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Of its course, which is partly torrential, the last section from 

 Bardera to its mouth (290 kilometres in a straight line and 570 

 kilometres of river course) has the characteristics of a navi- 

 gable river during several months of the year and is that 

 section which is of interest as regards utilization for irrigation. 

 We give here some data: Depth, 6-8-1 1 metres; width, 80-250 

 metres; maximum water level in October and November;, 

 minimum water level in March; as regards its water volume 

 (above 700 cubic metres per second at highest water level), 

 it may be considered as yielding about one-tenth of the Nile.. 

 The situation of the land is most favourable for irrigation, as 

 the river runs through very wide surrounding plains. The 

 land is very fertile and particularly suitable for the cultivation 

 of cotton. 



The idea of damming the river in order to make use of the 

 waters for agricultural purposes appears to be the most logical 

 one for solving the problem of the improvement of Italian and 

 British Jubaland. 



In view of the fact that the river is a frontier, the work could 

 not, and should not, be taken in hand otherwise than by colla- 

 boration between Italian and English capitalists. The com- 

 pany should dam the river and carry out all the canalization 

 work necessary to conduct the water to the districts to be 

 irrigated. It might have only an industrial purpose (sale of the 

 water to the settlers) or an industrial and agricultural purpose 

 (the direct cultivation of the land). 



The first task of the company should be a detailed pre- 

 liminary survey of the district by a committee of experts, who 

 should remain, for some time, on the site to collect all the- 

 data necessary for the execution of the final project. 



The work once carried out would bring under irrigation. 

 several hundreds of thousands of hectares. 



The initiative for the constitution of the company should 

 come from two strong financial institutions, i.e., an Italian and 

 an English one, in collaboration. 



These institutions should interest their respective Govern- 

 ments in the political agreements necessary and try to obtain 

 facilities and the co-operation of the said Governments in the 

 work intended. 



Particulars are given of the presumable economic poten- 

 tialities of the proposed company; also several English 

 opinions on the future of Jubaland and opinions of Italian 

 financiers with respect to the constitution of the company in 

 question. 



