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INDEX. 



Litigation — Continued, Page. 



Sweetwater River, cost 374,379,384 



Yuba River 120 



Little Grass Valley reservoir site 144 



Lombardy, ownership of water 64 



Lombardy Plains, compared with Sacramento Valley. 29 



Long Valley Creek 75 



adjudication of water rights 95 



water supply, estimate 76 



watershed 77 



Lorca (Spain), waterrights 40 



Los Angeles, created by irrigation 26 



Los Angeles River- 

 claims to water 330 



description and watershed 329 



distribution of water among users 313 



duty of water 345 



examples of notices of appropriation S3S 



first water rights 328 



flow 329 



irrigation practice 345 



litigation 335 



pumping plants 345 



report on, by Edward M. Boggs 327 



rights of pueblo 329 



sale of water 344 



sale of waterrights 346 



shortage of water 345 



water rates 343,344,345 



Lost River Reservoir 124 



Lower Kings River Canal 302 



Lower Kings River Ditch Company 59, 60 



litigation affecting 59, 60 



Lovelace Canal 304 



Lux V. Haggin, decision regarding riparian rights, 



quoted 48 



Madera Canal and Irrigation Company, tanal system. 225, 249 

 Manson, Marsden — 



field of investigation 6 



opi' ions upon points submitted in instructions ... 128 



report on Yuba River 115 



Market gardens around Stockton 25 



Marsh, G. P., quoted 39 



Marysville and Nevada Power Company 147 



Marx, C. D.— 



field of investigation 5 



report on Salinas River 193 



Mead, Elwood — 



detail of to California, asked 22 



instructions to experts 24 



report on agricultural situation in California 17 



Meadow Lake Reservoir 140 



Meadow Reservoir 124 



Measurement of water — 



Browns Valley 134 



Honey Lake Basin 80 



Kings River 314 



Moore Ditch 176 



units employed uncertain 176, 229, 271, 334 



Mexican water laws 216 



Middle Fork of Yuba River- 

 drainage area 116 



reservoirs 126 



Middle Lake Reservoir 124 



Miller & Lux, canal systems 223,224 



Millrace Canal 306 



Milton Mining Company, storage of water (note) 115 



Milton Reservoir 125,144 



Minckler, W. D., assistance of , acknowledged 5,80 



Page. 



Miners Ditch 148 



Miners — 



early water customs 216 



established water regulations 118 



influence of on early water law 234 



Miners inch, standard of measurement 134 



Mining in California — 



early predominance over agriculture 104 



first basis of water-right decisions 91 



Mining laws of California — 



beginning of law of appropriation 347 



evolution 36 



Mining rights — 



Sweetwater River 377 



Yuba River Basin 128 



Mission fathers — 



colonization of California 327 



early irrigation 216, 234, 327 



settlements begun by, southern California 26 



Mitchell Ditch 285 



Monopoly in water 39,217 



Moore Ditch 173,174,187 



distribution of water 174 



flow 156 



management 182 



Moore, James — 



deed from Thos. Harbin 172 



origin of water rights 171 



Moors, irrigated agriculture in Valencia dates back 



to 40 



Murphy, Chief Justice, decision quoted 91, 104 



Murphy Slough Association 306 



Mussel Slough Ditch 299 



Nataqua, proposed formation of 71 



National aid for irrigation . . 110, 207, 267, 322, 349, 394, 399, 400 

 National irrigation law not contemplated by investi- 

 gators 20 



National irrigation works for Honey Lake Basin 110 



National legislation, recommendations regarding . . 113, 130 

 Navigation — 



affects irrigation on Sacramento and San Joaquin 



ri vers 18 



rights on Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers 68 



should be protected by canalizing rivers 394 



New Blue Point Mining Company 153 



New Jack Ditch 286 



New Town Ditch 149 



New South Wales, Australia, riparian rights 62 



Nile River, irrigated agriculture 29 



Nile Valley, population 29 



North Bloomfield Gravel and Mining Company. 124, 145, 146 

 North Bloomfield Mining Company, storage of water 



(note) 115 



North Fork Ditch- 

 value of irrigated land 27 



value of products 27 



North Fork of Yuba River- 

 drainage area 115 



reservoirs 125 



Northwest Irrigation Act 57 



establishment of water titles 63 



sections relating to riparian rights 50 



Notices of appropriation- 

 amounts stated in 834 



discussion 36 



examples from Los Angeles River 333 



examples from San Joaquin River 230 



examples from Susan River 81 



