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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2016-03-21","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1915]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0059871\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nEEPOET\nOF\nWater Eights Branch\nOF   THE\nDEPARTMENT OE LANDS\nHON. WILLIAM  R.  ROSS,  K.C.,  Minister\nWILLIAM YOUNG, Comptroller\nFOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 ST\n1914\nTHE GOVERNMENT OF\nTHE PROVINCE OF BRITISHCCLUMBIfl.\nPRINTED BY\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.\nVICTORIA, B.C, :\nPrinted by William H.  Ctjllin, Printer to ths King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1915.  \u25a0 Victoria, B.C., January 28th, 1915.\nTo His Honour Frank Stillman Barnard,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nHerewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Eeport of the Water Eights\nHranch of my Department for the year ending December 31st, 1914.\nWILLIAM E. BOSS,\nMinister of Lands. Water Bights Branch,\nDepartment op Lands,\nVictoria, B.C., February 1st, 1915.\nThe Hon. William R. Ross, E.G.,\nMinister of Lands, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014In submitting the report of the Water Eights Branch for the year 191:!'.\nit was recommended that in future reports be issued biennially, with interim reports\non the intervening year; 1914 being such, I accordingly have the honour to submit\nfor your consideration an Interim Eeport. Stream-measurement data, which will\nform a separate bulletin, will be issued at an early date.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nWILLIAM YOUNG,\nComptroller of Water Rights..  Intake  on  Capilano   River,  Vancouver  City   Waterworks. REPORT OF THE WATER RIGHTS BRANCH.\nVictoria, B.C., December Slst, 1914.\nMon. William R. Boss, K.C.,\nMinister of Lands, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to report on the administration of the Water Rights Branch of the\nDepartment of Lands for the year ending 1914. Owing to the work in many instances being\nplanned to cover several years, this report sets out the progress that has been made during the\nyear. Accompanying this report and forming a part hereof will be found that of J. F. Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Investigation.\nOrganization.\nIn my report for 1913 attention was called to the work of reorganization. The general plan\ntherein outlined has been followed throughout the present year with promising results. The\ncongestion that existed in the Department early in the year through lack of office-space was\ncorrected by the removal of the Geographic Office to the main building. The resulting conditions\nfrom the enlarged quarters have meant, in respect of each department, a rounding-out of system\nand greater efficiency. The co-operation of head office, district offices, and Board of Investigation\nhas been very satisfactory, there being few delays in any phase of the work.\nThe broad scope of the work has, in reorganization, made necessary a division of responsibility. While the opening of district offices and the appointment of District Engineers has made\npossible effective administration, the many problems of an engineering nature that continually\narise have shown the necessity for close central supervision. During 1913 the Comptroller carefully followed all phases of the work, but during the season just closed the position of Chief\nEngineer was created in order that field and office work could be more closely followed. E. Davis\nwas accordingly assigned to the position and has fulfilled requirements in a very satisfactory\nmanner.\nIn the month of November I-I. W. Grunsky's term of employment with the Department ceased.\nDuring the time he spent with the Department he dealt with many important matters. Tlie\norganization that has been built up may be said to rest entirely on his recommendations in respect\nof almost every phase of administration. Particular mention may be made of the outline for\norder of work; the amendment of the \" Water Act,\" providing machinery for administration; the\n\" Irrigation Corporation Act,\" and investigation of important questions in respect of the Railway\nBelt. Briefly, the Department is fortunate in having had the services of one with such a wide\nknowledge of water administration throughout the world. As a number of problems still remain\nto be dealt with, the Department could not do better than remain in touch with Mr. Grunsky.\n\" Water Act.\"\nDuring the session of 1914 the \" Water Act\" was again amended and important sections\ndealing with irrigation added. In amending the Act the sections were rearranged so that\nprocedure could be more easily followed. A number of sections that referred to railways, on\npoints already covered in the \" Railway Act,\" were omitted, and in order that there should be\nno confusion in respect of irrigation legislation, the \" Dyking, Drainage, and Irrigation Act\"\nwas amended to omit any reference thereto.\nThe new sections refer in particular to power companies, water bailiffs, beneficial use,\ncarrier companies, irrigation communities, mutual water companies, land and water companies,\nand public irrigation corporations. Under the present Act it is no longer possible for a power\ncompany with the minimum of capital permissible under the \" Companies Act\" to stake a\nvaluable water-power requiring a large amount of money for development. The effect of this\nhas been to discourage the staking of power-sites for speculative purposes.\nThe sections in respect of water bailiffs and beneficial use completed the administrative\nmachinery so necessary in districts where irrigation is largely practised. Although the season\njust closed has been one of the driest on record, contentions have been but few, and where such\nexisted these sections had the desired effect of bringing about co-operation in a distribution of H 6 Department os7 Lands. 1915\nwater that was in the interest of the community at large. Briefly, administration is now possible\nin contentious districts where in other years our hands were, in a measure, tied.\nUnder the Act of 1913 and previous Acts, no adequate provision was made for dealing with\nthe carrier companies, the result being that many of such are operating without proper authorization. To get over this difficulty a section was incorporated in the Act of 1914 under which\nrules and regulations could be formulated at the discretion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.\nIt was necessary that the section be drawn in this form in order to deal with the varying conditions that existed in each instance. The rules and regulations for such companies have now\nto be drawn, and it is hoped that before another irrigation season they will be ready. This is a\nmatter of considerable importance, as the companies have much at stake on the one hand, and\nthe purchasers of land under these systems have rights on the other hand, and it is desirable\nthat any rules and regulations formulated should in their application be just and equitable for\nall parties concerned.\nThe several new sections in respect of irrigation have filled a long-felt need. The effect\nhas been to encourage co-operation not only among small users, but in large communities. In the\nlatter respect the sections dealing with public irrigation corporations are of importance. At\nthe present time a number of petitions for formation of these corporations are in hand, and a\ngreat deal of preliminary work has been done. The progress made is particularly referred to\nhereinafter.\nA revision of forms has been completed to conform to the requirements of the Act. New\nrules and regulations have also  been  prepared.\nRules and Regulations.\u2014During the year 1913 the rules and regulations were carefully\nprepared and adopted as the working standard in the office. They were referred to leading\nauthorities throughout the continent for criticism, and many interesting letters were received,\npractically all of which were not only favourable, but complimentary. By Order in Council\nthese rules were adopted on January 13th, 1914, and we have now had a year's experience in\nadministration under them.\nThe experience gained has suggested some alterations, principally a difference in the treatment of small and large water-users. It has been found that the survey-construction period had\nnot the desired effect. Accordingly, it is proposed to eliminate this period in all cases except\nthat of large users for power purposes. Some changes are necessary in order to make the rules\nconform to the language of the \" Water Act\" of 1914, which adopted new terms here and there,\nand which cause a change in section references. In the new draft to be submitted no important\nprinciple in the existing rules and regulations is altered.\nRailway Belt.\u2014The administration of Crown waters in the Railway Belt, whether in the\nright of the Dominion or in the right of the Province, has progressed fairly satisfactory. There\nare many questions, however, remaining to be settled that have an important bearing on the\nadministration in general.   These have been already submitted and should receive early attention.\nUnder the \" Railway Belt Water Act\" the revenue derived from administration of waters\nin the right of the Dominion, less the cost incurred in connection therewith, is to be paid to\nthe Receiver-General of Canada. The cost to date has been considerably in excess of the\nrevenue, and a report accordingly has been submitted to the Department of the Interior at\nOttawa. The most important question to be considered in arriving at the revenue is the determination of whose right the recorded water is in, whether in the right of the Dominion or the\nProvince. In a great many of the records and licences there is no doubt, but, again, there are\nmany where the question is involved. If accounting is to be correctly dealt with, this point\nwill have to be settled, and is one of the questions referred to as having been submitted for\nconsideration.\nIndian Reserves.\u2014On many of the Indian reserves irrigation is practised more or less extensively. In every instance records and licences under the Provincial \" Water Act\" have been\ntaken out by the Indian Agents. Nevertheless, there are many complex conditions that can only\nbe dealt with by there being provision in the Dominion Statutes whereby Provincial administration of water on reserves will be recognized. There are instances where contentions exist on\ncreeks that both whites and Indians are interested in, and the situation cannot be handled otherwise than under the provisions of the \" Water Act.\" There has always been very satisfactory\nco-operation between the Water Rights Branch officials and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs\nand his Agents, and this co-operation has been broadened recently by the issue of an order by the 5 Geo. 5 Water Eights Branch. H 7\nSuperintendent that permits of entry on reserves of our District Engineers in the exercise of\ntheir powers under the \" Water Act.\" In view of several cases now before the Department, it\nis obvious, as already stated, that only by provision in the Dominion Statutes recognizing our\nwater administration in its general application to water rights on Indian reserves can all matters\nbe equitably dealt with.\nOrder of Work.\nThe order of work laid down in 1912 and 1913 has been closely followed in all districts.