Every year, the amount of water into each basin will vary according to the importance of the freshet. All the available water supply must be stored in the basins to the great advantage of agricul. ture and with a view to avoid floods downstream, Each basin must have its share in the distribution, This means that, whatever the magnittdg of the yearly freshets, every plot of land within the area of the basins will have water in accordance with the climatic conditions and will al+ ways be irrigate This will necessitate the gates of the canals being opened or closed in accordance with regulations issued by a strong central organization and that the operation will have to be super vised and not Left to the will of the villagers in the country, Villages will, of course, have to be outside the system of basins. Other areas may be reserved for cultivation without flooding.
Mr. William T. Turner, the U.S, Vice-Consul at Yokohama, was driv-motorcar on the' afternoon of the 4th instant, says the "Japan Chronicle," when on the prefectural road in Kosaka, Kamakura-gun, Kanagawaken, the car fell from the road to the shore. The motor-ear was badly damaged, but he escaped. unhurt. Owing to the recent violent rainstorm the ground in the vicinity had become loosened Report to Hangchow when it haa been accomplished.
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