Hydroelectric development in France retarded

France has water-power resources which, under satisfactory conditions, are capable of producing the electric energy necessary for its economic advancement. A serious effort has been made to utilize these valuable natural resources, but unfavorable conditions for some years have impeded such efforts, and recent statistics on electric development show a marked decrease as compared with expected results. Although construction works begun during or subsequent to 1916 have been steadily continued and improvements have been made to the installations already in use, the carrying out of the greater part of new projects, for which plans were completed at the beginning of 1924, have been indefinitely postponed.