215 



Gaudalajara branch, which 

 reduced as per special contract 

 of Feb. 25, 1887, to 2I8.M2 

 kilometres at $9500 per kilo- 

 metre $2,076,510 oo 



For 653.M2 kilometres of the 

 Aguascalientes & T a m p i c o 

 Branch, at $9500 per kilo- 

 metre 6,208,250 oo 



For 25 kilometres of the San 

 Bias & Guaristemba at $9500 



per kilometre 237,500 oo 8,522,260 oo 



For 23.111 kilometres of Silao & 

 Guanajuato Branch at $9500 



per kilometre 222,043 5 



Total payment $26,609,003 50 



This total amount, was settled and paid for in 

 accordance with special agreement entered 

 into by and between the Department of Pub- 

 lic Works and the Company, on August 23, 

 1890, as follows : 



Lands, art-works, drafts and plans, etc., due by 

 the Company as per settlement effected 



December 22, 1881 $ 34,204 39 



Rebate off the subsidy corresponding to 6600 

 kilometres of parallel lines, between Zaca- 

 tecas & Guadalajara, as per agreement 



therefor 52,800 oo 



Rebate off the subsidy on 50 kilometres of the 

 line, between Tantoyuquita & Tampico, as 



per agreement 75,ooo oo 



Cash received by the Government of the State 

 of San Luis Potosi, on account of the old 



branch line to Tampico 48,000 oo 



Certificates of construction paid at various Cus- 

 tom Houses out of the 8$ of the receipts of 

 the same, during the fiscal years 1881-1890 7,108,070 80 

 Paid with bills of exchange on London out of 

 the proceeds of the loan negotiated in 



1890 14,335,732 06 



25$ discount on $19,820,793 01, amount of the 

 balance acknowledged in favor of the Com- 

 pany, according to the above mentioned 



agreement, (August 23, 1890) 4,955,196 25 



Total payment $26,609,003 50 



8. MEXICAN NATIONAL, and branches. (Trunk-line from 

 Mexico City to Laredo, Tamaulipas.) 



The Company constructed 173 7. Mi kilometres 

 for which the Government owed the fol- 

 lowing subsidies : 



