242. Water supply reports, San Luis Valley farms for Rehabilitation Corporation

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R

port on

the

ater

Supply

or

the

J., •.

~einzer

Farm

noar La

J

ra

tor

the Hehabilit

tion

Corporation.

by

• ,

.

Code,

Associate

Irri nt1on J.mg1neer.

June

12, 1935

.

The

J.

F. einzer

r

or

160 ores is located 2

miles

south of L

Jarn,

just

oft'

the

main

high

ayt

in the south

-eat quarter of

Seet1on 26,

'I'.,

35N

.

, R

.

9E

.

Subirrigution is

pract1cod,

but the

fi~at

irrigation

e oh

yoar

is

done

by

flooding.

The

land 1s

1n xcellent

condition for both typos

of

irrigation; muoh time and money

have been spent in leveling

.

The area is tile drained

,

one such drain 12 1 hes in

diameter

and 7 fe

t

deep

being located on the east side of the property

.

Drainage

an /-4/J ./,.,,..,,,_,

and adequate control

"

h

ve beon

suooesstul..

·At the time

of

insp~otion,

May

31, 1935, plugs in

tho

drain

tile

had

been in

plnoc

for 3 days, en

tho

round ater

o stand•

ing

t

4

feat bolo

the

surfaoe.

It

es

ex eoted that

in a fe days

the ,ater

ould

rise to th desired depth

of

2 to

3 feet

.

Thew

tor supply for

this

farm

is

from

royo

Springs

through the

Arroyo

Springs

Ditch which

serves

1200

acres

of land

.

The

springs

are

natural outcrop ov r

.abou

t

200 acres

of

land

generally

located in

the

northeast

quarter

or

Section

31,

T

.

35 .

,

R

.

9E

.

Th

ae prings have oomo into existence ith1n

the

last 40 or

60 y

ars and do not seen

to

have a sourc

connected

1th irrigation.

since there is no irrigation

(41)

-2-ha gradually increased

in

volume and that from time to

time additional

appropriations have een made to those

lrea

y

existing. Records

or

thew ter co

1oner how

the rlo

or

the springs s follo s: Aug. 1922, ·32.0

eoond-feet; 1925

1

26 .

0 oeoond-feet; 1926, 21.0 eoond-foet;

1927, 28

.

5 second-feet; 1930,

28 .

8

31 .

2 0001d-teet.

cond

f

et; 1934,

The priorities of the Arroyo Springs Uitoh 1 the flow

from Arroyo Spring

are numbers

108 nd 115 in he follo

-ing list:

Date

ay

24,

I889

May 2s. 1889

:May 25 t 1889

Feb. ll, 1902

Feb,

11,

1902

Oot. 2, 1911

Amount

l

in second-feet.

!

.

tS§

-6

.

5

7 .

5 'l

.

O

29 .0

12 .

5 It 1s seen from this able that the springs are o

er-appropriated, and that priority No. 108 is the only

dependable one and hardly ad quate tor the tot l

rea.

Ho

level", in the past and

.

at the

present time, the full

amount

or

the appropriations has not be n used le vin an

ample supply for the Arroyo Springs Ditch

.

These 1 ds

aro in a water soaked rea and prob bl

y

d o not need a

l rge supply, but should the

ter be u od else

rhere

or

disposed of in some way, t ere

mi9ht

oomo a time lhen this

land woulu be

limited

to the first appropriation

.

In addition to the

rings wat r, the rroyo Dpring

Ditch also has a flood atcr right of 3 or 4 second-feet

.

in the Magota Ditch from the Conejos River

.

This ator

is not mentioned in the applic tion and is constdered of

(42)

-5-The temperature of

the

t r tro

the prings

!em

ins

about the

me the yo

r around and

bing

er th

n

river water

during the early

sprin months, it 1s

possible to irrigate 1th

it

t th t

1 e who

other

d

itches are frozed

.

r

.

Meinzer,

president

of

the Arroyo 'prin~s Ditch

,

reports that the int re tn in the itch aro represented

b3 1200 shares

of

stock of

llich

he owns 200. He states

tlmt hia

annua

saessm nt

io

· 30 hich

would

be

at

th

rate of

18

3 /

cants

per

acre

.

Mr

.

Meinzer allegoa that

th

r

is no

indebtedness

on

the

can

l system,

but

that

there is an unpaid 'bonded indebtedness of 3

.

