FIG. 7.-Daily discharge of Gila River at The Buttes, 1896.

11,000

10,000

9,000

8,000

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

Estimated monthly discharge of Queen Creek, Whitlows, Arizona.

The actual attained duty of water in Salt River Valley was approximately determined in the year 1895. According to figures furnished by the Arizona Improvement Company, about 60.000 acres were irri

gated on the north side of Salt River in that year. Of this, about 34,000 acres, or more than one-half, was in alfalfa; over one-fourth was in grain, and the remaining portion, or about one-sixth, was chiefly in fruit and garden or was occupied by streets and lots of