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by the citizens of Honduras. Not a single instance has been known in 

 which the life, liberty and property of law abiding foreigners have not 

 been properly respected and protected by this government. 



In pursuranue of its announced policy for fostering the agricultural 

 interests of the country, and following the example of other adminis- 

 trations here, and of other countries as well, this administration has 

 granted some concessions for that purpose. Of all that have been 

 granted none have been of greater importance, none have been more 

 carefully calculated to secure great and lasting benefit to the people of 

 all classes in Honduras, than the contract made last week with Mr. E. W. 

 Perry, of Chicago. By this contract he is required to cultivate and 

 otherwise improve a large tract of land in Musquitia. This whole 

 region has never produced revenue for the people of this Republic. It 

 is, in fact, almost entirely unpopulated, except by a few scattered fami- 

 lies of Indians. The rights of all these people are protected in the con- 

 tract intended to bring about the development of this region, which has 

 been for centuries an untamed wilderness, but may by the exercise of 

 skill, energy and unlimited capital, be made the home of thousands of 

 prosperous and happy Honduranians. 



The full development of this enterprise will require the investment 

 of a vast amount of money, the employment of multitudes of laborers 

 and the importation of many improved animals machines, and methods. 

 All of these -will become permanently a part of Honduras. All 

 people who may make their homes on those lands become people of 

 Honduras; every estate, every factory, mill or shop established there, 

 become part of Honduras ; in fact the whole grand undertaking is an 

 Honduras enterprise, a part of this Republic forever. 



