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ing piers in the harbor of Holmes' Hole, and Marblehead, Examining pier at Sandy bay,

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Survey of the harbor of Nantucket,

Survey of a canal route to connect Buzzard and Barnstable

bays,

Survey of Church cove, and town of Little Compton,

Survey of the river Thames,

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178 94

149 43

299 37

2,028 13

195 19

150 00

130 00

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100 00

127 44

Survey of the bar at the mouth of Sag Harbor,

150 00

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Survey of the water tract between Mobile bay and lake Pontcharirain,

175 00

Survey of Sandusky bay,

358 30

Survey of the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi,

411 40

Sea wall for the preservation of George's island,

7,260 68

Survey of the Wabash river,

500 00

For a road from the western frontier of Missouri to the con

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Survey of the river and harbor of St. Mark's,

Military road from the mouth of the Matanawcook to Mars'
Hill,

Completing military road from Plattsburgh to Sackett's Har-
bor,

Opening and repairs to Old King's road,

25,000 00

10,000 00

3,621 01

4,000 00

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Opening a road from Pensacola to St. Augustine,
Opening a road from St. Mary's river to Tampa bay,
Opening a road from cape Sable to Suwanee river,
Opening a road from or near Turner Brashear's, on the old
Natchez road, to a point on the military road,
Opening a road from fort Smith to fort Towson, on the Red
river,

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For connecting the Detroit and river Raisin with the Maumee and Sandusky roads, and opening the same,

17,900 00

Survey of La Plaisance bay,

110 80

Surveying and making a road from opposite Memphis, Tenn. to Little Rock,

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Surveying and making a road from Little Rock to cantonment Gibson,

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$24,065,00

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Military road between Pensacola and Blakely, and Mobile
Point,
Repairing the military road between Pensacola and Talla-
hassee,

10,000 00

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Repairing the military road between St. Augustine and Tal-
lahassee,
Completing repairs of road between Alachua court-house and
Jacksonville,

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Making a survey of the water courses tributary to, and west
of, the Mississippi; also, those tributary to the said river,
and north and west of the Ohio,
Making surveys, maps, and charts of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers, from the rapids of the Ohio at Louisville to
the Balize,

For the survey, and completing the survey, of ports and har-
bors,

For the survey of the coast of the United States,
Erection of a breakwater at the mouth of the Delaware bay,
Survey of the Pea Patch island, &c.

9,803 46

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Survey of a canal route from Weymouth to Taunton river,
Massachusetts,

Survey of a canal route to connect the Tennessee with the
Coosa river, and a survey to improve Tennessee river at the
Muscle shoals,

$2,740,373 73

Expenditures under the act of the 30th of April, 1824, &c. for surveys,

roads, and canals, viz:

Survey of a canal route between the Mississippi and lake Pont

chartrain,

Reconnoissance of a route for a road from Zanesville, Ohio, to
Florence, Alabama,

$186 97

175 28

2,184 41

2,539 45

Survey of a canal route from Boston bay to Narragansett bay,
Survey of Mill river, Fairfield, and Black Rock,
Survey at Newport and Warren, Rhode Island,

1,446 86

110 46

387 59

Survey of a rail road route from Hudson, New York, to Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

327 08

Survey of a rail road from between Ithaca, Catskill, &c.
Survey of a canal route between lakes Memphremagog and
Champlain, by Black River and the La Moile,

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Survey of a canal route between Pittsburg and the mouth of the Elk river,

5,467 73

Survey of the Alleghany river,

806 70

Survey of a canal route from Baltimore to the Potomac,
Survey of the James river and Kenhawa canal route,

S,760 97

9,951 90

Survey of the James and Kenhawa, and the Roanoke and
Kenhawa canals,

1,731 90

Survey of the road from Cumberland, via Winchester, &c., to

the District of Columbia

Survey of the Charleston and Hamburgh rail road,
Surveys between the Savannah and Tennessee rivers,