\nEngineering investigation of old records on which so much time and effort was spent during\n1913 is now well advanced and should be complete during the coming season. In view of this,\nmore attention can be devoted to following out the order of work which means so much to\nwater-users, and which is the very foundation of proper administration.\nDuty of Water.\u2014This line of work is down as third in our order. Its importance is becoming\nmore and more obvious. During the Western Canada Irrigation Association Convention held at\nPenticton in August, and which was attended by a number of our District Engineers, advantage\nwas taken of the presence of Don. H. Bark, of Idaho, to hold a short conference with him to\ndiscuss the best way in which this work should be carried on in British Columbia. It may be said\nof Mr. Bark that he has for a period of five years made a special study of this problem in Idaho,\nand his reports are said to be the most important literature on the subject in America to-day.\nThe procedure followed by him in Idaho was to select farms in different districts and out of each\nchoose 15 acres. Each 15 acres was again divided into three 5-acre plots, on which measurement of the water used was made. These three plots were sown with the same crop, but different\namounts of water were applied to each. The yields of the different crops were then compared.\nThe farmers in all cases co-operated and worked the plots as they were doing the rest of the\nfarm, with the exception, of course, that varying quantities of water were applied and each was\nmeasured by Mr. Bark's assistants. Needless to say, considerable interest was aroused among\nthe water-users, the information gained being greatly to their advantage.\nThe procedure followed by Mr. Bark goes to show that the only way in which economy in\nthe use of water can be brought about is by actual demonstration under departmental supervision.\nThe introduction of rotation under the Act of 1914 during the past season is an example of this;\nfor there is no doubt that had the matter been left entirely in the hands of the water-users to\ntake advantage of the Act, nothing would have been done. When taken in hand by the District\nEngineer and the duties of the Bailiff, either assumed by him, his assistant, or the appointee\nof the licensees, the demonstration left an excellent impression. Consequently, if duty of water\ninvestigation is to amount to anything, it must be as outlined by Mr. Bark, and under the supervision of one who has had agricultural training and some knowledge of soil, and who will have\nthe co-operation of the District Engineer and his assistants.\nDomestic Water-supply.\u2014During the season of 1913, owing to contentions among waterworks\nlicensees, it was necessary to make special surveys before equitable decisions could be arrived at.\nThe importance of this work became obvious, and during the season just closed an understanding\nwith the Provincial Board of Health was reached to ensure co-operation under the Health and\nWater Acts in respect of applications for waterworks licences. When a waterworks application\ncomes in now, the Medical Health Officer will not submit an analysis of the water until he has\nthe Water Rights Branch report on the stream.    The report covers the following points:\u2014\n1st.   Determination of watershed area:\n2nd. Extent of  run-off:\n3rd. Investigation of water rights already granted on the stream and the use to which\nthey  are put:\n4th. Report on timber:\u2014\n(a.) To what extent timber as a whole is a factor in the regulation of stream-\nflow ;\n(6.)  Determination of merchantable timber;\n(c.) Alienated timber:\n5th. Investigation of alienated lands:\n6th. Investigation of other rights, if any.\nFrom the information thus supplied the Health Officer, in his approval of the water, is in\na position to call attention to what precautions must be taken to guard against contamination. H 8 Department op Lands. 1915\nArtesian Wells.\u2014During the season an investigation was made of artesian wells, those in\nparticular situated in the Fraser River Flats. The information gathered is of much interest and\nis briefly reported on hereinafter. In view of the important position irrigation has reached in\nthe Province, it is reasonable to expect that in the near future there will be a considerable expansion in this kind of farming. This investigation was particularly carried on that all information\nobtainable might be gathered in the event of drilling being undertaken on large areas of Crown\nlands which may be said to be lying dormant because of lack of water. Furthermore, the investigation has shown that this class of investment, practically new to this Province, in well-drilling\nfor underground water supplies and development, has in a few years quietly grown into a large\nand important enterprise, in which considerable capital has been invested and risked and important interests created mostly by individual farmers. Further, that this position has been reached\nwithout legislation or departmental control. It has been brought to the notice of the Department that several of these interests had been encroached upon, in some cases entirely destroying\ntheir value; so that those wells which formerly gave a good supply are now going dry. It is\ntherefore implied that this state of affairs is due to the fact that there is no control of wells\nnor the waters flowing from them, as those which have been drilled lower down the slope are\nflowing and being permitted to flow, thus causing the wells above them to go dry owing to what\nis clearly a waste of water. From all the information gathered, this waste is due to a misapprehension in capping and controlling the flow of these wells.\nIn connection with this is the ail-important matter of encroachment on and interference with\nnot only the natural resources of the Province through overdevelopment by tapping, using, or\nwasting the water due to uncontrolled flow of uncapped wells, but interference with the interests\nof individuals or corporations in these waters.\nUntil this investigation was made there was no information available regarding these wells,\ntheir number, position, and quantity of flow. Investigation of what has been done in other\ncountries shows that artesian-well drilling is largely under Government control; and the conclusion arrived at is that if the best interests of the community at large are to be served,\nthen subterranean w7aters should be vested in the Crown and provision accordingly made for\ntheir administration.\nThe points which stand out for early consideration in this investigation, therefore, are:\u2014\n1st.   The need for control of subterranean water as a natural resource of the Province.\nThis control will mean, among other things:\u2014\n(a.)  Topographic  surveys;\n(b.) Geological reports;\n(c.) The adjudication on and the protection of present interests and the prevention of interference with such; also the prevention of waste and the injury\nresulting  therefrom;\n(d.) Regulations for engaging in such enterprises and the proper conduct of\nthe same:\n2nd. The importance of guarding against overdevelopment by drilling more wells than\nthe area and capacity of any basin will stand.\nProspective Work.\u2014As already stated, the investigation of artesian wrells had for its object\nthe gathering of information that would be of value when considering drilling on bench lands\nthroughout the Province that are to-day lying dormant because of lack of water. While on the\none hand there are great tracts of land of this nature, on the other hand there are many thousands\nof acres of estuary and swamp land that only require dyking or drainage to bring about development. Practically all this estuary and swamp land is in the right of the Crown, and some\nknowledge of its extent may be had from the Surveyor-General's reports. Considerable progress\nhas been made in reclamation of lands of a similar nature in the Railway Belt. Mention may be\nmade of the dyking districts under Provincial supervision, viz.: Chilliwack, Matsqui, Maple Ridge\nhigh land and low land, Coquitlam, and Pitt Meadows No. 1 and No. 2; in all, comprising some\n43,000 acres. And there are at present four schemes in progress\u2014two at Pitt Meadows, the\nSumas project, and the project in the Columbia Valley near Golden. These schemes involve\nmany thousands of acres of excellent land.\nEstuary and swamp lands are widely separated throughout the Province, and their vast\nextent is not fully realized. While not all swamp land is suited for agriculture, there are many\nthousands of acres that can be reclaimed and made fit for cultivation by the building of simple Plume and Plume  Bridge at Jordan  River,  Vi\n.ncouver  Island Power  Company,  Limited.\nAmbursen   Dam   on   Jordan   River,   128   teet   high   (highest   Anibursen   Dam   in   Canada),\nVancouver   Island   Power   Company,   Limited.\nAmbursen  Dam on Jordan River,  showing spillway.  5 Geo. 5\nWater Eights Branch.\nH 9\nengineering structures. It is essential that engineering data be secured, and while complete\nsurveys are not immediately necessary, reconnaissance under engineers of good judgment would\nclearly indicate what the conditions are. This information, though preliminary, would be conservative, and, in the circumstances, would encourage further investigation by capital.\nIt is proposed to carry on during the coming season, under the supervision of the several\nDistrict Engineers, preliminary investigations of estuary and swamp lands. When it is considered that the cost of reclamation of these lands varies from a few dollars to about $100\nper acre, such preliminary investigation would clearly indicate what the conditions are and\nundoubtedly hasten reclamation.\nHydrographic Surveys.\nThe British Columbia Hydrographic Survey is now well established. Practically all the\nimportant rivers and streams in the south half of the Province are under observation. Gauging\non many of the smaller streams is also being carried on, but where intensive studies are necessary, particularly on streams of which much of the water is recorded for irrigation purposes,\nthe observations are made by our District Engineers, and the reports submitted to Victoria.\nBulletins.\nThe annual reports of 1913 and 1.914 are the only publications that have been issued for\ngeneral distribution by the Water Rights Branch to date.\nBulletin No. 44, on \" Irrigation,\" issued by the Department of Agriculture, has been largely\ndistributed among water-users by our District Engineers. It has been well received and shows\nthe necessity for more of a similar nature. To this end a bulletin on the construction of small\nirrigation-dams has been prepared, and in due course will be printed.\nIn respect of hydrographic work, a bulletin will be shortly issued which will contain precipitation and stream-flow data. That this issue should be as complete as possible, information\ngathered by the several hydrographic surveys, water-power companies, and others will be made\nuse of.\nTwo publications for departmental use were issued in 1912; one, entitled \" Instructions to\nField Parties,\" by Dr. S. Fortier and H. W. Grunsky; the other, entitled \" Instructions relating\nto the Gathering of certain Preliminary Information respecting Water-powers,\" by A. V. White.\nThese publications have served their purpose in bringing about uniformity in the field-work.