ASSETS, LAND DEPARTMENT, END OF
 SECOND YEAR.


81,ooo acres reclaimed land at $5.00 ........
Equipment (less 25 per cent. wear) ........
294,000 acres earned under State contract
 @ $ I . ....... .... ...........
425,000 acres still unearned @ 25c.........

 Total expenditures .................. .
 Net profits second year .............


.$405,000 oo
S75,000 oo

S294,000 oo
S106.250 oo
$880,250 00
S256,730 oo
.$523,520 oo


 NOTE-Each subsequent year the five dredges should cut
30 miles canal (3,500,000 cubic yards), finishing the State
contract during the fourth, (8,000,000 cubic yards). The
total reclamation, 144 miles (average canal). 17,000,000 cu-
bic yards, completing the system of drainage, during the
fifth year.

 DETAILED COST.
 RECLAMATION DEPARTMENT.


 PER DREDGE
C aptain ..................
M ate ..................
Cook....................
2 engineers ...............
2 leverm en ................
2 firem en .................
6 laborers.. ..............
6 cords wood per day, 120
 cords per month, at $3...
Provisions, 15 men, at 40c. 30
S days ..................
Wear and tear of dredge, 20
 per cent ..............
Oils, etc..................
 Cost per month......
 Cost per year ........


PER MONTH.
$100 00
 75 oo
 45 oo
 50 oo
 50 oo
 40 oo00
 30 oo00 J


able
!rew


$100
 75
 45
 100oo
 100oo
 80
 i8o


 360 oo

 i8o oo

 250 oo
 30 oo
 $1,500.oo
$r8,ooo oo