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ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Much data have been contributed to this report by public and private offices without which the Department would have been wholly unable to produce this volume. The Department desires to publicly express its sincere appreciation to the parties who, through the furnishing of these data, have made it possible to increase the service to the public severalfold, in publishing this -report. FOREWORD. The legislature of 1921 appropriated $200,000 for an investigation of California’s water resources by the State Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation. Accordingly, an engineering investigation has been completed and a report transmitted to the legislature on January 1, 1923. The great mass of data collected and the complex analyses thereof made it advisable to present much of the information in separate volumes. Pour of these are in print, entitled: A ppendix “ A ” A ppendix “ B ” A ppendix 1 ‘ C ” A ppendix “ D ” “ Plow in California Streams.’ ’ Bulletin No. 5, State Department of Public Works. “ Irrigation Requirements of California Lands.” Bulletin No. 6, State Department of Public Works. “ Utilization of the Water Resources of California.” Bulletin No. 7, State Department of Public Works. “ Relation of Settlement to Irrigation Development.” Bulletin No. 8, State Department of Public Works. Chapter 889 of the 1921 Statutes, which authorized this investigation, provided for the appointment by the Governor, of a Consulting Board to advise with the Department in their endeavors. The following were appointed by Governor Stephens: J. C. P orkner, Chairman Peter Cook Jonathan S. D odge B. A. E tcheverry H arry H awgood If. A. K luegel R obert B. Marshall H. D. M cGlashan O. B. Tout EH S. W ebb Additional advice on the technical features of Appendix “ A ” to this report has been sought by the Department from : C. E. Grunsky L ouis C. H ill Charles D. M arx H. D. M cGlashan