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DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 



lands not in eroji or still in low production must pay for water on tlu 

 same or api)roximately the same basis as lands in full or ajiproximatel^ 

 full production. All of the costs suggested in the above table are fo] 

 land in established ])ro(luction. 



One cro]) of some imiiortaiice in upper San Joacpiin Valley, viz 

 olives, is not covered in the above summary and no data regarding th( 

 cost of producing this crop, or its income, have been given. On tin 

 basis of general information only, which clas.ses the olive with sue) 

 plantings as Emperor grapes and some citrus, a figure of $10 per acii 

 per year is suggested as a permissible irrigation water charge. Onl^ 

 the better varieties of olives could reasonably be classed with citru; 

 fruits and for that reason the water cost suggested is nnich below tlia 

 for citrus. 



