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drainage work. . . . Full records of the operation of the pumping plant should 

 be kept, as well as detailed classification of expenditures. . . . Where prac- 

 ticable, gravity outlet sluiceways should be installed in connection with a pump- 

 ing plant for use during- times of low water outside of the drainage district." 



Water resources of Hawaii, 1913, G. K. Larrison (U. S. Geol. Survey, 

 Water-supply Paper 373 (1015), pp. iPO).— This report, prepared in cooperation 

 with the Territory of Hawaii, presents the results of measurements of flow made 

 on certain streams and ditches, and rainfall records of four of the larger is- 

 lands of Hawaii for 1913. 



Surface water supply of Hudson Bay basins and upper Mississippi River 

 for the year ended September 30, 1913 {U. S. Geo}. Survey, Water-Supply 

 Paper 355 (1915), pp. 181, pis. 2). — ^This report, prepared in cooperation with the 

 States of Iowa and Minnesota, presents the results of measurements of flow 

 made on streams in the Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River drainage 

 basins. 



Surface water supply of Oregon, 1878-1910, F. F. Henshaw and H. J. 

 Dean {U. S. Geol. Survey. ^yater■Sur])l!l Paper 370 {1915). pp. yir+S29, 

 pl. 1 ) . — This report, prepared in cooperation with the State of Oregon, describes 

 the topography, climate, and hydrography of Oregon and gives the results of 

 measurements of flow made on streams in the State from 1S7S to 1910. 



Profile surveys in 1914 on Middle Fork of Willamette River and White 

 River, Oregon (U. S. Geol. Surrey, Water-Supply Paper 318 (1915). pp. 8, 

 pis. 6). — This report, prepared in cooperation with the State of Oregon under the 

 direction of R. B. Marshall, describes the general features of the Willamette 

 and Wliite River basins and gives plans and profiles resulting from plane 

 table and stadia surveys in the basins in 1914. 



Profile surveys in Spokane River basin. Washington, and John Day River 

 basin, Oregon (U. S. Geol. Surrey. Water-Supply Paper 377 (1915), pp. 7, 

 l>ls. 10). — Tills report, prepared under the direction of R. B. Marshall, describes 

 the general features of the Spokane and John Day River basins and gives plans 

 and profiles resulting from iilane tiible and stadia surveys made in the basin. 



The water resources of Texas and their utilization, W. L. Rockwell (Texas 

 Dept. Ayr. Bui. Jf3, pp. 7-87, figs. 38). — This paper reports a preliminary inves- 

 tigation of the water resources of the State available and adaptable for irriga- 

 ton ; the extent, nature, and location of hinds susceptible of and suitable f<ir 

 irrigation; methods and equipment used in the application of irrigaton water, 

 including the weir, submerged orifice, and rating flume; and in a general way 

 better cultural methods for different crops to be employed under varied soil 

 and cllniiitic conditions. 



Desert wells (U. S. Dept. Int., Off. Indian Aff. [Pub.]. 1915, pp. 8, fig. /).— 

 This pamphlet reports the progress made In obtaining deep-well water supplies 

 for domestic and irrigation use on the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations In 

 Arizona and New Mexico by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department 

 of the Interior. In a number of cases suflicient Avater has been obtaine<l for 

 domestic use, but rarely enough for irrigation. 



Report of the second interstate conference on artesian water. Brisbane. 

 1914 (Rpt. Interstate Conf. Artesian Water [.\ust.], 2 (191J,). pp. .V.V-f ,?.''.7. 

 pis. 3fi. fig. 1). — The proceedings of this conference are given. 



Studies on the culture media employed for the bacteriological examination 

 of water, I, E. M. Cuaiiot and H. W. Redfield {Jour. Amcr. Chem. Sac, 57 

 (1915), No. 6, pp. 1606-1630, fig. i).— Experiments with the Schardinger-Dun- 

 ham medium for testing for the presence of hydrogen sulphid-forming or so- 

 called putrefactive bacteria in water are reported, the pnriKise of which was 

 to obtain a medium which would yield positive uniform results in the shortest 



