South Africa and the Transvaal war . says, we have only toimitate nature and impoimd on the surface of the ground the samewater which she stores in caverns and fissures ; and for instanceof what even inferior water may do with the rich soil of South 1 21 South Africa and its Future Africa, he skives the Kenilworth Oasis (within a few miles of Kim-berley), which is irrigated by the refuse water of the diamond mines. Generally speaking, the annual rainfall is sufficient to allow ofthe storage of water on a very large scale. Cape Colony with theaid of its rainfall, together with the Orange River,
South Africa and the Transvaal war . says, we have only toimitate nature and impoimd on the surface of the ground the samewater which she stores in caverns and fissures ; and for instanceof what even inferior water may do with the rich soil of South 1 21 South Africa and its Future Africa, he skives the Kenilworth Oasis (within a few miles of Kim-berley), which is irrigated by the refuse water of the diamond mines. Generally speaking, the annual rainfall is sufficient to allow ofthe storage of water on a very large scale. Cape Colony with theaid of its rainfall, together with the Orange River, should be able toensure the perennial irrigation of 1,000,000 acres, the Orange RiverColony of 750,000 acres, and the Transvaal of 500,000 acres in thehigh-lying regions and 1,000,000 in the low tracts, which tracts recommends should be thrown open to our fellow British-Indian subjects. Seeing that agriculture without irrigation is generally impossiblethroughout the new colonies, it must be admitted that the secret of. Vermont Merino Ewes their development lies first and foremost in the ingenious storage ofwater. The rainfall is like the traditional Offenbachian policemen, when wanted, never there, and when it is not wanted it is in-variably present. Therefore it is necessary for the Government toproclaim the countries themselves as arid or semi-arid, and legislateaccordingly. Italian irrigation laws may be taken as a model for allarid and semi-arid countries in the possession of Europeans. TheGovernment of Cavour decreed the rivers and torrents as publicproperty, and, as such, the property of the Government representingthe people. Ancient and vague irrigation rights standing in the wayof legislation were promptly disposed of, and the Government setitself to legislate for future concessions, to which wise and strongmeasure modern Italy owes much of its prosperity. I 22 The Acrricultural Outlook It is decided that all important irrii^ation works should becarried fo
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