00 per

acre

on tho dr inag

y

0

tom

.

The dato

or

maturit of the un

-paid bonds is

1942,

end

average annual payment

ill

be

75 cents per

e

r

until th

t

time

.

Ha

also

alle

ges

th t

the annual mainten nee ch rge on the drainage oystem 1

about

20 cents

.

per -ere

.

Structures on the

canal ares all

,

built of timber and

arc

in

fair to poor sh pe

.

·rho

replacement of any of

(43)

He port

or

the

iEl

ter

Suppl:r or

the u rmel Farm

in

t!10

San Luis Vallo for the

Hehnbi

li

tation

Corporation

.

by

\.

E. Code, Assoaiato Irrigation .m1gineer

,

Colorado :txperiment

~t

tion

.

This

group

of contiguou~

par

cels

o land co pri in

about lSOO a re~

1

bout

1.~

niles

southweDt of

Alamos

• Pr ctically all of

the

lund is in

cultivation,

and

on

r

y

31,

1 35, ~hon inspocteu,

,he

crops

looked good

·ind

potato pl nting as in pro

ress.

~he

land

surface hod

the appearance of bing ell leveled

.

Surface

irrig t1on

is

practiced i

n

thi area, but, no doubt, somo crops re

aub

-irrig ted

due

to

the

proximity

of

the

tor table

hie

stood nt 4 to 5 feet

belo

the grou.~d surface

.

Tile

drains

hove successfully controlled the

grcun·d

ater

.

Th

locr.

t1on

of those drains re oho,n on

the

accompanyint;

sketch.

Normally this

is

a

good

crop

procluoing

are

1th a

sufficient ater supply, ho

ever,

o\inc to

he

abnonn.

lly

dry year of 1934, little or no

crop

was raised

.

lt id

not suffer

.ui

to

as much

s some parts

or

the

valley,

nd

the writer

iElS

told that a

f \'11

small areas pro

uced as uo

as 50 sacks of

pot toes

p

er

aore

.

Tho

lands

in

question havo

at

er

ri-ght. equal to, or ln

excess

of

,

those

in

this

aro

,

un er

the onte

1st C n

the ain

supply

o nal

.

or

the direct

flo

v ater,

155

s11

res

are o ned which nominally 1s equivalent to 825 aolorado

incr

'

a in~hes

(21.5

second

-

fo

.t)

.

Ten

ri hts of

t,

nto.

1~aria

Re ervoir

· ter are also o

~nod

;

nominally equi vs.lent

to 250

iner

1

a inchea of tlo for 30 days ilien storage

(44)

z_

reache 30

.

000 oro

-

foet

.

On t;e basis of sh res o

.din

the canal a,soci tion. thi) l·nd, hio

h

constitutes 6

.

8 percent of tlle total, 1 en

· :i.tleu to

9.09

percen

t

or

th

divert d direct flo

at r.. Res(.;rvoir

ter

i

n

ot o

d

for

11 the lands un

d

er this canal, 1n fact

,

tak ng one

right p.r q rter ection for

t

ne

54 rj,.,.hts o ca nder the

.

c n

l

only 31

p :; ...

cent

of the land

p

ssesses rights. '!'he

Cat

poses

18 percent

or

h

reservoir rights

thus 11.ela

.

Fro table I

,

it

1111

be seen h

t-

he avera e

a.mo mt of

acre

-

feet

tar s}d

t

eoretically on tho land n s 2

.

09 er acre for

t

he 12-ye r period sho

_•

This is

based on

the :p

roenta.ges

stuted •

nd on

t, ,,

usa ll?lption

s

10

soepag los ; that e ual d

~

rib tion as

1 n

ull r

er~ ir rights ere ·un

Tabl I also sho s the

ter di tribution b months hich

on a perc

e

ntage

b

si

i

as follo s:

April

-·ay

June

July 14

6

percent

24 tt

35 "

14

n

August

13 percent

1.,

ptember

₄

_"

Ootober

4

ff

The assessrnen on the •onte

' i t

Can

l

is 2

.

50 er

sh re

.

'l'h1s

aa exceeded onl

y

once, in

1932,

hen the

nasossmont as

·5

.

oo

per she.re.

'l'he Sant

1~nr·

1:rnservoir

assessment is regularl y20

.

