Duty of water in Montana — C'ontinned. Page. 

 Quantity of water applied to land under typical canals — Continued. 



Canals of Ravalli County 78 



Republican canal 80 



Skalkaho canal 81 



Gird Creek ditches 81 



Ward canal S2 



Hedge canal 83 



Harlan ditch 85 



Bass Brothers' ditch 85 



Allen, Hughes, et al. ditch 86 



Duty of water in court decrees in INlontana 88 



Seepage and return waters 89 



Losses in conveyance of water 90 



Leakage 90 



Loss of water by evaporation ^ 91 



Seepage 92 



The effect of seepage and return waters in augmenting the flow of streams 96 



Conclusions and recommendations 98 



Waste of water 98 



Poorly constructed ditches 99 



Careless irrigation 100 



Rights to the use of water should be defined and established 101 



Transfers of water rights 102 



Adjudication of existing rights 103 



Duty of water 105 



Acquirement of rights 106 



Administrative system 107 



