

 3,375.19 

 4,961.72 



Nine reservoirs have decreed rights amounting to 346,755,001 

 cubic feet. 



District k. — District 4 comprises the drainage area of Big Thomp- 

 son River and its tributaries. Water can be secured from no other 

 stream, l)ut the water of Big Thompson can be used in the lower end 

 of district 2 and in districts 1 and 64. The decree for this district 

 was rendered in 18S3. Some of the rights are based upon the acre- 

 ages said to be irrigated, as in district 5, while others are based upon 

 the capacities of the ditches. In speaking of the capacities of the 

 ditches in this district the referee said: '' I find the capacity of the 

 ditch by taking an average of the estimates." 



The following table gives the rights in district 4 and the prior 

 rights in the lower districts : 



Rights to water in district .'/ and prior rights in tower districts. 



There are a large number of reservoirs in this district, six of which 

 have decreed rights amounting to 680,478,665 cubic feet. 



