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Floods in Woodhull creek. The flood-flow of this stream at Hill 

 tannery in April. 1869, was 4040 cubic feet per second (catch- 

 ment, 108 square miles ) , or at the rate of 37 cubic feet per second 

 per square mile. 



Floods in Moose river. The flow of this stream at Ager's paper 

 mill in April, 1869, was 12,644 cubic feet per second (catchment, 

 407 square miles j, or at the rate of ol cubic feet per second 

 per square mile. 



Floods in Otter creek. The now of this stream at Caster's 

 paper mill in April, 1869, was 1944 cubic feet per second (catch- 

 ment, 63 square miles), or at the rate of 31 cubic feet per second 

 per square mile. 



Floods in Independence creek. The flow of this stream at 

 CrandalFs paper mill in April, 1869, was 6200 cubic feet per 

 second (catchment, 93 square miles), or at the rate of 67 cubic 

 feet per second per square mile. 



Floods in Beaver river. The flow of this stream at Beaver Falls 

 in April, 1869, was 5382 cubic feet per second (catchment, 322 

 square miles), or at the rate of 17 cubic feet per second per square 

 mile. 



Floods in Deer river. The flow of this stream at Deer Kiver 

 in April, 1869, was 7881 cubic feet per second (catchment, 101 

 square miles ) , or at the rate of 78 cubic feet per second per square 

 mile. 1 



Floods in Osicegatchie river. The highest flood reported in the 

 Oswegatchie river at Ogdensburg (date unknown) gave a depth of 

 5.5 feet on the cresl of the dam. This depth corresponds to a dis- 

 charge of 15,500 cubic feet per second (catchment, 1609 square 

 miles), or to 10 cubic feet per second per square mile. 



Above the Black lake inlet the Hood discharge estimated from 

 highwater marks is 9000 cubic feet per second (catchment, 900 

 square miles), or at the rate of in cubic feet per second per square 

 mile. At Town Line bridge the flood discharge of Indian river 

 on September 28, 1900. was 29 cubic feet per second. 



lThe foregoing in regard to the flood-flows in 1869 in Woodhull crook. 

 Moose river. Otter crook. Independence crook. Beaver river and Deer river 

 is taken from the evidence relating to the Black river claims. 



A considerable number of the foregoing flood-flows are from table No. 124. 

 in the report to the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways, to whicl| 

 reference may be made for detail not given here. 



