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Show Cost of Panama Canal. Washington. Tho Panama canul cobI America $81,449,000 up to Dec. 31, 190C, according to n stutoment of the audited expenditures mndo as of that date and Just published. The bulk of this expenditure was tho $G0,-000,000 $G0,-000,000 to tho French company uud tho Panama government for tho canal can-al property, right of way and franchises, fran-chises, and $3,149,033 wont for material mater-ial and supplies. For general administration adminis-tration thoro was expended $1,121,200; government nnd sanitation, $1,381,080, nnd construction nnd engineering, $9,729,6G4. |