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    SUBJECT* Annual Report of Water U t ilit y to Public Service Commission of Nevada LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY BD 1-8 Omaha, Nebraska, June 7, 1938 Mr.^Wr"'R. Biiacken -_Xae Vegas* Referring to annual le tt e r on your f i l e W 18-6-2, in which you furnish information requested by this o ffic e fo r use in compiling Annual Report of Water U tilit y to the Public Service Commission of Nevada! The following s ta t is tic a l information was also furnished fo r the year 1937 by Mr* Strong’ s o ffic e (in former years by Mr* Knicker­bocker or Mr. Adamson) on their f i l e 9215-3-W* Maximum amount of water available - Sa l l ° ns Total diverted to Railroad and Ranch - 1,377,734,169 Total water sold or metered - 941,232,937 Total water unaccounted fo r - Non$ In accordance with the practice followed in compiling this Report fo r years prior to 1936 by the Auditor of the L*A*& S*L*R*R*Co* at Los Angeles, the following information was reported in answer to questions under the heading of "General S ta tistic s'', on Page 13 of the Report fo r the year 1937* 1* source of Water Supply * Two artesian w ells and -two / springs (as reported in your le tte r of February 5, 1938} 2* npn-yj-wnnn amount of water available - 2,318,967,106 gallons (as reported in Mr* Strong’ s telegram S-366, March 17,1938}; 3. Total water pumped or diverted from stream - None , (as reported in your le tte r of February 5, 1938) 4 • Total water sold or metered - 938,702,963 gallons (as reported in your le tte r of February 5, 1938) 5* T otal w ater unaccounted f o r - 1,380,264,143 "gallo n s * w ith re feren ce to footnote readin g "A v a ila b le w ater not used in C ity d iv e rte d to Las Vegas Ranch and used f o r ir r ig a t io n purposes* (t h is amount rep resen ts the d iffe re n c e between amounts reported f o r items 2 and 4)