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handle is hein.usccsset/usconset31250 and id is 1 raw text is: ±H -3-4 56TH CONGRESS, SENATE. DOCUMENT 1st Session. j No. 338. WATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMNITTNG, IN RESPONSE TO RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF APRIL 30, 1900, A COMMUNICATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEO- LOGICAL SURVEY RELATIVE TO INVESTIGATIONS BEING MADE OF THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PARTIC- ULARLY OF THE ARID REGIONS. MAY 8, 1900.-Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, .May 4, 1900. SIR: I am in receipt of Senate resolution of the 30th ultimo- That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, directed to transmit to the Senate a statement of the operations of the United States Geological Survey relating to the following items: The investigations being made of the water resources of the United States, particu- larly of the arid regions. The amount of money which has been or will be expended for this purpose in the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. The character of the information obtained. What steps are being taken, or should be, to make specific statements of the pos- sibility and cost of the reclamation of certain tracts, mapping the sources of water, location of canals and reservoirs, giving cost of these, location, and extent of lands to be reclaimed. What specific localities are under consideration for such surveys What amount of money will be required for the year ending June thirtieth, nine- teen hundred and one, to carry on the investigations of lands reclaimable. In response thereto, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey, dated May 2, 1900, to whom the resolution was referred, inclosing a report covering the information desired. Very respectfully, E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. The PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE UNITED STATES SENATE. S. Doc. 33-1

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