\nThe time is now opportune for a \" Use Book,\" that would be of service not only to administrative\nofficers, but to all interested in water rights.\nInformation in respect of water resources might appear from time to time in bulletin form.\nAlthough much has been written on the subject, and the \" Water-powers of British Columbia,\"\nby the Commission of Conservation, is to appear shortly, it is doubtful if any valley has been or\nwill be written up in the detail that is often looked for. Our District Engineers have submitted\nconsiderable data, and we are accordingly in a position to prepare publications on some valleys.\nSuch might present not only the facts in respect of water resources, but the practice of irrigation,\npower possibilities, Crown lands, and forests. We also have considerable data on swamp and\nestuary lands, also dyking districts, which has been compiled from various sources and which\nwould form an attractive bulletin.\nGENERAL OFFICE.\nIn respect of the General Office, C. A. Pope has the following to report:\u2014\nApplications dealt with in the office were as follows:\u2014\nReceived.\nGranted.\nWithdrawn\nand\nrefused.\nPending.\nApplications for licences under Part V. of \"Water Act\"..\n609\n195\n49\n461\n120\n10\n190\nTotals  \t\n853\n591\n190\n72\nIt will be noted that more applications for licences were disposed of than were received.\nThis is accounted for by the fact that we have disposed of some old applications, a number of\nwhich have been pending three or four years.   In the figures shown above of applications received H 10\nDepartment op Lan'ds.\n1915\nunder Part V., 134 applications are included that had been filed in Kamloops under the Provincial\nAct before administration was assumed by the Province in the Railway Belt.\nIn addition to the above, the General Office has handled 1,007 orders and determinations of\nthe Board of Investigation, made up as follows :\u2014\nFilial orders       97\nConditional orders      292\nCancellation orders  338\nPermit orders     280\nWith each one of these orders the original record fo which it relates has to be endorsed and\nthe proper entries made in the register and index, and the local Recorder instructed as to what\nentries he has to make. In addition to the above, with all final and conditional orders the\nComptroller's licence has to be made and entered. In each instance in this respect the rental\ndue had to be computed and a statement and rental sheet made out.\nIt will be noted that the revenue for 1915 is for seven months. The reason for this is that\nunder the rules and regulations adopted by Order in Council No. 58, 1914, the fees are now for\nthe calendar year. As the rental period under the old rules ended with May 31st, in order to\ncomply with requirements the fees for the remaining months of 1914 were collected. A considerable amount in fees is outstanding, but it is expected that the present year will see many of\nsuch paid up to date, in which event the revenue of the Branch will show a considerable increase.\nIn our system of payment of accounts for field expenses this year a change was made.\nWhere formerly vouchers were paid by the Treasury, they are now paid direct by this Branch.\nFor the purpose a Treasury advance was made in the same manner as to the Government Agents.\nThis has entailed some extra work, but it has meant time saved in making returns to our Field\nEngineers and promptness in payment of the accounts of merchants and others. For that\nportion of the fiscal year from April 1st to date, our accountants have prepared 2,126 vouchers\nand issued in connection therewith 1,897 cheques.\nAccounts.\nThe following tabular statement shows the comparative revenue of this Branch:\u2014\n1910.\n1011.\n1912.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\n$   250 00\n200 00\n510 00\n1,283 00\n860 00\n740 OO\n$       2 00\n9 00\n16 92\n128 33\n20 85\n37 00\n$     890 00\n370 00\n9,055 00\n704 00\n26,758 00\n4,144 00\n$       2 51\n82 80\n669 93\n176 28\n6,432 96\n305 56\n$     910 00\n460 00\n5,394 00\n3,399 00\n3,631 00\n2,998 00\n40 00\n$        14 40\n104 97\n1,361 34\n1,433 76\n9,427 46\n675 15\nMineral waters\t\nMiscellaneous*\t\n$3,S43 00\n$214 18\n$41,921 00\n$7,670 04\n$16,832 00\n$13,017  OS\n1913.\n1914.\n7  Months  ending\nDecember 31st, 1914.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\nRecord\nFees.\nRentals.\n$     480 00\n230 00\n2,910 00\n2,415 00\n13,810 00\n1,990 00\n40 00\n$         7 00\n102 05\n1,439 90\n1,588 53\n12,033 77\n747 35\n1 00\n$     350 00\n270 00\n3.9S0 00\n1,310 00\n7,493 00\n750 00\n10 00\n$     493 50\n455 60\n3,082 14\n1,881 60\n16,969 71\n2,179 30\n21 25\n2,758 84\n$     42 00\n4 00\n224 50\n1S3 OO\n$       S7 25\n67 65\n982 96\ni osi in\n37 50 i    12,525 90\n1,474 35\n2 00\n1,483 76\nMining   \t\nMineral waters   ....\nMiscellaneous*\t\n$21,875 00\n$15,919 60\n$14,163 00\n$27,841 94\n$491 00\n$17,704 97\nIncludes  clearing streams,  certificates  of approval ot undertaking 5 Geo. 5\nWater Eights Branch.\nH 11\nTotal record fees and rentals of 1910   $    4,057 18\nTotal record fees and rentals of 1911    49,591 04\nTotal record fees and rentals of 1912   29,849 OS\nTotal record fees and rentals of 1913   37,794 60\nTotal record fees and rentals of 1914   42.004 94\nTotal record (seven months) fees and rentals of 1915  18,195 97\nTotal revenue, making the sum of   $181,492 81\nThe following statement shows the mail received and sent out during 1914:\u2014\nYear.\nReceived.\nDaily\nAverage.\nSent.\nDaily\nAverage\nParcels\nMailed.\nJanuary   \t\nFebruary   \t\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMay\t\nJune  \t\nJuly   \t\nAugust  \t\nSeptember\nOctober\t\nNovember\t\nDecember\t\nTotals\n922\n900\n940\n1,140\n1,100\n1,265\n1.145\n1,090\n1,030\n975\n730\n736\n29\n29\n30\n37\n35\n42\n37\n35\n34\n31\n24\n29\n1,054\n979\n1,199\n1,221\n1.255\n1.507\n1.317\n1,330\n1,357\n1,190\n928\n890\n11,97?\n14,227\n34\n34\n38\n40\n40\n50\n42\n43\n45\n38\n31\n35\n557\n72\n597\n128\n158\n132\n179\n68\n110\n65\n40\n45\n2,151\nThe present staff of the district offices and field consists of sixteen. During the season these\nemployed seventy-nine men for periods exceeding one month, and 106 for periods of less.\nThe main office staff has been considerably reduced, as several were members of the Militia\nwhen war was declared, and a number have since volunteered and been accepted. In all, eight\nare with the First Contingent. The staff at present is as follows: Executive, 3; clerical staff,\n20; Office Engineers, 3; draughtsmen, 9.\nExpenditures.\n12 Months ending March\nSlst,   1914.\n9 Months  ending December\n31st,   1914.\nSurveys\u2014\nFieldmen, salaries\t\n,, expenses \t\nMiscellaneous\u2014Camp equipment, instruments, etc\t\nStream-gauge readers\t\nB.C. Hydrographic Survey\t\nWater-power    Investigation    (Commission    of\nConservation)    \t\nBoard of Investigation\u2014\nSalaries\t\nExpenses\t\nClimatic statistics, rainfall, etc\t\nKootenay reclamation   \t\nExpert assistance\u2014\nSalaries\t\nExpenses\t\nPublic irrigation corporations  \t\nOffice salaries\u2014\nPermanent clerical staff  \t\nTemporary clerical staff \t\nDraughting Office and Office Engineers ..\nTotals  \t\n$48,066 64\n28,258 01\n7,649 28\n7,125 00\n2,791 05\n9,460 52\n960 85\n16,228 01\n4,294 50\n83,973 93\n2,122 63\n6,464 61\n9,916 05\n799 50\n657 85\n10,421 37\n20,522 51\n11,328 40\n$49,793 40\n30,534 67\n6,094 34\n1.561 28\n4,452 99\n4,349 99\n2,076 60\n6,956 04\n744 70\n13.604 39\n4,860 00\nS6.422 41\n6,014 27\n6,426 59\n614 75\n7,700 74\n8,432 97\n18,464 39\n11,356 30\n$146,206 S5\n$145,432 42 H 12 ' Department op Lands. 1915\nDRAWING OFFICE.\nThe work of the draughting-room, under the supervision of E. G. Marriott, has again this\nyear largely consisted of the compilation of plans and information for the use of the Board of\nInvestigation.\nThe location of 90 per cent, of the old water records and the arranging of them in stream\norder has been completed. About 70 per cent, of these records have been tabulated, and 55 per\ncent, of the completed sheets are ready for the Board. Five hundred and fifty standard water-\nrights maps showing the location of the works and the areas under irrigation or irrigable have\nnow been completed, an increase of 320 over last year, thus making approximately 65 per cent,\nof the total number required by the Board. Four hundred tracings to accompany the orders of\nthe Board have also been prepared.\nA commencement has been made on the preparation of final lists and maps which will show\nall records confirmed by the Board, and also licences issued since March, 1909.\nA large amount of work has been done in supplying tracings and working up information\nfor the various Field Engineers and the public, compiling meteorological data, preparing cuts\nof engineering structures, compiling a list and accompanying map of the power-sites in the\nProvince, and many other things of a general character.\nA considerable amount of work of a technical nature has to be done in the issuing of new\nw7ater licences and the approval of the plans of the works proposed to be constructed.\nThe following applications and licences were examined and reported upon :\u2014\nApplications for licences    603\nApplications for approval of plans (under licences and permits)     195\nApplications for clearing streams         3\nApplications for change of work         6\n807\nConditional licences issued  233\nFilial licences issued       3\nApproval of plans of works granted    120\n356\nThere are at present upwards of 1,000 applications in various stages of completion, 600 of\nwhich are applications in the Railway Belt made to the Dominion Government.\nBesides the above, there are 144 applications for approval of plans filed by claimants to old\nwater records in pursuance of orders of the Board. Of these, sixty have been completed and\neighty-four are now well in hand.\nIn addition to the above, plans of twenty-eight large schemes have been inspected. These\nplans were for all classes of works\u2014i.e., power, waterworks, irrigation, etc.\nA number of special inspections and reports have also been made by Engineers sent out from\nheadquarters.\nDISTRICT OFFICES.\nOwing to the fact that in several of the Engineers' districts the work for the Board of\nInvestigation had been practically completed during 1913, more time was available for general\nadministrative work, and, as shown by the number of letters handled by the Penticton Office\u2014\ni.e., 722 inward and 657 outward\u2014the water-users are taking advantage of the local Engineers\nto assist them generally in the use of water. The District Engineers have assisted a large\nnumber of applicants in making out the forms necessary when acquiring a right to the use of\nwater.\nHowever, by far the most important work of the Engineers has been the settling of disputes\namongst water-users. In practically every district disputes of a more or less trivial nature have\noccurred, and the Engineers are to be congratulated on the success which has attended their\nefforts, as in nearly every case a settlement of the dispute has been brought about on the ground.\nIn a good many cases the ill-feeling was of long standing.\nOwing to the scarcity of water during the latter part of the season in most of the streams\nused for irrigation, the Engineers have been called upon repeatedly by the users to say who Sounding Raft  used  on  Loch   Lomond   (Seymour  Lake).\nPalls  on   Seymour  River,  above  A'ancouver  City  Waterworks   Intake.