favourable circums 



ances in 



he northeri 



pla 



ns of Victor 



pumping plant in such cases 



was electee 



primarily for tl 



tion of crops, but a 









not requirec 

 land. The 



crops the supply w 



s turned 



on to the g 



rass 



this practice in on 





uired into 





that while 





he pastui 



e land car 



ied 



one sheep to 



in a fairly good sea 



son, with 



the watering th 



esamc land 



five sheep to an ac 



e every s 



eason. 







It is scarcely necessary to state that the circumstances under 

 wliich flooding the land is conducted the Lower Lachlan are ex- 

 ceptionally favourable, but there are many other similar cases to 

 be found in which the profit from irrigation, though, perhaps, not 

 so remarkable, would still afford a very satisfactory return on the 

 outlay. Such cases exist on a large scale on the Murrumbidgee, 

 the Darling, the Macquarie, and the Gwydir, and to some exteat 



From what has already been stated it may be safely concluded 

 — First, that the benefit arising from flooding the pasture land 

 has been practically demonstrated by nature ; second, that the 

 lesson taught by nature has been succe.ssfully acted on by the 



gravitation, and, third, that pumping water for the flooding of 

 pasture ' — ' , . . 



The prof 



for debate, 

 only point for cousideratio 

 he circumstances under which it is practicable. 



Remarks on Rates for Watek for Irrigation. 

 t is impossible to lay down a general rule as to the rate at 



•e. In fact, different crops require different quantities of water, 

 •hat the Indian system of charging according to the nature of 

 crops and the acreage has much in its favour. It may be 

 amed that in a fairly well-populated country where a demand 

 water exists, iri-igation will, as a general rule be confined to 



taly, Spain, France, and India. In the last-mentioned country 

 crops, for which the highest rates are charged, are sugar-cane, 

 S and indigo, tliese being the crops which require tlie largest 



icultural pi'uducts, (2) distance from market, (3) a fertile soil, 

 small rainfall, (,")) fairly uniform slope of ground, and (6) aB 

 ndant supply of water. The first five of these conditions are 

 plains, while, a^ 



