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Of its course, which is partly torrential, the last section from 
Bardera to its mouth (290 kilometres in a straight line and 570 
kilometres of river course) has the characteristics of a navi- 
gable river during several months of the year and is that 
section which is of interest as regards utilization for irrigation. 
We give here some data: Depth, 6-8-11 metres; width, 80-250 
metres; maximum water level in October and November; 
minimum water level in March; as regards ifs water volume 
(above 700 cubic metres per second at highest water level), 
it may be considered as yielding about one-tenth of the Nile. 
The situation of the land is most favourable for irrigation, as 
the river runs through very wide surrounding plains. The 
land is very fertile and particularly suitable for the cultivation 
of cotton. 
The idea of damming the river in order to make use of the 
waters for agricultural purposes appears to be the most logical 
one for solving the problem of the improvement of Italian and 
British Jubaland. 
In view of the fact that the river is a frontier, the work could 
not, and should not, be taken in hand otherwise than by colla- 
boration between Italian and English capitalists. The com- 
pany should dam the river and carry out all the canalization 
work necessary to conduct the water to the districts to be 
irrigated. It might have only an industrial purpose (sale of the 
water to the settlers) or an industrial and agricultural purpose 
(the direct cultivation of the land). 
The first task of the company should be a detailed pre- 
liminary survey of the district by a committee of experts, who 
should remain, for some time, on the site to collect all the 
data necessary for the execution of the final project. 
The work once carried out would bring under irrigation 
several hundreds of thousands of hectares. 
The initiative for the constitution of the company should 
come from two strong financial institutions, i.e., an Italian and 
an English one, in collaboration. 
These institutions should interest their respective Govern- 
ments in the political agreements necessary and try to obtain 
facilities and the co-operation of the said Governments in the 
work intended. 
Particulars are given of the presumable economic poten- 
tialities of the proposed company; also several English 
opinions on the future of Jubaland and opinions of Italian 
financiers with respect to the constitution of the company in 
question. 