\nIntake Dam, Port Alberni City Waterworki  5 Geo. 5 Water Eights Branch. H 13\nshould have the use of the water. Needless to say, considerable tact has to be exercised when\nhearing these cases, as the early record-holders maintain that they are entitled to the whole of\nthe flow. Generally, the Engineers have, by a system of rotation\u2014that Is, by allowing one party\nthe use of all the water in the stream for one or two days per week\u2014so apportioned the water\nthat each gets a reasonable quantity to use. These efforts have been highly appreciated by the^\nwater-users themselves, and when more of them see the benefit to be derived from the system\nthey will no doubt call upon the Engineers to inaugurate a similar arrangement on the stream\nthey use.\nOn one or two streams it has been necessary to appoint an independent water bailiff to\nregulate the headgates, as the farmers could not agree amongst themselves who should act as;\nBailiff. However, as more of the water-users realize that the Engineers have power to regulate\nthe diversion, they will see that it is to their advantage to fall in line with the least possible\ndelay.\nThroughout the season a number of inspections have been made of the works being constructed by licensees. Up to the present this phase of the Engineers' duties has not received\na great deal of attention, but now that the work for the Board of Investigation is so well,\nadvanced more time will be given to it.\nENGINEERING INVESTIGATION.\nWater-supply to Cities, Towns, etc.\nThis phase of the wrork of the Department is increasing in importance, as it is very evident\nthat with the growth of the towns and cities of the Province great care must be exercised in\ngranting licences which may ultimately seriously affect domestic water-supply rights.\nA number of reports and investigations have been made during the past season, and the\nwork is bound to increase.    A summary of the work done is as follows:\u2014\nGreater Vancouver.\nThis is by far the most important work done by the Department along these lines this season..\nIt was primarily brought about by the District of South Vancouver petitioning for a reduction\nof the water record held by the District of North Vancouver.\nThe field-work done this season was a continuation of that commenced last season. W. C.\nSmith continued the survey of the headwaters of the Capilano River, Seymour and Lynn Creeks.\nDetail traverses and topographical features, including the catchment-basins of each lake, as\nwell as the cross-section, etc., of each dam-site, were obtained of the following lakes:\u2014\nBurwell Lake.\u2014Area, 100.4 acres, with catchment-basin of 920 acres, at the headwaters of\nSeymour Creek.\nSeymour Lake or Loch Lomond.\u2014Area, 104 acres, with catchment-basin of 575 acres, at the\nheadwaters of Seymour Creek.\nPalisade Lake.\u2014Area, 135 acres, with catchment-basin of 740 acres, at the headwaters of\nCapilano River.\nLynn Lake.\u2014Area, 4 acres, with catchment-basin of 460 acres, on Eynn Creek.\nKennedy Lake.\u2014Area, 18 acres, with catchment-basin of 200 acres, on Lynn Creek.\nDetail plans, etc., of work are now in hand and will be completed during the coming winter.\nA. E. Jamieson and assistants commenced a contour survey of the area lying between the\nwesterly boundary of the District of West Vancouver and the North Arm of Burrard Inlet.\nThis was not finished; the district lying between Seymour Creek and the North Arm remains\nto be surveyed. On completion of the work it will be possible to determine with reasonable\naccuracy the areas which could be served with water from the existing intakes of the various\nsystems now in use.\nSechelt.\nW. C. Smith made an examination of Chapman Creek with a view to supplying the village\nof Sechelt with water for both domestic use and for power purposes. Although no storage-\nsites are available, it appears that the low-water flow of the stream is sufficient to supply the\ncommunity with water for both purposes for some time to come. H 14 Department of Lands. 1915\nPort Alberni.\nW. C. Smith also made an examination of China Creek, from which Port Alberni draws its\nwater-supply, primarily with the object in view of ascertaining whether this water-supply is\nlikely to be contaminated or not. It was found that the watershed does not lend itself to\nagriculture, and that there is very little likelihood of the water being contaminated.\nDuncan.\nF. W. Knewstubb investigated Holt Creek (formerly called Sutton Creek) with a view to\nascertaining whether the stream is suitable for augmenting the' supply of the City of Duncan,\nand also as to what power might be available. The trend of his report, which, as he states, is\nbased on only one year's stream-measurements and no very definite precipitation data, indicated\nthat there is probably sufficient water for 5,000 inhabitants, with a possibility of further increase\nby storage in one of three reservoir-sites which he investigated.\nGreenwood.\nOwing to the deficient and unreliable water-supply to the City of Greenwood, C. Varcoe\nmade an investigation of the waters of Jewel Creek and Lake (formerly known as Long Lake)\nin order to determine the advisability of diverting this water into the city system. He reports\nthat by raising the present high level of the lake 1 foot sufficient water could be stored to serve\nGreenwood during the low-water periods. To store this water it will be necessary to build an\ninexpensive dam. The water w7ould be required to be diverted out of Jewel Creek near the\nnorth boundary of Lot No. 252, and carried by means of a ditch or flume about three miles long\nto the Providence Creek reservoir.\nFernie.\nH. B. Hicks made an examination of the watershed of Fairy Creek, from whence the City\nof Fernie derives its municipal supply. The owners of the timber limits on this watershed\nintend to cut all timber that is merchantable, and the examination was made in order to\ndetermine what possible effect this might have on the water-supply.\nCranbrook.\nH. B. Hicks commenced an examination of the water-shed of Joseph's Creek, which is used\nby the City of Cranbrook. Owing, however, to the inclement weather the survey was not\ncompleted.\npublic irrigation corporations.\nThe Legislature, by the passage of the \" Water Act, 1914,\" in respect of the above institution,\nhas opened up a field whereby the water-users control their own irrigation systems. Considerable\ninterest was manifest in the Okanagan Valley in this portion of the Act, and several petitions\nhave been filed with the Minister of Lands for the incorporation of districts.\nThe engineering information necessary to be secured for the Board of Investigation before\nthe incorporation of a district is generally as follow7s: A survey and thorough investigation of\nthe streams from which the water-supply is to be drawn. This includes a traverse and profile\nof each stream, surveys of the catchment-basin, and possible storage-sites, as well as systematic\nmeasurements of the flow of the creek if not already established. The contouring of the land\ninside the territorial limits in order that a scheme of construction might be outlined and its\nprobable cost.\nO. F. D. Norrington has had charge of the surveys necessary for obtaining the above information for three of the proposed corporations\u2014i.e., those at Ellison and Glenmore, Westbank\nand Naramata.   In respect of the work done, Mr. Norrington reports as follows:\u2014\nThe Ellison Public Irrigation Corporation.\nThis was the first petition towards incorporation filed under the new Act. The area of land\nInside the proposed limits is 3,000 acres. At a meeting held in the Ellison School-house towards\nthe end of May, it was decided to let this petition stand for the time being and consider a much\nlarger area, which would include the Glenmore District and the land under the Kelowna Irrigation Company's system out of Mill Creek.    A second petition was accordingly prepared for a 5 Geo. 5 Water Eights Branch. H 15\ndistrict to be known as the \" Kelowna Public Irrigation Corporation.\"    This necessitated investigation of the whole of the Mill Creek watershed, as well as that of Scotty Creek.\nThe Kelowna Public Irrigation Corporation.\nThe area of land inside the proposed limits under this petition is approximately 16,000 acres.\nThe district as originally proposed, which is situate about seven miles north-east of the City of\nKelowna, proposed to take its water from Scotty Creek, a tributary of Mill Creek. This creek\nhas therefore been carefully investigated and surveyed with a view to locating desirable storage-\nsites. While one party, under C. C. Allen, was employed on this work, another, under A. P.\nAugustine, was contouring the irrigable area in the proposed district. Five-foot contours were\nrun on the land lying under an elevation of 2,000 feet; above this, where the land was more\nsteep and broken, 20-foot contours were obtained. In all, about 5,000 acres were contoured,\nwhich work necessitated the running of sixty-five miles of traverse and the taking of over 12.000\nstadia shots. It is of interest to note here that the cost of this contouring works out at 3S cents\nper acre.\nThe possibility of obtaining an extra supply of water from Mission Creek has been looked\ninto, a line having been run out of Mission Creek from the falls near Rice's Ranch. An expert\nfrom the Agricultural Department was also employed in accordance with the requirements of\nthe Act to make investigations and report regarding the soil values of the proposed district.\nWestbank Public Irrigation Corporation.\nThe area of land proposed to be included in the above district is approximately 13,000 acres;\na quantity of this will, however, without doubt be excluded on account of its roughness and high\nelevation. The water-supply is to be obtained from Powers Creek, of which a complete survey\nhas been made by W. M. Hayes. This has consisted of a traverse and profile of the creek to its\nsource and detailed surveys of all possible storage-sites, with their catchment areas. The land\nwhich is to be irrigated has been contoured at 10-foot intervals by A. P. Augustine. The plotting\nof this work is now in hand and will be completed this winter.\nNaramata Public Irrigation Corporation.\nHere it is proposed to include in the district all that land lying between Shoot Creek on the\nnorth and Four-mile Creek on the south, comprising some 5,000 acres, of which about 2,100 are\nunder the existing system owned by the Summerland Development Company. It is not intended\nat present to construct any new works for the conveyance of water, but to create sufficient storage\nto meet the requirements of the district. The necessity for storage here is most apparent, and\ntherefore the following creeks and their watersheds have been surveyed by W. A. Cameron:\nRobinson Creek, Naramata Creek, Shoot Creek. Several storage-sites have been located on the\nlast named.\nThe South Vernon Public Irrigation Corporation.\nThe district suitable for incorporation is situate about two to four miles to the south\nof the City of Vernon. The area comprises in all about 3,250 acres. It is proposed to either\nobtain its water-supply by pumping from Long Lake or from the system of the White Valley\nIrrigation Company from Jones Creek, a tributary of the Shuswap River. The engineering\ninformation has been obtained jointly by W. R. C. Morris and E. F. Gould, and includes a\ntopographical survey of the area inside the proposed territorial limits and the profiles of the\npipe-lines necessary to convey the water either from Long Lake or the White Valley system.