Irrigation Development: History, Customs, Laws, and Administrative Systems Relating to Irrigation, Water-Courses, and Waters in France, Italy, and ... of California, Irrigation and the Irrigatio

Excerpt from Irrigation Development: History, Customs, Laws, and Administrative Systems Relating to Irrigation, Water-Courses, and Waters in France, Italy, and Spain; The Introductory Part of the Report of the State Engineer of California, Irrigation and the Irrigation QuestionGovernor:Herewith is transmitted the First Part of my Report on Irrigation and the Irrigation Question. Accompanying it is a preface to the entire work, to which, with the introduction to the part now presented, I invite your attention for such explanations as it has seemed fitting to offer.This work was commenced during the administration of the Honorable Wm. Irwin, continued through that of the Honorable George C. Perkins, and has been in progress thus far within your own term.To the courteous, intelligent, and earnest cooperation of these former governors and yourself, under whose direction it has been prosecuted, allow me to attribute much of the success had in carrying forward and in bringing its results before the public.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.