QO

er right of

ih1ch 2

.

50 is a ditch carrier charge. .J!'or 23 years beginnin

g

in 1936

• an additional c~nrge of 36

.

90 per r

ht

will

be made

coverin charges on construction done in 1934

.

The total

a.nn

1 cost of

ter after

1935

i

l

be.

881 .

50 or ~5

.

17

(45)

,3

ater

sup

ly for

ti

u

Ont

1st

Can

l·

.

Th

onte

Vista 0

· al h EdS

in

th .... outh

ast

qu

rter

0

.. c

.

8 ,

T 3

.

_'

R.

7

1 :2:icdl

P

.

1 .

• ,

Rio

de

Co

ty,

c.;olor

do,

on

t

e south

bank o f t

e

iver.

~his pain

1o

out

6

11

~

nort·

st of

l

o n

of on

T

\Ork

s initiated in

bout

l 82

by

T

u.

HUT

on

l

t

r

t

n

ovor

by

t

Vi

ta

C

Comp

ny hich a

ui d

· is

·111

p ·1ori tie·

ru d

franc

11

c

n

co

lcted

bout

30 nile

of

mai·

can 1 and

30 miles

o'

J

o.ter

... SCY

ending_

fl

out c

orly dir

c ion

.

bo

32 ooo

ac

es

r

cov

rd

n

tri

e

r

.y

r

1 to

the c

n

l

.

tsubs qu

nt

T

1 roceodir

iI

t

Vi

trict

court

oft o

J2th .Judici 1

Di

riot, the1

1

h

Vin

juris iction

of,

ter

ri t"" in

ter

Di

tr ct o.

20 Irri

a

io

he foJlo

1ng

r ori

1

s

ere

~

rd d

t o t

·anal:

1 io

0 .

3,

lonte

Vist

1 !~o

224

}TO• 358 r

31,

1882

~a

24 ,

1889

132 .

2 second fee

t

125 .

3 ccond

-

feEt

At

later date

the

s • .:!ourt a

rded

the

follov·in

addition

J

priorities:

Priori

t;t

.No.

to

Anount in secor

d-fe

t

!

903 -

2t.A -

Jan

.

?;o

,

Ima

13 .

35 .

"

30A

_'

1

898

20 58 ff _34A ·ft n

₁₈₉₃

_.

₄₄

"

37

fl

₁₈₉₄

₃

_.

₇₅

"

41 _"

_"

1895

1 63 ff

_5A

tt

'

1896

:t,0.42

"

46A tt

"

1807

5 .

2

1

49B t

"

1898

14 .

33 "

52 1899

4 .

55 'J.'ot

1

(46)

If

at r av ilabJe

"GO

th

C

ocord1ng

to

riv,...

cond tion

is

s follo

.

river

fl

...

,

:z:

divert

1041

.0

0 econd-

t

132

• ..,

cond

-

f

t

2263

.

95

ti n

₂₅₇

_.

₅

ft n

.270

.

08 _"

If

_{270. ·5}

ft tt

5749

.

89 _"

291 .

43

ft

"

4028

.1

5 _"

300.87 ,,

u

4313

.

8 _"

304 .

62

ff

"

4493

.

316. 7

,,

_"

4'7'79.27

_"

336 .

21

n

"

5031

,

03 _"

340.77 _"

Vist C

nal

Conpany

issued deeds to

t10

consumers

or

th

ir r

hts

th the contractual un r t nding that

when thE tot l numbe!' of ri

g

ht

sold

e u

lled

t

c can 1

c

paoity,

th

n the capital ·toe

oul be transferred to

th·

con umers on

sh re bn 1s.

'l'hc con

UDll

rs organized the

t nt

ist

ntor Us rrJ

~

Associ tion in 1930, and

thro

•h

court a~tion,

~ore d

tl·

e anal oom ny

conv

y

t

tock on nr .n~er of eeds

to

th

or

s oci "tion J.n 1931

Th

tot l oap

t

1 tock ~ol

sine

1814

.

52 sh

o

11

ter v l e

I

1

t

,e

o

.o

*

h

·s

sh re

072.60 mi1crts

c s er

23 .

3 eoo

d

-

ee

by h

irat

to

riv r

the

river

oc es

2264

r1 t1on

con

-

feet.

T

in xoes

of

400 econ

-

feet

.

