piecedm^ \eais Wt even in this c iso it vwll he ^een t 



loni the 



tisrutes dFrrridy given that on a low estimate the ditect 



lo^s in 



sheep and v^ool md in naturd increise, must have f 



'v<H(le(l 



£1,110 000 





In these notes Mt Boultbee, v^he^e referring to the l 





detaioration m the value of wool and ot loss im the nun 



.be. u.cl 





.btam.d 



v\hen niana<,nn<r a lar^e stition in the di^tiict west of the 



Daihng. 



iloVV IKUK.AIION C^N Bl M TI T P\S I OR VLIS 1 S 





From the foiegom- statement of risk and losses t 



o which 



pastor dists are lial)le it is clear that the leduction and 





mg ot these iisks and losses is a question of gieat inipoit 



xncc It 



IS propos( d to show that this object can in a large lue 



i^ure be 



accomplished hy apiopeily considered s;ystem ot iriigiti 



on, and 



not onl> so, but bv this m<>ans the productiveness and 



iirrving 



capibilitv of an important proportion of the west of th* 



. colony 



< m be matenally increased 





Vt the outset the fact must be recognised that of the 



lan.l in 



tin-, t<)lon\ suitable tor irrigation only a small propoitioi 



1 ( m h' 



iiriirited, for the simple reason that the available supi)l> 





IS very limited Our best nvers by far for migation put] 





thf .Mutiav and the Murrumbidgee, and the district con 



niivuded 



bv tlHse nu hides only the plains between them and a i 



lode I ite 



aiei to the no.th and west of the Muuumbidgee The 



Darlmii 







then disdiame thit evei^by stming fl^oodTlte^ whei'eV 



(1 pMC 



tic ible the area which can be irrigated by their waters . 





