No. 661.
Mr. Baker to Mr. Evarts.

No. 219.]

Sir: I think it proper to communicate to you, as matter of information, that Mr. C. J. Bandman (of New York, I think) has contracted with this government for the construction and operation of two prospective railways: one from La Guayra to Caracas, and the other from Puerto Cabello to Valencia.

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I am, &c.,

JEHU BAKER.