0

t

543 ,

356,

pre nt

h

c. i'"'

'filled

:f'loi,

or

l h::;

c

acity

Int ble I,

it ill be not d th t abou+ 28 000

,

ores

ar

jrri ted

nnually

_rom

this on l of hich 0

,

000 acres r, in tsture

It 1

:110'.oable th;

l ·

ss

te

~

i

use on

s

t1

re 1 nd thnn on cult 1.

ed land

.

'l'h

dat

show am .n use

oft

t,1

over the 12

-

ye.r eriod

(47)

-5

in 1029

end a minimum or 0.79

c

r-feet

occurring

in 1934

.

The

condition

of the

canal

and

structur

s i s

fair

.

Struc res are of

t i

bcr;

most

o~ the 20 ye re or

mo

re old

.

he headgat

ill

pr babJ

1 s

another ten

·et

s.

rurnou

t

structures

to

later

.ls

are of si pl

des

i

• ,

i

most ouo.;.ie

1

G;S

a

lide

1

ate .ounted on he vy

po

at

tne

on

of

box

.

i l l

E

Ol

it

th

exc

ptio

of

re

r cent replncoments

.

In

notler

en years

any

111 n d

to

be

re

p

l ced

.

Be.n•in

ing

in

1934,

Pa

,h

l l

mea ring

fl

s of ti ber

con

truotion

er

inst

11

d

on

ozt of

th

man

1 t

!'S.13.

On

UC :f'l11mo is

ins

a·1

d

on

lat

ral

No

.

13 servin

g p

t

of

the

oriel di

t

r'

ct.

For

the

b

tt

r distribution

or

ator. to me

ur1n

ion

equ pped

11

hr

cordin

go

;er i n t

lled in 1934 in

th.

in

o nal. Ona of th se is

loo ted just

above the

Carmel

district and the otl:11:,r

about

2 ·ile u strea:. or just above the

Ho;.en

district

.

The

assistant

secret

1ry

r

ported

th t a t the resent

time

there 1

no

indebtedncsc,

bon d or other ise, and the

cash

on hond amo nts to about.

2~00

.

The

usu

1 annua

canal assess

ent

i

·2

.

50 per

... h

re.

'l

is

but

once h·n in

1932

it

5 .

00. hen

"I

as

paid to

the

ton

e

i ...

ta Canal Co pan

•

s exc oded

sum of 5000

The

association

is a

u ual, non-profit or aniz tion

1th office he dquart

rs

t

ont

Vi

a.

In

1935 its

officer

re: L.

N. Rea lee, Pr oident

;

uinny

Oornel1

a,

Vice-pr

s1dent;

u. B.

est,

~

crotary-Tre

urcr;

Clyd

Helm

u

.

P. G

off,

d

rector;

c.

H. Fr4m, •

si

nt

Seer

try;

and

u

eo

.

M. Corl

tt,

Attorney

.

Officers ar

.

nominated .nd eleote at an annual

tockholde

· meeting

held in

eoember

.

10

0.ch

share const

i

tutcs a vote

r,

(48)

~

i

The Santa

1"aria

Reservoir

The Santa Maria :Reser,roir is an off-c a.nnel reservoir

on Clear

Creek about ?O

miles

above }funte Vista.

The

struct ires were built; and the reservo·r

ne

operated

by

the Colorado Valley

land

Co:m.nany

ur-1-11

it

was taken

over

by

the Santa Maria Reservoir

Company

,

s

r.1utual

non:...profit making coro1)any, which operated

1 t

for the

first timd in

1931,

It

derivGa its wuter

supply from Clear Creek,

Bennett

Creek

and

Boulder Creek and is filled

by .

,:;f ll,e reservt:>/r"

means

of a pipe

lino 1

~

m~les

lon

g

.

The

capnoity

~

is

reported to be 45,000

aoro-foet.

'l'he priorities

of

the

reso:r.-voir

are

:

Anpropriation

Priority

1916

-

81A

1016

-

BlA

1916--

81A

1916

-

81A

R

eservoir

· Priorit;J

1916-ll

1916-J.lA

1916-llA

1916

-l

li

Date

-AU •

11,1895

Dept

.

