uirl otlu I ( rops for 



on tlu Lo^vel Mutruml>i(Ur( e, is well as on x niodpi it( ^?x\( on 

 theloNvtr pirtsof sp\eril othe.s ot our western nvtr^ I his is 

 pncis(lv thesimc pi occss which mii,' itcs and fi itilises tlu \ xllcy 

 of t\u Nile by tlie risin^^of the Hood wateis In soiiu <>t Lh< casts 

 m \\huh It IS exempliti«d in New South A\ lies tlie imiml ition^^ 



whose lands iie thus nitut illy irrigated bpeci il attention wis 

 cdled to thib suh]( ct in my report on "Trri^'ition in Itiverini," 

 ^^hld, WIS puhhslied with the Find Report of the Ro\ il ( o.n 



of ini^f itinir the nati\e ^i xsses, it is not surpribin^ tint entei 

 pusiiii,' men weu to be found to follow the ( \ nnph ihe most 

 striknii,' md successful experiments of this 11 1 run in tli >^i wln.h 

 luvf been mule on the Lowtr Lxchlm iiul th. T.x\, Mimun, 



J'ul</ee, and partu ularly on the pastor 1 1 <- it(-> ut Mi I -, 



i>''On As geneially happens in the cist ot 1 1\ i^ flow iii_ t In ii,li 



Hunby Mr fjson, md om of th(in ilM, -t .It I,,n M..t 

 £U,000 How prohtable iriigition of tli i i n. ,i i . m l)e 



^ tlu tgures supplied t.y Mr J L (twn.Ui M^nduu rh. woik 

 of this desciiption done on the Corron,' Kun W itb ui * vpt ndi 

 tun of very little over £1,200 Mr (Iwvdir succeakd mu .limiting 

 o^or 17,000 icros of grass land duun^r^^erv Hood m the Lxchlan 



annun?, the (ost of i.ri^atiiu' in icn imounted to onl\ three 



ftguresgnenbj M,' Ow uhr,\t^Ll u "th it th< p,ohts")t th( hrst 

 y«;vr'boper\tionof the works moM th in ( o\« k d tli« « ntu outliy 