\nThe interests of this district are so interwoven with the whole Coldstream Valley that it\nwill probably be desirable that one public corporation be formed. Information is now being\nobtained by the Department along these lines in the event of the larger district being considered.\nNicola Valley.\nIn between the towns of Merritt and Nicola there is a considerable acreage of land at present\nlying dormant for need of water. Those interested have from time to time conferred with the\nDepartment as to the best solution to the problem. During the season of 1913 a careful investigation of Clapperton Creek was made to ascertain what the storage possibilities were. A\npermanent weir was also built in the creek that careful measurement of stream-flow might be\nsystematically made. Topographic survey of a portion of the land was made with a view to\nascertaining what use might be made of Nicola Lake as a source of supply.    Recently at a H 16 Department of Lands. 1915\nmeeting of the united Boards of Trade of Merritt and Nicola it was definitely decided to file\na petition for a public irrigation corporation, but before so doing it was considered desirable\nto make a short investigation in respect of water-supply for the town of Nicola and the best\nmethod of taking care of the many small garden-plots that are dependent on irrigation. With the\ninformation thus obtained, those interested will be in a position to come to a better conclusion\nin respect of the proposed petition.\nMUTUAL WATER COMPANIES.\nTwo cases have up to the present come before the Department where it is the intention of\nthe water-users to form a mutual water company under the \" Water Act, 1914.\" It is probable\nthat little is known as yet by the water-users of the advantages which can be obtained under\nsections 161, 162, 163, and 164. Under these sections two or more farmers who hold licences may\nform a company, which may obtain a licence for \"conveying purpose \" to construct and maintain\njoint works (division and storage), and generally carry on the distribution of the water to the\nbest advantage of all. The shares in the company are appurtenant, to the land, and are therefore\nin proportion to the amount of land held by each licensee. It is very evident that if there is a\nthorough understanding as to who is to look after the maintenance and control of the various\nditches and be responsible to the shareholders for the distribution of the water, there is far\nless likelihood of friction amongst the users.\nThe most prominent case at present where the licensees intend to form a company is at\nHeffley, about fourteen miles north of Kamloops. The licensees on Heffley Creek and its tributaries are forming this company in order to control the distribution of the water from this\ncreek. This includes control of the water stored in Heffley Lake, the dam at the outlet of\nwhich had already been constructed jointly. There were several conflictions as to the respective\nrights of each of the licensees on the stored water, and as long as each party was working\nindependently a satisfactory working arrangement could not be arrived at.\nAt a meeting of those interested the public irrigation corporation provision of the \" Water\nAct, 1914,\" was discussed; in fact, it was primarily the object to form a corporation. Since the\nlands in question, however, are in the Railway Belt and the Act of 1914 does not apply, it was\npossible to agree on co-operation under the 1913 Act, which is in force. The work accomplished\nin the conservation of water and the general investigation of the lands affected are preliminaries\nthat may be made use of when the time comes to form a corporation, if those interested so decide.\nThe farmers using Heffley Creek water are to be congratulated on dropping their individual\ndifferences and consolidating together.\nThe other case is at the Okanagan Mission, near Kelowna, and is rather different to the\nHeffley company. At the Mission the difficufty has been the division of the water and maintenance of a ditch and flume which is at present used by a number of farmers. It is more than\nprobable that the differences of opinion can be satisfactorily settled if they form a company and\nhave recognized officers.\nMention may be made of steps being taken for the organization of a water-users' community\non Botanie Creek, near Lytton. Here three water-users are co-operating in the construction of\na dam and the establishment of a system of rotation whereby each will get their share. To help\nthis co-operation along the necessary engineering investigation was made and which is again\nreferred to hereinafter.\nRECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS FOR STORAGE-SITES.\nDuring the past season considerable information has been obtained relative to the available\nstorage-sites on a number of streams. Owing to the fact that practically all streams in the Dry\nBelt which are used extensively for irrigation have a rapid run-off and are dry during the latter\nportion of the irrigation season, it necessitates that the flood-water be conserved wherever possible, and with that object in view, Engineers, whenever available, have been engaged on that\nwork.    A summary of the work done is as follows:\u2014\nBotanie Creek, near Lytton.\u2014F. W. Knewstubb investigated the storage possibilities of\nBotanie Lake, at the headwaters of this stream. The site was contoured and the capabilities\nof the site determined. The farmers of Botanie Valley have now got together and are erecting\na dam on the lines outlined by the Department.\nHeffley Greek, near Kamloops.\u2014The headwaters of this stream were investigated by one of\nW. R. Pilsworth's assistants and valuable information obtained. ''iSot- \u00ab\u2022\nt|K\nmH                 il&tfil\nPvlvf^''\n:filMss;:\nlfv>-' -\"fl plfS\n9M|\n^V?l \u25a0? '*'' ' -\nMRE\nr\n\u2022\n<rtt||ifl-!\n\"\n('anyon  on  Nanaimo  River.\nChapman  Creek,  Sechelt Waterworks  System.\nIrrigation  Plume,   the  Columbia  Valley  Orchards,   Limited.  5 Geo. 5\nWater Eights Branch.\nH 17\nFourth of July Creek, near Grand Forks.\u2014C. Varcoe, the District Engineer of Grand Forks,\ninvestigated this stream, but failed to find any sites which could be economically developed.\nJewel Lake and Greek, near Greenwood, and McMynn Lake, near Myncaster.\u2014Both of these\nstreams were investigated by C. Varcoe for storage possibilities.\nScotty Greek, near Kelowna,\u2014C. C. Allen investigated the possibilities of this stream. His\nreport states that no large sites which can be economically developed were found.\nSawmill Creek, at Okanagan Mission.\u2014W. A. Cameron investigated the possibilities of the\nheadwaters of this stream for storage purposes.\nPower Creek, at Westbank, Okanagan Valley.\u2014W. M. Hayes investigated this stream and\nhas surveyed the possible storage-sites.\nMcDougall Creek, near Westbank, Okanagan Valley.\u2014A. P. Augustine investigated this\nstream, but failed to find any storage-sites of value.\nTrout Creek, near Summerland, Okanagan Valley.\u2014A. P. Augustine also investigated this\nstream, and obtained information about two favourable sites. Owing to the short season at\nthese headwaters he was unable to complete his surveys.\nRobinson, Naramata, and Shoot Creeks, Okanagan Valley.\u2014These streams were investigated\nby W. A. Cameron and information relative to several storage-sites obtained.\nWindermere, Shustoap, Worth Vermilion Creeks, Columbia Valley, East Kootenay.\u2014O. J.\nBergoust made reconnaissance surveys to the headwaters of these creeks, but failed to find any\navailable storage-sites of value. A very limited amount may be secured in some of the lakes on\nWindermere Creek, but not of sufficient extent to warrant much expense for dams. These creeks\nare an important source of supply for a considerable area of land near Windermere, so that\nstorage, if found economically feasible, would have been an important factor in enlarging this\narea.\npower possibilities op streams.\nThe work along this line has not received a great deal of attention owing to the fact that\nthe other work of the Department has been of more immediate importance.\nNelson District.\nW. J. E. Biker reports that the Board-work of the last two years has brought him into\nclose contact with approximately forty small hydraulic-pow7er developments, the majority being\ndesigned for mining and milling purposes. In many cases advantage has been taken of the\nopportunity in obtaining details of cost of construction. This data will in due course be rounded\nout, as the information will undoubtedly be of assistance to those who contemplate installation\nof small plants.\nNanaimo River.\n*\nNanaimo River, on Vancouver Island, has been surveyed closely by F. W. Knewstubb,\nassisted by A. J. McPherson, in order to be abfe to judge whether the works proposed to be\nconstructed by a power company would utilize the river to the best advantage. The survey\nconsisted of a traverse and profile of the main river from Cassiday Canyon up-stream to and\nincluding the lakes. A general map showing topographical details on a scale of 1 inch to 500\nfeet and with profile is being completed. The details of the dam-sites are shown on an enlarged\nscale.\nThere do not appear to be any concentrated falls, but apparently, with storage in the two\nlakes, four power-sites might be developed, namely\u2014\nPower-site.\nHead.\nAvailable\nHorsepower.\nCassiday Canyon to Wellington Collieries Bridge \t\n110\n230\n150\n80\n5 000\nWellington Collieries Bridge to South Fork Road Bridge  \t\n11,300\n6 800\nSouth Fork Road Bridge to South Fork\t\n3,000\nTotals  \t\n570\n26 100 H 18\nDepartment of Lands.\n1915\nGauging-stations have been established and records will be kept of the run-off in order to\nestimate more closely what power is actually available.\nHolt Creek, at Duncan, V.I., was also investigated for power possibilities in conjunction\nwith the investigation of the domestic wrater-supply by F. W. Knewstubb. It was found that\napproximately 340 continuous horse-power might be developed, although the cost, including the\nnecessary storage, may possibly be high.\nSutherland Creek, a tributary of Christina Lake, was surveyed by C. Varcoe, of Grand\nForks, who found a total fall of 870 feet in two and a half miles. However, further investigations of the watershed may be necessary, as well as the keeping of systematic stream-\nmeasurements.\nBugaboo, Salmon, Frances (No. 3), Forster (No. 8), Horse Thief, and Toby, in the Columbia\nValley, and Pallister Creek, in the Kootenay Valley, were investigated by O. J. Bergoust. Owing,\nhowever, to the rough character of the watersheds, etc., further investigations will be necessary.\nSeveral sites appear available which would warrant more complete surveys. A summary of\nthese are as follows :\u2014\nCreek.\nDistance   from\nMouth.\nFalls.\nTotal\nFall.\nDistance.\nRemarks.\nBugaboo Creek   ....\n2   miles    \t\n115 ft.\n100 ft.\n0.30 mile\nTwo falls separated about a quarter of a mile. Fall about 90\nfeet to mile above and below\nfalls.\n,,\n8   miles   \t\n50 ft.\n400 ft.\nSeries of small falls at the trail\ncrossing. Deep narrow rock\ncanyon about 70 feet high\nbelow falls.\n\u201e\n16   miles    ....\n37 ft.\nCreek-banks gentle slopes between\nfalls.     Suitable for fluming.\n17   miles   ....\n12 ft.\n115 ft.\n1 mile\nSouth Fork Bugaboo\n%   mile   above\n160 ft. in\n3,000 ft.\nSeries of steep rapids.     