68 Beport of the Bilharzia Mission in Egypt, 1915 



[Copy.] 

 MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS. 



IKRIGATION DEPARTMENT-FIRST CIRCLE. 

 SuMMKR Rotations, 1915, in Qaliubia, Sharqia, and Da 

 Canals on Cotton Rotations. 



The I'oUoHing are the sections into which the v; 



Provinces. 

 canals aix' diviJeJ for rotation purposes : — 



Summer Rotations (1910) in Lower Egypt. 

 Summer Rotations, in accordance with the lists already published for each Circle of Irrigation, 

 imposed throughout Lower Egypt as per the time-tables given below :— 

 Canals on Cotton Rotations. 



(1) Si'ii channels not specifically named in this list will be on the same rotation as the parent cliannel 

 from which they derive their supply. 



(2) 'I'he working turn, or period over which irrifation is allowed, begins at sunrise of the (irst day 

 ot the period and ends at sunrise of the day following the last day of the period. 



(.3) During the working turn of any section, water will be supplied, to the extent that the available 

 supply of water may permit, to all public and piivate canals and outlets lying within the limits of that 

 section, as described in the programme. 



(4) The heads of all private canals and all outlets must be punctually closed and all lifting machines 

 must case to work at the expiration of the working turn. 



(5) By Article 32 (30) of the Canal Act, 1894, it is enacted :— 



" Whoever takes water from a canal, whether by oiiening the head of the canal, or of the water- 

 course, or by cutting banks, or by lifting the water artificially during the days that the Inspector 

 of Irrigation or any other authority duly authorized shall have made known that water from the 

 canal must not be "used for irrigation, will be punished by inipri-sonment for a period of from fifteen 

 days to two months, and a fine not exceeding L.E.20. 



(6) The prescriptions of Article 32 (30) of the Canal Act will be strictly enforced, and the Irrigation 

 Service will take such further administrative measures in case of infraction or disregard of the Law 

 as the nature of the case may require. 



(7) The breakdown of a lifting machine gives no right (o compensation-supply out of turn. 



