



and ha. th. w.uld cost UUO.. 



^Hftli all' 

 MDSfl 



i 



^^was rmuinol in INtM the engineers surveying 



* ('Ian ff ! 



.. .f |.r- 



(han 



, 



Mjpplv Wa 



reservoirs, which *.i! 

 Chagres river. The work 

 OB or on nH has < 



than that <*. < oninltahrd 

 inaiiap-n rato 



,.. . . '.-..-. i' .*..-..: 



it emi.lm 



ions extend 16 miles 

 Colon ami 4 null-* inland from Panama, and 



not been uml.-rrnt.-.l 



anal will bs completed within 

 HI years stipulated on the renewal of the oon* 



I In. ilr.ndinil!. 



i 1880 .t u., 



. nt 



:.un-. 



AUornej-Geneml. i 



\ ljutnnt fffiior.. 



IL Mont, Republican ; K.^.n'-. ol lh< l .,.--. 

 hf Andenon, Charles ft 



1..:,. !...- :' .. 



BMfafaMrj 



Ju.i 



-r 11 ftlMl J 



Kin *. The n-| 





tfti bonded an 



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Ilirlhr 



IM.19t.ft 



- - 



. 



to f 1 JIQgmi 



fun.l 



ivmamed unexpended. The *; 

 iti fn.ro special funds aggregated * 







The total valuation .,f the counties amount 

 -Ho. The railroad*. 



he vahiatK*. *31.716ji?. 

 liid.-'i in this summary. 



Th, f.- of theSecretarvof 



iim.-nnt.-.l to 244341.92. of which $tMJQO.- 



t : i;. 



< harltlpH and < . 1 1 < -I loaik The report of the 

 M in- w that there were 



tn I.M.. i. N..\. :W. 1H96. convict* to the number of 

 607, an excess - ' . number two years pre- 



viously : luit tit.- daily average count was increased 

 d cost of maintenance for the term 

 was $169.571U4. making about 864 cents a da 



This is the lowest percaptta since 

 h,- hu-h, - ,*n 76* cents in lWl->tt. 



Darins! the past two years $8V8U has been ex- 

 jx-ndi-d for iinprovements and repairs. 



.? Iturna V:-ta the 

 f prisoners, Nov. 80, 1(96. was 1O2. 

 -- ..\.-r t!.-- at -.. i-loseof the pre- 

 viou> the 188 prisoners who have been 



i*n.l.-d during the past two years, 81 report rego- 

 rorming.and have good place*: ft re- 

 f--r a time and then stopped: 18 never re- 

 te.1 : and 5 have been returned for violating 

 ir paroles. The co*t of maintenance for t) 

 r was nearly $A5jOOO. 



ram daily alten<Unce at the Industrial 

 .N.I f..r<iirU wan* 54. ami the 



Home for Dependent 

 1HM. and 10 have been adopts 



'he areraaw number of inmate* at the Soldiers* 

 u in 18M wan 102. Th. 



an- 

 l for 



M. 



matrl riMt of maintenance for 1*1*7-1*$ is f^OuOpOl 

 Im|>rtvrmrntji costing about $14.000 have bean 

 made vithin the past two years. 



>e that rV|^rtc.l to the Bmrd of 



ties and Corrections cared for an average of 



848 poor persons at their poor farm*, at an expense 



of 148.264741. Other relief cost these counties 



counties shows the 