Fork has\nCreek\nforks\nabout half the flow of Bugaboo\nCreek.\nNorth Fork,  Salmon\n6  miles   \t\n234 ft. in\n1,200 ft.\nGreater   part   of   this   is   in   rock\nCreek (near Spilli\ncanyon, the bottom of which is\nmacheen )\ninaccessible.\nDitto    \t\n2   miles   above\n100 ft. in\n146 ft. in\n600 ft.\n1,500 ft.\nSouth Salmon   \t\nThrough     canyon ;     rock     walls.\nforks\n900 ft.\n3 miles\nProm Botts Lake to forks.\nTaken with aneroid.\nNo.      3     Creek     or\n21   miles above\n20 ft.\nStraight\nThis  was  reported  by  Mr.  Ross,\nFrances   Creek\njunction with\nNo. 2 Creek\ndrop\nTimber  Inspector.\nNo.      2      Creek     or\n2   miles    \t\n85 ft.\n135 ft. in\n500 ft.\nNarrow rock gorge above falls, in\nForster Creek\nwhich dam 85 feet high could\nbe constructed.\nDitto    \t\n65 ft. in\n650 ft.\nSeries  of small  falls.     High  rock\njunction with\nwalls below falls.\nNo.  3 Creek\nHorse Thief Creek. .\n25 ft.\n44 ft. in\n500 ft.\nGood dam-sites 80 to 100 feet\nhigh at Miles 11 and 18 (on\nwagon-road mileage).\nNorth    Fork,    Horse\n229 ft. in\n1,250 ft.\nPlow of creek  about one-third of\nThief Creek\nHorse Thief Creek.\nDitto    \t\n4   miles   above\n200 ft. in\nMontezuma Falls.\nNorth Fork\nToby Creek   \t\n111\u00a3   miles   . .\n35 ft. in\n600 ft.\nCreek not prospected along its\nwhole course on account of\nbridges   being   burned   out.\nPalliser River\t\n3   miles   above\nKootenay\nRiver\n8   miles   \t\n46 ft.\n176 ft. in\n4,500 ft.\nTotal fall made up of rapids and\nfalls.    Deep canyon below falls.\n30 ft.\n75 ft. in\nVi mile\nPalls   known  as  Devil's  Hole  on\naccount     of     water     dropping\nthrough  a  hole.\n\u201e               \t\n10  miles   ....\n52 ft.\n104 ft. in\n2,000 ft.\nNarrow7 cany7on with perpendicular walls about 20 feet apart\nfor   1,500   feet  below  falls.\nARTESIAN   WELLS.\nIn view of the importance of and the extent to which the enterprise of drilling for water has\ngrown in the Fraser River District, it was considered advisable to ascertain the facts. George\nAnderson was accordingly detailed on this work, and he reports as follows:\u2014\nWork was commenced in April, 1914, continuing until December, and covered an area\nincluding Vancouver City, the Municipalities of North, South, and West Vancouver, Point Grey, 5 Geo. 5 Water Eights Branch. H 19\nBurnaby, Maple Ridge, Richmond, and the Districts of the Delta, Surrey, and Langley; in all,\nsome 310 square miles.\nThe work comprised visiting the various districts mentioned, interviewing parties, and\nmaking local inquiries in search of wells, then locating, inspecting, and getting particulars of\neach well.\nIn addition to this, there were some 500 aneroid readings taken, but for the most part they\nare of no great value, owing to lack of a base of stationary instruments and the fact that most\nof the wells are at an elevation of sea-level to above 20 feet at high water, and consequently\nthere is only a slight difference between their elevations\u2014i.e., slight as regards aneroid levels.\nIn a number of cases the levels have been obtained from the Great Northern and British\nColumbia Electric Railway engineers for points on their respective lines adjoining the localities\nwhere some of those w7ells are situated, and other levels can yet be closely enough checked for\nthe purpose of this investigation from figures promised by those engineers. The present position\nof artesian-well drilling is as follows:\u2014\n(1.) Work done by Provincial Government.\u2014At the Prison Farm, Burnaby, 1 w7ell; at the\nCustoms-house on Pacific Highway, 1 well; at the Cloverdale Road Department store-shed, 3\nw7ells; total wells drilled by Government, 5.\n(2.) Undertaken by Private Individuals.\u2014In this class some 268 wells were drilled, representing 177 separate interests, in which in some cases there are combinations of interests. In\ntwo cases two individuals have combined to develop water on the property of one of them.\nIn two other cases water is given free from wells to neighbours who have put in the necessary\npiping, conveyed the water from the wells to their places, in one case 1,700 feet away. In\nanother, one well supplies ten houses and a livery-barn free, except to one user, who is charged\n50 cents per month. On quite a number of the ranches it was found necessary to drill from two\nto three, and in one case five, in another six, and in yet another eight wells before water was\nfound in sufficient quantity. The investigation showed that of the 266 private wells, only 165\nwere flowing and discharging some 1,355,400 gallons per 24-hour day.\nSome of these wells discharge as follows: Gallons per 24-hour day, 30,000; 50,400; 72,000:\n79,000; 100,000; 150,000. All the wells in this class are flowing under natural pressure, and\nmost of them deliver the water at 3 to 6 feet above ground-level; in other cases from 10 to 26\nfeet above. In one well the water, when first tapped, overflowed from a 2-inch pipe at 40 feet\nabove ground-level.    One well threw a 5%-oz. stone about 3 feet above ground-level.\nThe balance of these private wells are either failures or the water has not been under\nsufficient pressure to make it flow above ground, but merely rise and stand in the pipe, in\nsome cases at ground-level.\n(3.) Undertaken by Corporations.\u2014Under this class of ownership a large quantity of water\nhas been developed by means of sixty-nine wells drilled for, or by twenty-seven corporations.\nOf these, eleven are capable of discharging 332.700 gallons per day under natural pressure above\nground-level, and other 1,159,900 gallons are pumped daily from thirty wells.\nOf these eleven flowing wells, ten discharge some 32,700 gallons under natural pressure above\nground-level, and one well, which when opened discharged about 300,000 gallons per day, is now\ncapped and not used; it was drilled for gas and oil.\nGeneral.\u2014It should be pointed out that 101 wells in Cloverdale and Langley Districts discharge a total of some 450,492 gallons per clay, whilst the total requirements of the seventy-four\ninterests dependent on this water amounts approximately to 50,000 gallons per day. As these\nwells are all running uncontrolled, it can be seen that some 400,000 gallons per day are running\nto w7aste.\nIn one case a well in Cloverdale drilled for a ranch, the requirements of which would not\nexceed 1,000 gallons per day, has been running 79,000 gallons per day, and this amount alone\ncould have met the requirements of the whole of Cloverdale and the immediate surroundings\nfor some years to come. But in and around Cloverdale some thirty-six wells have been drilled,\nthirty-three of which discharge 109,000 gallons per day, the total cost of these wells being $5,800,\nwhereas the well which discharges 79,000 gallons cost about $150.\nThe flow of many of the wells has decreased and nothing has been done to try and improve\nthem.\nThe total number of wells located was 356, of which 345 were in British Columbia and\neleven in the United States, south of the boundary-line and adjoining Hazelmere artesian area. H 20 Department op Lands. 191;\nI inspected 312 in British Columbia and eleven in the United States. Particulars of those in\nBritish Columbia are as follows : Some 300 wells, depths total drilling, lineal feet 62,844 = 11.75\nmiles; 206 wells, discharge total gallons per day, 2,848,000; 209 wells, total cost, $63,900.\nThe wells drilled are mostly 2 and 3 inches in diameter and from 25 to 300 feet deep. A\nsmall number range from 350 to 600 feet deep. The capital invested in order to get one flowing\nwell on each ranch\u2014above ground-level\u2014has been from $75 to $1,000. This expenditure included\nin some cases the cost of drilling two and three wells, and in two cases six and eight wells,,\nbefore one flowing well was secured delivering sufficient water above ground-level.\nThere are also some twenty-five wells ranging in diameter from 6 to 8 inches and in depth\nfrom 25 to 1,100 feet, and one of 12 inches in diameter and 1,480 feet deep. These large wells\nwere drilled for industrial and public supplies, town or municipality, and five of them were\ndrilled to test for gas and oil.\nA number of dug wells w7ere also inspected, these having been described, as were many\nothers, as \" drilled wells \" ; but, as they did not come within the present investigation, nothing\nwas done in the way of getting particulars, as I confined myself strictly to the drilled wells,.\nlocating and inspecting same.\nThe investigations clearly prove that there has been a large and important development in\nthe drilling of artesian wells\u2014including five for oil\u2014throughout the ten districts mentioned, more\nparticularly in the Surrey and Langley Districts, where some 270 wells have been drilled.\nThe inspection of wells drilled for oil was done under the belief that they were drilled for\nwater, and it was only after I had seen them and had made inquiries that I discovered they\nwere drilled to test for oil- and gas-bearing ground. Although drilling for oil did not come\nwithin the scope of my investigations, I considered that the information and data which could\nbe gained from the inspection of those wells, although very incomplete, was sufficiently valuable\nto warrant my tracing out and securing, so long as it was available from those still left who-\nknew something of the history of the wells and could give me particulars.\nThe investigation proves that there are underground w7ater-bearing areas, widely scattered'\nover the ten districts referred to, which can be economically tapped to supply large quantities\nof excellent water. In the Richmond, Surrey, Delta, and Langley Districts there are evidently\nvery extensive ones carrying large bodies of water, in some cases under great pressure, but a.\nstudy of the well \" logs \" shows that there is great variation in the daily flow, pressure, and\nquality of the well-water, even of those in close proximity to each other.\nAs no geological survey has been made of the section of country investigated, there is no\ninformation or advice available about the underground waters of these localities in regard to>\nextent, source, and permanence or otherwise. Only after a proper geological investigation is\nmade can those points be ascertained, and (a) that the conditions exist which are essential to\nthe development of this industry on a safe and permanent basis; (&) an estimate be formed\nof the possible value of any artesian belt; and (c) the risk of injury or loss due to depletion\nthrough overdevelopment and uncontrolled flow of water from uncapped wells. This waste can \u25a0\nbe measured in dollars and cents, but the injury and loss due to it cannot be readily estimated,,\nalthough it must be very great, owing to the interests and industries affected thereby.\nIt may be broadly stated that if drilling is undertaken without the benefit of geological\nadvice, and what may be called ordinary business precautions, it will be more or less of a.\ngamble, particularly in opening up new districts.\nThere is as much need for knowledge regarding the existence and value of these underground water-bearing areas and restrictions regarding them and their waters as there is for\nknowledge of the flow and discharge of streams and the value of these and other surface waters\nand the restrictions regarding their development and use.\ni\nDUTY   OF   WATER   INVESTIGATIONS.