WASHINGTON, D. C., January 10, 1906. The ISTHI-,1AN CANAL COMMISSION.
 GENTLEMEN: The Board'of Consulting Engineers for the Panama Canal, having completed the consideration of the question submitted to it in pursuance of the order of the President dated June 24, 1905, has the honor to submit its report.
 The President's order is as follows:

 EXECUTIVE ORDER.

 It is hereby orde red that a Board of Consulting Engineers, consisting ofGeneral George W. Davis,
 Mr. Alfred Noble,
 Mr. William Barclay Parsons,
 Mr. William H. Burr,
 General Henry L. Abbot,
 Mr. Frederic P. Stearns,
 Mr. Joseph Ripley,
 Mr. Herman Schussler,
 Mr. Isham Randolph,
 Mr. Win. Henry Hunter, nominated by the British Government, Herr Eugen Tincauizer, nominated by the German Government,
 M. Gu6rard, nominated by the French Government,
 M. Quellenuec, consulting engineer, Suez Canal, and one engineer to be designated by the Government of
 the Netherlands,
shall convene in the City of Washington, at the rooms of the Isthmian Canal Commission, on the st day of September, 1905, for the purpose of considering the various plans proposed to and by the Isthimian Canal Commission for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama between Cristobal and La Boca; and that the deliberations of the Board of Consulting Engineers shall continue as long as they may deem it necessary and wise before they make their report to the Commission.
 The Isthmiau Canal Commission is directed to have al the proposed plans in such detailed form, with maps, surveys, and other documents sufficient to enable the Consulting Engineers to consider and (decide the questions presented to them. Should it be deemed necessary by the members of the Consulting Board, they may visit the Isthmus before making their final report. If there is a difference of opinion between the members of the Consulting Board, minority reports are requested.
 General George W. Davis is hereby designated as chairman of the Board of Consulting Engineers. Instructions more detailed will be given in time to be pre sented to the Board when it first convenes on the st of September.
 The chairman is charged with the duty of communicating to the other members of the Board this order and the other details that may be necessary.
 TnEoinoRE ROOSEVELT.
 THE WHITE HOUSE, June 24, 1905.

 SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.

 The Board met in the office of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Washington, D). C., on September 1, 1905, all the gentlemen named in the order being present with the following exceptions:
 Mr. Herman Schussler, who notified the chairman of the Board that on account of pr-evious engagements and undertakings that could not be changed he felt obliged to delinie the appointment.
 Mr. J. B. Berry, chief engineer, Union Pacific Railr-oad, who had been named by the President as a member in place of Mr. Schussler, declined the appointment on account of his responsibility to the railroad company, which required all of his time.
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