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PAGE. 
No. 4. Communication from Don Jose de Garay, informing the 
supreme Government that the survey of the Isthmus was con- 
cUided, — and answer to the same from the government. .... 108 
No. 5. Decree granting to Don Jose de Garay, the term of a year, 
according to his request for the commencement of the works. . . 109 
A. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Table I. Latitudes astronomically determined Ill 
,, 2. Geographical positions of the principal points of the Trian- 
gulation ...•....', ^ . ib. 
Table 3. Altitudes from Trigonometrical measurements . . .' . 113 
,, 4. Barometrical altitudes ib. 
,, 5. Heights above the level of the sea on the road from Tehu- 
antepec to Puebla 114 
B. 
GEOLOGY. 
Catalogue of the Geological collection founded in the Isthmus by the 
Commission 115 
STATISTICS. 
Table I. Notices of the towns and villages in the southern divison of 
the Isthmus with their po])ulation . . . .-. , . . 119 
" 2 Notice of the principal Haciendas and Ranchos of the 
southern division with their number of cattle 120 
" 3 Towns and Villages of the Northern division, population 
and cattle 121 
" 4 Haciendas and Ranchoes of the northern division — 
population and cattle 122 
'* .5 Summary of Inhabitants and cattle 123 
D. 
Table of distances to the principal ports in the Pacific and Indian 
Oceans, compared with voyages to the same, via the Isthmus of 
Tehuantepec 125 
T.able of various canals in the United States — Canada — France — 
Holland— and Great Britain 128 