22,1902

"

22 ,19

02 "

22,1902

Amount

(acre-feet)

15,8'll

1.629 20,024

6 ,

302 (condition

-al}

The Continental

'Heservoir

o:n this

se1

o

stream

vu·t

nbout

10 miles above

has

a priority of

8 ,83

2 acre-feet dated

Jan

.

l,

1

901 ,

whicl1 is

th~ on

ly

appropriation

interfering

w1th

storage in tho

danta Maria

.

Only

shareholders in

the

·1onte •

ista

Canal

a

. ..:

the

Rio

Grande

Canal are shareholders in tho Santa Moria

Reservoir

.

rrlw

ca

pi

tel sto<:

consists

of

5 :.c30 shares

or

v.·hicl 5-;i,O o.re o

et'i under the

t:onte Vi..,'·a

Canal

a11d

4890 under the

:Rio

Gra.ude Canal

.

Ton sharct>

of

rcao:t voir water is equivulent

t

one rj.ght

'i

hich

in

tt::rrus

of flow is nominally

· u

u.i

valcnt

t,

25 miner's

(49)

-Ir-

7 be 30

,

000 ucre~feet in star ge

• .

d:!.nurily

rights are

run on or er,

but flo.

of less than 10

second

-feet

arc ot considered

beJau

e-or

t

e lt.rg, pro

o

tionate

lo1s

s

1 c ·rod

.

In del1vorin this

1

nter,

a tleduct!on

o.

10 percent is

de for river loBa

nd

10 percent

is

nade

for

ca.na.1; seepage

loso.

Stor11ge

cond.i tions

sine, th

beginning

of W'.')

a,e

s

O"vi'n

in table

!

• / The S

nta :aria

Re

.rvoi ...

Co

.pany

~nincd

possosston

fro

,ho

l'lolor

do Talley and Co 1xmy

o

the

...,Uin.

of

10,000..

A

pay:m nt of'

5,000

\""as

ado in 1934, nnd

it

is

expected tha

· ith

t

.e

.935

a~se mmts und

accounts

p

std

o

togotillr

it,

the

cash on hand

that

t

e

bal

nee

in full

uill be

paid in 1935.

he

rc:1ular

nnnui\.1 maintenance

a.cscsGmart

is

no

:per

right of

which 2

.

oO

i

a

ditch

carrier char

,e

.

In 1934)

i·«

was

necesao.ry

to

replace

the

4B

-

inch

wood-stave inlet ipe 11

e with

an

a_

-

1nch

otcel

pipe

8400

feet long

havin~

a ca ucity or 650

s0crynd-feet

,

The outlet can

J

.as

r lso inc

1

~e sed in

capacity

.

The

con

truction

,

as financed ,hrou h

n

ins~1e o

500,00CJ in

,ond

hich

1ere purohaoed

'\--

_the

_ublic

orks

Administration

.

ho

actual

co~,.; as

883,071

.

07

nd

the balance wos

,

_rno

_bac'

_{to take}

_U)

_t~

_e

_bonds

_.

The

security on

this

loan

is

n ortga

1

e

on

he

prop

erty

at the

res,rvoir

e.n a

lien on

the

shareho

ers rtghts

.

To

meet thi

obligation,

oh rg~ of'

,36

.90

per right

is to

e na.de

annual

y

for 23 ye~rs beginning

l

n.

1,

(50)

-t--8

principal.

Th

offic

,rs

of

the

company -re

ominated

and

eleo',,;ed. or.

on.,

year

t

their.

nn

1

al

stoc

oldcrs

moot:i.ng o

t·m

S6C>1 es

n:

in .1.Tovenb

r.

ch

LJtock .older

is

entitle

to

0

vote

for

each

share

' '

of

st

C

o

·me~

.

T 0 0

:f.'iocr"'

nr

t

e

,

""tr

1935

arc:

John Dreke

,

p1·esident

;

C. B

.

le"'t,

vice-president;

o

.

A.

Lindstror.i,

ecretery-tru1ou.rer;

A.

E. Tcadloe

t=;n

:r

..

tr

..

LiLcoln,directors

und

c.

H. Frarne,

ssiste.nt

cecre1,-r·

•

':' bl.e TT

_..

_.

_""'·

.

_-

_""cservoir

_Storage

_in

_ere-Feet

_{on Various}

_ates

_.

