"تقرير عن التنمية في بلاد الرافدين مع إشارة خاصة إلى تجديد أنظمة الأنهار" [‎١‎٢] (٥٠/١٨)

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sclieiffes is compiled from his book " The Irrigation of Mesopotamia/' and the plan
accompanying this note is taken from the port folio published with the book.
In the matter of cost, the principle adopted by Sir William Willcccks has been
to estimate, as nearly as possible, the actual cost of the works and to add 33| per
cent, for contingencies, thereafter doubling the total thus arrived at to allow for
interest on the money spent during the execution of the works and their subsequent
development; the grand total is the estimated true cost of the irrigation work.
The cost of the agricultural operations or works is thereafter separately estimated
at £T. 10 per hectare, or £3^12-0 per acre.
Irrigation from the Tigris.
(I) Beled Barrage Scheme.
Works 'proposed.—
{i) A barrage across the Tigris at Beled.
{ii) Irrigation, by means of canals, of the country between Beled and Baghdad.
Irrigated area.—
420,000 acres.
Estimated cost.—
£T.
Irrigation works .. .. ,. ,. ., 2,118,240
Agricultural works .. ? . .. .. .. 1,700,000
Total .. 3,818,240
(2) Kut Barrage Scheme.
Works proposed.—
{i) A barrage across the Tigris at Kut.
{ii) An embankment 130 kilometres long from Kut to Erech, to protect
the lands to be irrigated against inundations from the Tigris.
(m) Canals to irrigate the land on either side of the Hai.
Irrigated area.—
620,000 acres.
Estimated cost.—
£T.
Irrigation works .. .. .. ,. ,, 2,757,980
Agricultural works ., ., ,. ,, ,. 2,500,000
Total ,. ,. 5,257,980
(3) & (4) Felujah and Hindi a Barrage Schemes.
Works proposed.—
{i) An escape for the Euphrates floods into Lake Habania.
{ii) Tigris protection works between Mansura and Kazamain.
{in) A barrage across the Euphrates at Felujah.
{iv) A barrage across the Euphrates at Hindia. (Said to be completed.)
{v) Canals irrigating the area between Baghdad on the Tigris, and Felujah
on the Euphrates, Kut on the Tigris and Kufa on the Euphrates,
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