\nReference has already been made to the importance of this work, also how it should be-\ncarried out if the greatest benefits are to obtain. No such plan has as yet been decided upon,\nfor the reason that the best results could not obtain until the old records had been adjudicated\"\nupon and the way, so to speak, cleared for effective administration. Nevertheless, during the-\nseason of 1913, C. Varcoe carried on some investigations in the Grand Forks District, the results-,\nof which appear in the Annual Report for that year. 5 Geo. 5\nWater Eights Branch.\nH 21\nDuring the season just closed, O. J. Bergoust has, with the co-operation of the Dominion\nExperimental Farm at Invermere, Columbia Valley, kept measurements of water used on four\nptots of % acre each.    He reports as follows:\u2014\nThe four plots were separated by a narrow strip of non-irrigated soil. Three different crops\nwere raised and showed good results. The conditions of soil and slope were very uniform.\nWater was furnished out of the Canterbury ditch, and through a specially constructed removable flume to the experimental plots. At the tipper end of each plot was placed a weir-box\nthrough which the water passed to the place of use. All waste water was measured by portable weir in a waste ditch at the lower end of the plots. The table which accompanies this\nreport gives the results of these experiments.\nDuty7 of Water Experiments.\nI\nrrigatmg\nFlow.\n\u2022S.S\n02 02\n+J  rr\nor. 02\nri<i\ns\nfed\nEg\no\nOr\"3*.\n2\n02\na\n.Sg\nH> rj\n<\nNo. of\nPlot.\nCo\nmmenced.\nEnded.\nm\no\na\no\nas rr\nS'3\ns\n8,50\nsi a\n02 D\ne\n02\n02\na\no\ntr\nCJ\n% ac.\nA 1\nJune\nAug.\n24,   9    a.m.\n1,  8\n24, 7\n25, 7       ,,\nJune 24, 5    p.m.\nAug.     1,  5      ,,\n\u201e     24, 6\n\u201e     25, 6\n8\n0\n11\n11\n3%\n4%\n0.1389\n0.1899\n0.1899\n0.1899\n1.111\n1.709\n2.089\n2.089\n1\nNone\n0.07\n0.310\n0.231\n1.111\n1.639\n1.779\n1.858\n2 22\n3.28\n3.56\n3.72\nRoots.\nTotals\n6.908\n0.611\n6.387\n12.78\n% ac.\nA 2\nJuly\n6, 8    a.m.\n7, 8\nJuly    6, 5    p.m.\n,,        7,  5       ,,\n9\n9\n4%\n0.1380\n0.1890\n1.250\n1.709\nNone\n0.015\n1.250\n1.694\n2.50\n3.39\nOats.\nTotals\n2.959\n0.015\n2.944\n5.89\n3\/, ac.\nA 3\nJuly\nAug.\n8, 8    a.m.\n9, 7%   \u201e\n20, 2    p.m.\n21, 7    a.m.\n22, 7      \u201e\nJuly    8,  5    p.m.\n9,  1%   \u201e\nAug. 20,  6\n\u201e     21, 6\n\u201e     22, 5\n9\n6\n4\n11\n10\niVi\n4y2\n3%\n3%\n0.1800\n0.2191\n0.1169\n0.1169\n0.1389\n1.709\n1.315\n0.467\n1.286\n1.380\nNone\n0.116\nNone\n0.042\n0.310\n1.700\n1.199\n0.467\n1.244\n1.079\n3.42\n2.40\n0.93\n2.49\n2.16\nPeas.\nTotals\n6,166\n0.468\n5.698\n11.40\nV-i ac.\nA  4\nJuly\n9, iy2 p.m.\n10, 7 a.m.\n11, 7\nJuly     9, 5% P.m.\n\u201e      10,  6\n\u201e      11,  12     n.\n4\n11\n5\n4%\n4%\n4%\n0.2191\n0.2508\n0.2508\n0.870\n2.759\n1.254\nNone\n0.140\n0.116\n0.876\n2.619\n1.138\n1.75\n5.24\n2.28\nOats.\nTotals\n4.889\n0.256\n4.633\n9.27\nTotal water used on four plots, 19.662 acre-inches; i.e., 9.83 inches per acre. Soil, light chocolate-\ncoloured clayey loam, 12 to 14 inches deep; slight slope to the east.    Subsoil, coarse gravel.\nO. F. D. Norrington, has, with the co-operation of the Municipality of Penticton, kept\nmeasurements of the water diverted into the municipal system. The irrigation season was\nof 133 days' duration, and during that time 2,234 acre-feet were diverted. The land irrigated\nwas as nearly as possible 1,850 acres, so that 1.2 acre-feet were diverted for each acre of land.\nIt may be noted that practically all the land was bench land of a sandy-loam nature, and almost\nentirely devoted to orchards where clean cultivation was practised.\nMETEOROLOGICAL   WORK.\nJ. Monckton Case, who has had charge of the compilation of the above data, summarizes\nthe work of 1914 as follows:\u2014\nIt was recognized in 1913 that the information available at the Dominion Meteorological\nOffice for British Columbia, whilst excellent in detail, was not specially adapted to the needs\nof water-users. At the same time, much of the information was most valuable when worked\nup into a more adaptable form. H 22\nDepartment of Lands.\n1915\nWith this end in view and with the object of correctly tabulating the records of the\nProvincial stations, a permanent register has been prepared, wherein the various observations\nare entered and the individual readings averaged and analysed. Through the courtesy of the\nmeteorological authorities at the Observatory, Victoria, a large amount of information has been\nobtained and filed, and it is hoped to eventually obtain a complete record of the meteorological\ndata required by those interested in hydrology.\nWith a view to adopting a year more in harmony with the flow and dry periods of the\nrivers and streams, it was decided to commence the precipitation and temperature year on\nOctober 1st, and all the information supplied has been analysed on this basis. Precipitation in\nthis Province after that date usually remains on the surface and does not influence the flow\nof the rivers until the following spring and summer.\nUp to September 30th, 1913, forty-seven Provincial rainfall stations had been established;\nduring the past season thirty-two new rain-gauges have been sent out, making a total of seventy-\nnine stations regularly reporting. Most of these stations are situated in more or less inaccessible\npositions, four being on the Yukon Telegraph Line, where practically nothing is known of the\nclimatic conditions. The observers continue to take the keenest interest in their work, and\nmany of them send in valuable notes on phenological phenomena.\nLate in 1913 hygroscopic stations were established at 105-Mile House and Quilchena\nCommon; a third station was established in the spring of 1914 at Edith Lake, some twelve\nmiles south of Kamloops. The hygroscopic state of the atmosphere in its relation to plant-life\nrenders it advisable to study the subject in localities where irrigation is not practised and dry-\nfarming is the only method of husbandry possible.\nDuring the past summer the question of precipitation in the Dry Belts has received attention ; it was evident that a good deal of information as to droughts and their periodicity could\nbe obtained. Accordingly, the necessary basic data was obtained from Toronto, carefully\nanalysed and computed, and the results placed at the disposal of interested parties.\nThe precipitation during the past twelve months has, generally speaking, been above the\naverage on the Coast and below in the Interior.\nThe fall of 1913 was not marked by any excess either of wet or drought. January was an\nexceedingly wet month all over the country, and at the higher stations large quantities of snow\nfell. The spring and early summer received their fair share of moisture, but June on the wiiole\nwas dry, followed by a very dry July and August; during the latter month many stations recorded\nno precipitation. The result of the extreme lack of rain was shown by several large forest fires\nwhich did a good deal of damage. Fortunately, September, which opened dry, became very wet\nabout the 10th, and heavy rains were general, both on the Coast and in the Interior.\nThe following table compiled from information supplied by the Dominion Government shows\nthe variations of precipitation from the average at thirty-seven stations:\u2014\nTable or Precipitation.\nName  of  Station.\n1913-14\nPrecipitation.\nAverage\nPrecipitation.\nNo. of\nYears.\nAbove\nAverage.\nBelow-\nAverage.\nAgassiz   \t\nAlberni, V.I.   . .\nBarkerville\nBear Creek, V.I,\nChilliwack   ....\nClayoquot, V.I.\nCoquitlam\t\nCowichan, V.I.\nCranbrook \t\nDenman Island\nEnderbv   \t\nElko\t\nFerguson\t\nGolden   \t\nColdstream, V.I\nInches.\n60.34\n78.80\n41.4S\n'101.30\n59.39\n122.42\n06.55\n40.88\n13.94\n61.27\n16.32\n16.01\n49.S5\n15.70\nInches.\n60.66\n67.88\n34.61\n97.13\n60.71\n113.24\n71.53\n39.71\n15.23\n51.57\n19.24\n20.11\n49.55\n18.91\n65.18\n13\n18\n25\n3\n10\n4\n12\n9\n6\n6\n4\n3\n6\n7\nIS\nInches.\n10.92\n6.87\n4.17\n9.18\ni.iV\n9.70\n6.30\nInches.\n0.32\n1.32\n4.98\n1.29\n2.92\n4.10\n3.21\n7.63 5 Geo. 5\nWater Eights Branch.\nII 23\nTable of Precipitation\u2014Concluded.\nName   of   Station.\n1913-14\nPrecipitation.\nAverage\nPrecipitation.\nNo. of\nYears.\nAbove\nAverage.\nBelow\nAverage.\nGrand Forks   \t\nHedley\t\nHornby Island\t\nKamloops   \t\nKelowna, Okanagan Mission\nLadner   \t\nNanaimo, AM\t\nNass Harbour  \t\nNelson  \t\nNew Westminster\t\nNicola Lake \t\nNorth 'Nicomen  \t\nPenticton    '\t\nPoint Grey \t\nRevelstoke   \t\nRossland \t\nSalmon Arm   \t\nSaltspring Island   \t\nSummerland \t\nVernon   \t\nVictoria   \t\nWilmer   \t\nInches.\n15.89\n11.21\n58.58\n10.36\n14.84\n30.95\n38.46\n87.90\n27.79\n53.98\n11.86\n73.23\n12.38\n54.61\n41.14\n29.09\n17.06\n42.36\n11.64\n11.63\n26.81\n14.95\nInches.\n16.27\n12.57\n43.86\n10.40\n12.52\n34.48\n39.96\n80.02\n27.02\n57.05\n11.24\n74.78\n11.62\n59.19\n41.71\n29.06\n19.49\n38.46\n11.42\n14.73\n29.59\n13.34\no\n4\n4\n20\n11\n4\n11\n14\n10\n20\n13\n20\n6\n10\n10\n9\n7\n5\n6\n11\n40\n4\nInches.\n14.72\n2.32\n7.88\n0.77\n6.62\n6.76\n6.03\n3.90\n0.22\ni.6i\nInches.\n0.3S\n1.36\no.64\n3.53\n1.50\n3.07\n1.55\n4.58\n0.57\n2.43\n3.10\n2.78\nFrom a comparison of these thirty-seven Dominion stations for periods ranging from three\nto forty years it would appear that Hornby Island experienced the greatest difference, the\nprecipitation being 33 per cent, in excess of the average for four years, whilst Vernon suffered\na shortage of 21 per cent, below the average for eleven years.\nOwing to the very recent establishment of the Provincial stations it will serve no good\npurpose to include their returns at present. In a few years, however, their records will be as\nuseful for comparison and averaging as the stations in the foregoing table.\nThe precipitation records for Victoria, which date back over forty years, are being analysed\nand compared with the precipitation of other localities, and it is hoped by these means to obtain\nimportant data as to the average precipitation. This data is much needed by Engineers and\nother parties interested in water-development, whose information has, up to the present, often\nbeen of a piecemeal and purely local character.\nThe establishment of a standard average precipitation throughout the Province will be of\nthe greatest use as a check on isolated observations, and although it is obvious that only the\nsouthern districts can at present be dealt with, the beginning has been made and eventually\nthe whole Province will be included. Tables showing precipitation and temperature at the\nstations of the Dominion and Provincial Governments in the Province are appended to this\nreport; acknowledgments are due to E. T. Baynes Reed, Chief Meteorological Agent for British\nColumbia, for much of the information.\nENGINEERING-WORK  FOR THE BOARD  OF  INVESTIGATION..\nIn pursuance of the policy originally laid down, the task of clearing up the old records has\nbeen actively dealt with during the past season, and both District and Field Engineers have\ngiven the greater portion of their time to this particular work. The scope and nature of investigations were similar in character to those carried out in 1913, and at the end of the season\nnearly two thousand records had been investigated and reported on. To do this in an effective\nmaimer meant not only an extensive mileage to be travelled, but also an exhaustive and painstaking inquiry into each record, when often the only local evidence obtainable would be the\nmemory of an old-timer and the nearly obliterated traces of ditch or flume. With the exception\nof the Southern Okanagan and Similkameen Engineers' districts and the Grand Forks Engineer's\ndistrict, all the District Engineers had to supervise field panties on the work of investigation of H 24\nDepartment of Lands.