Year

:May 1

July

1 _Auij

_•

1 Oct

.l

1914

_24,9

₇

'

_9,989

1915

7,091

21,883

l<J ,432

1 ,

166 1916

9,7'J7

22,799

19,191

18,022

191'7

17~433

27,385

30,4:.i5

(24,076

Nov

.

I)

1918

22 ,

094

18 .

782

14.978

5,789

1919

13,209

.23,639

21 ,

893 18,804

1020

.

_21,220

_33,896

_31,?22

₂₆

_,

₅₃₂

1921

26 ,

199

32,035

32,?58

30 ,

324 1922

31,21:::

38,953

25,935

1,473

1923 8,277

22 ,

395 18,615

16,411

:J, 924· 24t904 '6,588

2~,tOl

6,785

1025

13,.?55 16 ,296

11,155

10,640

1926

18,42?

25 ,

024 15,633

6,851

1927

13)144

24,604

21 ,

668

15,202 1928

23.869

28 ,

490

6 ,

937

2 ,

585

1929

9 ,9

41 24,774

15,870

26,426 1 30

29,856

21,450

9,900

9,212

1931

12 ,1

96 G,256

1 ,

572

5?7 1932 , ?t,5

_20,162

_18,326

₂

_,

₆₈₅

1933

8 ,19

8 12,047

_5,715

₃

_,1

₆₃

1934

s.e4~

_5,401

_4,557

₂

_,

₅₅₆

(51)

Table 1. Flow

ot

Total

Year

o.

Of Oanal 1

ater

R•aervo1r

·

_{tar .1ater per Acre} _{AONS l;rr}_ignted

Cot

ot

Daya

or

Ditch

Flow 'l'otal Carmel fotnl

Carmel

Oyal

_aral

Pasture

Toto.! OPerstion

AC1"8-fGet

Acre•teet

.Acre-t!3et

l 34

236 22,100 2,010 b38 100 0.79 1.11 10 15.26 2S,559 2.11e.21 1933 244 37,200 3,380 1260 2:33

l.M

1.90 ~.793 28.633 2,951.30 1932 Apr. 1,960 177 y 13,100 1,190 June b July

a

?,400 673 A

.

6,860 6?9 1620 300 .;;i•_pt. 2,230 203

ot.

663 69 otal 221 M,360 ,,940 1630 ~2 1.97 2. '16 9 ,4<

.a

28,39 3,639.34 1931 pr. 1.090 99 Jllq 4,830 444

June

15,800 1,436

July

1,880 171

925

171 Aug. 129 12

Sept.

b

Oct.

b BoT. 'b

9!otal

223 26,900 2,440 900 167 1.11 l.Z?

7,561

k6,078 2 ,6lb.O 19.30 pr. 2,960 269 a, 9 ,f>:)O 871 June 12,940 1,178 40 7 July 3,:Hf) 1420 263 Aug. ?,350 68 337 62 uept. 1,800 164 133 25 Oot. 2,120 193 OT. 238 P.3 ~otal 190 41,081 3,90CJ 1950 361 1.63 2.19 9 ,8:J4 26,409 4,7~8.57 1929 Apr. 3.,900 362 13,450 lt222 June 17,000

1,545

July 9,860 896 Aug. g ,Of>O 8~3

Sept.

3,140 486

Oot. a 346 31 none .2. 26 .ia. 94: 10 .977 27,694, 7,717.69

Totc.l 207 62,,,60 5,680 1928 ₂₈₀ pr.

~.oso

ka May 10,137 922

Jun

L2 .57v 1,142.

Jul¥

6,356 576 J.ug. 1,953

l?S

1696 295 Sept. 1,50'4 137 151 28 Total 153 35,604 3,237 1746 323 1.39 l.81 9,084 26,832 6 ,351-., 90 1927 Apr. 3,049 277 .llay 16

.:-J;

Z 1,474

June

11,8~2 1,076

July

s.139 740 Aug. 7,65'i. 696 Sept. 2,'162 251 Oot. 2,2& 208 JfoT. 487 44 'l'ots.l 210 52,426 4,766

none

l.~3 t.51 9 ~ l.f>!> 27.201 ,418.26 1926

•pr.

74& 68 10 .391 'J 5 ~ 15,379

l.399

July

9,lOS

828 ug. 6,8&9 533 59 11 Sopt. 1,101 100 941 174 Oct. 2,188 199 'rot&l

172

44,769 4,072 1000 185 l. ·10 2

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