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IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 

 Discharge of Kings Rivei — Continued. 



Based on a rating table prepared by the State engineer, and a record of the 

 stages of water, the flow of Kings River above all canals was estimated for the j'ears 



1878-79 to 1883-84, as follows:' 



Estimated monthly flow of Kings River above the canals, 1S78 to 1SS4. 



Month. 



November . 

 December . 

 January . . 

 February . , 



March 



April 



May , 



June , 



July 



August 



September 

 October... 



1878-79. 



Cu.fl. 

 per sec. 



300 



290 



370 



870 



1,970 



4,750 



5,090 



3,760 



1,650 



380 



270 



280 



1879-80. 



Cu./I. 



per sec. 



400 

 1,440 



720 

 1,040 

 1,120 

 5,230 

 7, 120 

 9,510 

 4,800 

 1,150 



370 



220 



1880-81. 



Cu.ft. 

 per sec. 



220 



510 



870 



2,430 



1,900 



5,80C 



8,220 



5,010 



■ 4,790 



650 



840 



250 



Cu.ft. 



per sec. 



230 



260 



380 



440 



1,250 



3,170 



9,190 



6,410 



2,020 



620 



890 



610 



Cu.ft. 

 per sec. 



470 



340 



320 



»40 



1,050 



2,220 



6,700 



6,730 



1,460 



600 



480 



420 



1883-84. 



Cu.ft. 

 per sec. 



260 



220 



430 



2, 620 



3,610 



3,370 



9,210 



17,630 



13,210 



3,570 



880 



900 



"Mean, 



1878-1884. 



Cu.ft. 

 per sec. 



313 



510 



515 



1,290 



1,817 



4,090 



7,688 



8,180 



4,655 



1, 162 



455 



447 



' See Physical Data and Statistics, W. H. Hall, State engineer, 1886, pp. 452, 476. 



