I read No. 2,161, which authorizes the investment of $100,000 in the pursuit of the works of the new hospital of Antofagasta Lei No. 2.161.-As soon as the National Congress has given its approval to the following LEI PROJECT: SINGLE ARTICLE. The President of the Republic is authorized to invest the sum of one hundred thousand pesos ($100,000) in the continuation of the work of the new hospital in the city of Antofagasta. I therefore hear the Council of State, I have had to approve it, and I therefore have to do so as I read from the Republic. Santiago, February 19, 1909.-PEDRO MONTT.-E. Charme.