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The organization, equipment, sanitary regulations, and division of labor among twenty thousand men, employed at one time, is full of interest and instruction, but must be omitted in this place.[2]

The following statement of receipts and expenditures, taken from a recent periodical, deserves preservation:

Gross Realized Capital. Shareholders’ capital $40,000,000 Sale of bonds 19,999,980 Egyptian convention 5,948,805 Imperial arbitration 16,800,000 Rates of exchange 1,294,260 Various receipts received by the company 6,288,180 Total capital $90,331,225

The following is a summary of the expenditures up to the date of the opening of the canal:

General expenditures for preliminary surveys from 1854 to 1859 $15,825,525 General expenses of administration and negotiations between France and Egypt 3,394,245 Sanitary service, 1866-1869 121,410 Telegraph service 34,000 Transport service, boats, stock, buildings 1,644,435 Payment of contractors for material 3,442,785 Dredging machines and heavy plant 6,819,240 Work-shops 844,150 Works of construction, canal, and ports 43,534,330 Miscellaneous 1,392,495 Expenses of various branches of company management 3,841,050 $80,893,665 The average cost of the canal per mile is $808,936