\n1915\nwater records for the Board. These field parties were transferred from one district to another\nas the demands of the Board necessitated. The completion of this work for the Board is well\nforward.    A summary of the work done during 1914 is as follows:\u2014\nEngineer's  District.\nEngineer.\nNumber of\nRecords\nreported   upon.\nW. R. Pilsworth\t\n0. F. D. Norrington  \t\nC. Varcoe  \t\nW. J. E. Biker\t\n127\n625\n3\n471\nH. B.  Hicks   \t\n21\nNorth-East and North-West Kootenay  \t\n0.  J.  Bergoust   \t\nF. W. Knewstubb . \u25a0\t\nJ. F. Rowlands\t\nA. W. Campbell  \t\n34\n63\n235\n99\n23\n262\n\"\n1,963\nIn the Kamloops District Mr. Pilsworth was assisted, besides his assistants, by W. R. C.\nMorris and E. F. Gould in the Northern Okanagan, and also by I. Mackintosh, of Nicola, in and\naround Ashcroft.\nIn Engineer's District No. 1, which comprises Vancouver Island and all of the northern and\nnorthern interior parts of the Province, several Engineers have reported on a number of records.\nF. W. Knewstubb reported on the major portion of Vancouver Island, whilst F. A. Richardson reported on the southern extremity\u2014i.e., in the vicinity of Victoria.\nJ. F. Rowlands and assistants reported on records in the vicinity of Lillooet, and proceeding\nnorth went along the Fraser River as far as Meldrum Creek.\nA. W. Campbell spent the greater part of the season in the mining district near Barkerville.\nThe principal work remaining to be done for the Board is in the northern and northern\ninterior parts of the Province.    I should estimate that approximately 80 per cent, of the records\nhave now been reported upon, and the Board has considerable information at hand to keep it\ngoing for some time to come.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nf Your obedient servant,\nWILLIAM YOUNG, B.Sc, M.Can.Soc.C.E.,\nComptroller of Water Rights.\nREPORT OF THE BOARD OF INVESTIGATION.\nVictoria, December 31st, 1914.\nTo the Hon. William R. Ross, K.C.,\nMinister of Lands, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to report on the work done by the Board of Investigation during the\nyear ending December 31st, 1914.\nDetermination of Rights under Former Acts.\u2014The chief work of the Board has been the\ndetermination of these rights. During the years 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, the Board had confirmed 1,031 records, had cancelled 483, and had under consideration 932, and the records which\nhad not yet been set for a hearing were 4,814. During the year just passed, 1,469 records have\nbeen confirmed, 1,138 have been cancelled, and 1,246 are being held for further evidence or\ninvestigation, including 271 records granted for the use of the Indians. There are still 2,124\nrecords which have not yet been set for a hearing. Our Engineers have reported on many of\nthese records, and only about half will require to be examined by them during the coming year.\nI believe that the Board will be able to deal during the coming year with 75 per cent, of the Timber Dam  on Adams River,  Adams River Lumber  Company,  Limited.\nLogging Flume,   Robertson   Creek,  Nelson  District.  5 Geo. 5 Water Eights Branch. H 25\nrecords not yet set for hearing, and to complete the determination of all which are pending,\nexcept the Indian claims.\nThere has been some delay in issuing the formal orders of determination, as it was essential\nthat forms which would meet the varying conditions which have to be included in the licence\nshould be prepared and thoroughly studied before adoption. These forms were completed this\nyear and approved by the Department of the Attorney-General, and there will in future be less\ndelay in the issuance of the formal orders.\nRiparian Rights.\u2014Section 6 of the \" Water Act, 1914,\" requires every riparian proprietor\nclaiming any right to divert water or any right to the exclusive use of water for any purpose\nby virtue only of his being such riparian proprietor, on or before the 1st day of June, 1.916, to\nfile with the Board a statement of his claim.\nDuring the past year thirty-six such claims have been filed, but it is not proposed to deal\nwith such claims until the time for filing statements has expired.\nRenewal of Void Licences.\u2014Section 16 of the \" Water Act, 1914,\" authorizes the Board to\nrenew certain licences which have become void on account of the powers granted thereunder\nnot having been exercised. Forty-six applications have been filed, of which two have been\ngranted; twenty-seven have been refused, principally because they did not come within the\nterms of the section; and seventeen are pending.\nAmendment of Licences.\u2014Section 43 of the \" Water Act, 1914,\" provides that the Board may,\nafter notice to parties affected, amend licences which have been imperfectly issued or are\ninaccurate.    No applications have been made under this section.\nCancellation of Licence or Authority.\u2014Section 17 provides that in certain events a licence\nor authority for the diversion or use of w7ater may be cancelled. No applications have been made\nunder this section.\nApproval of Undertaking.\u2014Section 79 provides that the Board shall hear the petition for\napproval of undertaking and report thereon to the Minister. Thirty-four petitions have been\nfiled, of which sixteen have been granted and eighteen are still pending.\nAcquisition of Licences by a Municipality.\u2014Sections 13S, 139, and 140 provide that the\napproval of the Board is necessary when a municipality purchases or expropriates a licence. No\napplications have been made under these sections.\n\" Rivers and Streams Act.\"\u2014Section 142 provides that every person to whom any power or\nauthority has been granted under the \" Rivers and Streams Act\" who has not surrendered such\nauthority shall file a statement of claim with the Board. No statement of claim has been filed\nunder this section.\nUnder section 295 the Board may call on all holders of rights under the \" Rivers and Streams\nAct\" to file claims. The Board has not yet acted under this section, except in the case of Adams\nRiver, in the Kamloops Water District, where one such right was cancelled.\nSurplus Water.\u2014Section 156 provides that the Board may determine the manner and terms\nunder which certain licensees may dispose of the surplus water or power held under their\nlicences.    No applications have been made to the Board under this section.\nMutual Water Companies and Land and Water Companies.\u2014The Board has not been called\nupon to exercise its jurisdiction under sections 162 and 168.\nIrrigation Districts.\u2014The petition of the incorporation of the Kelowna Irrigation District\nhas been before the Board. It was found that sufficient information was not in possession of\nthe Board to justify the granting of the petition in its present form, and further engineering\ndata is being obtained. The Board feels that no scheme of the incorporation of an irrigation\ndistrict should be approved without ample information about the quantity of water which is\navailable and the probable cost of putting it to its intended use.\nAppeals.\u2014Since 1909 notices of appeals from decisions of the Board to the Court of Appeals\nhave been given in seven cases; of these, three have been discontinued, three have not yet been\nheard, and in one the ruling of the Board was reversed.\nI have, etc.,\nJ. F. Armstrong,\nChairman of Board of Investigation. 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H., on duty of water    7\nBoard of Investigation, expenditures of ... . 11\nDrawing Office, work for    12\nEngineering-work  for    23, 24\nKeport of Chairman   24, 25\nAppeals from decision of    25\nBritish  Columbia  Hydrographic  Survey   ... 9\nExpenditures on     11\nBulletins proposed for publication  9\nCase, J. Monckton, report on meteorological\nwork      21\nChief Clerk, C. A. Pope, report    9\nChief Engineer, E. Davis, appointment  .... 5\nCommission of Conservation  9\nExpenditure on     11\n\" Companies Act \"     5\nCranbrook   water-supply     14\nDavis,  E.,  appointment     5\nDistrict offices    12\nDomestic  water-supply     7\nRevenue from     10\nDrawing Office  12\nDuncan water-supply     4\nDuty of water, investigation   7, 20\nExperiments    20\nDyking, drainage, and irrigation    5\nNecessity for     8\nEngineers' districts    24\nEngineering investigation     13\nEngineering-work for Board of Investigation 23\nEllison Public Irrigation Corporation  14\nExpenditures  11\nExperimental Farm, Invermere    21\nExperiments on duty of water  21\nFernie water-supply    14\nGeneral Office, report on, by C. A. Pope ... 9\nGreenwood water-supply    14\nGrunsky, H. W 5, 9\nHeffley  Creek,  proposed  mutual water company    16\nHydrographic surveys     9\nIndian reserves, irrigation on  6\nIndustrial purposes, revenue derived from . . 10\nPage.\nInvestigation, engineering    13\nBoard of   23-\nIrrigation corporation, public  14\nIrrigation, revenue derived from    10\nExpenditure on public corporations  11\nKelowna Public Irrigation Corporation  .... 15\nLicences dealt with by the Board  25\nHarriot, E. G  12\nMeteorological work, report of J. Monckton\nCase on   21\nMeteorological  statistics   \t\n 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31\nMineral waters, revenue derived from  10\nMining,   revenue  derived   from   records  and\nrentals    10\nMunicipal  records  and  rentals,,   revenue  derived from   10\nMutual water companies    16\nNaramata Public Irrigation Corporation ... 15\nNicola,   proposed   public  irrigation   corporation   15, 16\nOkanagan  Mission,   proposed  mutual  water\ncompany     16\nPope, C. A., report of   9\nPort Alberni water-supply  14\nPower, hydraulic :\nRevenue derived from  10\nPossibilities in Nelson District  1.7\nPossibilities in Nanaimo District  17\nPossibilities in Grand Forks District  18\nPossibilities in Upper Columbia Valley ... 18\nPrecipitation 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29\nProvincial Board of Health, domestic water-\nsupply     7\nPublic irrigation corporation, expenditure on 11\nGeneral information 14, 15\nRailway Belt, effect of \" Water Act \"in ... . 6\nRevenue derived from  6\nApplications in   10, 12\nRainfall  22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29\nReconnaissance surveys for storage-site  16\nRevenue from Railway Belt  6\nRevenue of Water Rights Branch  10\nSechelt water-supply  13\nStaff of Water Rights Branch  11\nStorage-sites for water 16, 17\nVancouver, Greater, water-supply    13\nVernon, South, Public Irrigation Corporation 15\n\" Water Act,\" amendments  5\nRules and regulations  6\nWater bailiffs  13\nWater-supply to towns 13, 14\nWestbank Public Irrigation Corporation .... 16\nVICTORIA,  B.C. :\nPrinted by William: H.  Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1915.","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1915_V01_10_H1_H32","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0059871","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1915-12-31 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1915-12-31 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA REPORT OF WATER RIGHTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST 1914","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0059871"}