$1,533 49

5,949 51

1,448 78

Survey of a canal route between the Tennessee and Altamaha,

8,496 25

Surveys in the State of Indiana,

Surveys of Kentucky, Licking, Green, and Barren rivers,
Survey of routes to connect the Black Swamp road with the
Cumberland road, -

Survey of the Ohio and Erie canal,

Reconnoissance of a road from Cleaveland to Uniontown,
Survey of the Cumberland road to the District of Columbia,
Survey of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, -

Survey of a road from Washington city to Buffalo,
Survey of a road from Baltimore to Philadelphia,

Survey of a road from Washington city to New Orleans,

Survey of a road from Washington city to lake Ontario,
Survey of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal,

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Survey of various canal routes in Florida, Louisiana, and

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4,864 46

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Survey of the Hudson and Berkshire rail road,
Surveys of the Delaware river, &c. -

Survey of the Raritan river,

For various expenditures incident to the Board of Engineers for internal improvement, and for the topographical officer at the seat of Government, purchase and repair of instruments, &c., and for surveys of rivers, &c., which could not be particularly ascertained or designated, and for the pay of civil engineers, &c., &c.

6,181 20 339 40 1,809 12

152 21

3,288 69

190 20 7,846 94 3,442 22

45 18

3,179 61

885 19

469 73

553 30

94,777 12

Total am't on ac't of surveys, plans, and estimates, &c., upon the subject of roads and canals, per act 30th April, 1830, &c. $226,219 62

It may be proper to remark, that the accounts for internal improvements were not generally referred to this office for adjustment prior to the act of 30th April, 1824. Hence, the expenditures contained in the foregoing statement do not include any other than those the accounts for which have been settled in this office.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Third Auditor's Office, Dec. 31, 1830.

PETER HAGNER, Auditor.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

December 27, 1830.

SIR: In compliance with so much of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant as has been referred to this Department, I have the honor to transmit "a statement of the expenditures heretofore made for internal improvements, specifying the several works, and the expenditures upon each," embracing all those expenditures which have been set. tled by the First Auditor of the Treasury.

I have the honor to remain, with high respect,
Your most obedient servant,

To the PRESIDENT of the United States.

S. D. INGHAM, Secretary of the Treasury.

STATEMENT of payments made at the Treasury of the United States for sundry objects of Internal Improvements, the accounts of which have been kept and settled under the head of the Civil List, from the commencement of the Government to the 16th of December, 1830.

Opening roads in the northwestern Territory, now Ohio

Road from Nashville to Natchez

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Road from Georgia to New Orleans

Road under the treaty of Brownstown

Road within the Indian Territory-Nashville to New Orleans

Road from the Mississippi to the Ohio river

Roads in the Territory of Illinois

Repairing the road in the Indian country, Mississippi

Repairing the post road in the State of Alabama

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$5,264 53

3,000 00

5,500 00

5,367 29

7,920 00

5,539 35

8,000 00

15,000 00

6,000 00

$1,667,325 202

Repairing the Cumberland road

1,692,825 20

25,000 00S

Roads and canals within the State of Indiana, 3 per cent. fund
Roads and canals within the State of Missouri, 3 per cent.

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Roads and canals within the State of Mississippi, 3 per cent. fund

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Roads within the State of Ohio, 3 per cent. fund
Stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company
Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company
Stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company
Stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Roads and canals within the State of Alabama, 3 per cent.
fund

Removing obstructions in the Savannah river

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DISBURSEMENTS FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th of May last, a statement of disbursements made, since the year 1789, for fortifications, light-houses, public debt, revolutionary and other pensions, and internal improvements, &c.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

20th December, 1830.

SIR: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th May, 1830, I have the honor to transmit a statement of the disbursements made since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, under the following heads, viz:

Fortifications,

Light-houses,

Public debt,

Revolutionary and other pensions, and

Internal improvements;

Showing, as far as practicable, the amount disbursed in each year, and in each State and Territory.

The Hon. the SPEAKER

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

S. D. INGHAM, Secretary of the Treasury.

Of the House of Reps. U. S

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