FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary of the Interior, Acting Chairman PATRICK J. HURLEY, Secretary of War; ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture

F. E. BONNER, Executive Secretary

SECRETARY OF WAR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION FROM MARCH 5, 1929, UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY DEATH ON NOVEMBER 18, 1929.

CONTENTS

PART I

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Development progress_

Table No. 1.-Electric power production, public-utility systems of the

United States.

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Table No. 2.-Total electric generating capacity of the United States in

relation to capacity operating under Federal Power Commission license.

Relations with States...

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Table No. 4.-Distribution of active projects by States.

Action during the year-----

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Table No. 5.-Applications referred to the departments...

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Permits and licenses...

Table No. 6.-Permits outstanding....

Table No. 7.-License authorizations outstanding-

Withdrawals...

Table No. 8.-Lands withdrawn in connection with appi-

cations for permits and licenses_

Restorations to entry..

Table No. 9.-Applications for location, entry, or selection..

Declarations of intention._.__

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Table No. 10.-Declarations of intention passed upon by

the commission__

Table No. 12.-Cost of administering the Federal water power act

Table No. 13.-Analysis of receipts collected from licensees___

Table No. 14.-Amounts which have accrued to public-land

States.

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PART II

Appendix A. Minutes of the commission's meetings..

Appendix B. Decisions and opinions affecting administration of the Fed-

eral water power act.......

Decision of United States District Court; riparian rights in California.