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  In 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  treatise 
  as 
  complete 
  as 
  possible, 
  the 
  

   Report 
  on 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  Rainfall 
  to 
  Runoff, 
  published 
  in 
  1903 
  

   by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  is 
  herewith 
  included, 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  applying 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Extended 
  excerpts 
  

   on 
  floods 
  have 
  been 
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  from 
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  report 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Storage 
  

   Commission. 
  

  

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   few 
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  too 
  frequent 
  reference 
  

   to 
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  preceding 
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  where 
  a 
  different 
  phase 
  of 
  a 
  subject 
  has 
  

   been 
  discussed. 
  Where 
  the 
  subjects 
  are 
  similar, 
  references 
  thereto 
  

   have 
  been 
  frequently 
  made 
  by 
  a 
  foot-note. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  

   repetition 
  is 
  to 
  reduce 
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  labor 
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  a 
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  the 
  Report 
  on 
  Stream 
  Flow 
  and 
  Water 
  Power, 
  made 
  since 
  1900 
  by 
  

  

  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor, 
  acting 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  Hydrograpjiic 
  Division 
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  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  

  

  These 
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  compiled 
  by 
  Mr 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Horton. 
  

  

  Rochester, 
  April 
  1, 
  1904. 
  

  

  George 
  W. 
  Rafter. 
  

  

  