72 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



wealth, mainly owing to the construction and care of irrigating 

 canals on the part of the Khedive, that English bondholders are 

 so happy and contented over the discovery that they are going 

 to get back their money loaned to Egypt, they wish to demon- 

 strate, in true English spirit, their condition of mind and heart 

 by taking possession of the country and annexing it to the 

 British crown. 



" In conclusion I will state as my opinion, founded on actual 

 experience in the management and distribution of water, that we 

 have enough water in our rivers and natural springs, if properly 

 reserved and distributed, to irrigate all the valley lands and 

 upper mesas of this county. 



"With proper laws and fair encouragement on the part of our 

 State, county and district authorities, as well as land-owners, 

 this will be a question of only a few years for its accomplish- 

 ment. Then we shall have no more of drouth or bad years, 

 and we shall become the richest people of the world, agri- 

 culturally and horticulturally, and, as a natural consequence, 

 the happiest." 



