, 1873-10-29
VEN EZUELA.

The moment General Guzman BlancO
reached the Eastern territory, he devoted
his first care to primary instruction; and,
to that end, he granted several sums for
the establishment of schools for males, and
females in Cumana and Barcelona.
In Barcelona the President of the Re
public created an encouraging committee,
for the opening of the "Guzman Blanco"
high road, which is to connect the city of
Barcelona with the port at So!edad, on
the Orinoco.
He created another encouraging com
mittee, intrusted with the works to be
constructed at the "Guzman BIanco"
port.
He instructed the Venezuelan Consul in
London to contract with, and to send to
the capital of the Republic, an engineer
versed in mining and railway works, with
the object of exploring the rich coal mines
at Nazicual, some miles from the "Guz-
man BIanco" port in Barcelona, and the
others which may eX st within said State,
and of establishing a railway to facilitate
the extraction Of coal from those mines.
He resolved upon the establishment OF
the Barcelona national college, for which
he provided directors and officers.
He ordered works to be undertaken for
constructing a lighthouse at the "Guz-
man BIanco" port.
He applied a sum Of one thousand dol
lars to the repairing of some temples in
Barcelona and furnished the collector of
the and-customhnuse there with twenty
thousand dollars towards the public works
in said State.
In Cuman0 he established five encourag-
ing committees to attend to the following
works.
The construction of a bridge over the
river Manzanares which crosses the city,
and of a dam that may prevent the SaIado
plain from being inundated.
The construction of a wharf, n light
house and a custom-house at "Port Sucre,"
the PREPARATION and improvement of the
causeWay from the wharf to the city Of
Cumana and the making OF a beacon at the
Shoal Known as "Araya."
The irrigation of the banks of the river
Manzanares.
The opening of a bridIe-road between
Maturin and Cumana, and another be-
tween this city and the town ofUrica.
He appointed likewise a committee for
recognizing and. managing the Cumana
LazarettO,
And he put at rhe disposal of the en-
couraging committees a sun OF fifteen
thousand dollars for the intended works.
After this return to the capital, the Pre-
sident has entertained several momentous
matters among them, and in the first IN
stance, the organization Of the salt-mines
which almost all the States have assigned
to the national Government for manage
ment, and which, in pursuance thereof,
are to yield a large revenue on behalf OF
the public treasury.
He has besides ordered the repairing OF
the wharf of Puerto CabeIIo, for which end
he has appropriated a sum of two thous-
and dollars; he has pushed the public
works in the State Of Falcon, by putting
the requisite supplies at the disposal OF the
respective encouraging.,cOmmittees he has
kept an active correspondence with all the
authorities and functionaries ofthe Repub-
lie, to make them cooperate in the lorna
ton of the national census he has sent q
circular to all the encouraging committees
in the Republic, asking them not to put
off their respective works on any account;
he enables them to dispose of such sums as
they may be in need of; he issues enact
ooon+s for ra0ulatinC the works. and causes