The authority to appropriate funds to agencies experiencing a shortfall between meetings of the legislature belongs to the INTERIM FINANCE COMMITTEE (IFC).
IFC consists of Senate members of Finance and Assemble members. It functions within the Legislative Counsel Bureau. It provides funds to the for state agencies. It also reviews the requests from various agencies for grants and gifts.
The sea provided water for agriculture
These two places were British colonies like the U.S once was. A colony is a place of land claimed by a country that is not connected to the mainland.