July  1,  1886,amonnt  ayailable $1,639.41

Beoeiyed  of  Capt.  E.  Bfagnire,  Corps  of  Engineers,  refundment IS

Amount  appropriated  by  act  approYcd  August  5, 1886 16, 87S. #

18, 517.  H
July  1, 1887,  amount  expended  dnring  fiscal  year,  exolusiTe  of

liabUities  outstanding  July  1, 1886 $4,331.68

July  1, 1887,  outstanding  liabUities ^        83.76

. 4.955.44

Jnly  1,  1887,  amount  ayailable • 14,268.33

i  Amount  (estimated)  required  for  completion  of  existing  project 48,  OOOl  M

<  Submitted  in  compliance  with  requirements  of  sections  2  of  riyer  and
(     harbor  acts  of  18G6  and  1867.
APPENDIX  NN — REPORT  OP  CAPTAIN  PALPRET.
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COMMERCIAL  STATISTICS.
ofoomm€rce  and  navigation  when  the  work  of  improvement  began  under  the  present

project  in  1881.
Knmber.
Tonnage.
ATHT«I|I ..      r.-n X     -.
e»8

78

S,937

7,788

Imports 120,311.00

Kicports 18,000.00

Kevenne  coUected,  1881 3,238.67

Arrivals  and  departures  of  vessels  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1887.
Deacription.
AxTirals.
Departnr«0.
ntMiinfni.  ,^.....r. ,

No,
12
108

2bfw.
],9i0
19,963

Nq.
13
110

Tons.
■e,211

Hfldtinc  Tffwola

22.303

Total

115

21,902

123

24,604

Kevenne  from  customs  for  fiscal  year  euding  Jane  30, 1887 |32, 603. 93

Value  of  imports  same  year 177,699.00

Valae  of  exports  same  year 74,697.00

Chreaieet  dranght  of  vesselSy  11  feet.  <


NN  4.
IMPBOVEMENT  OP  LITTLB  80DUS  HARBOR,  NEW  YORK.
OBJECT.
To  secare  a  channel  from  Lake  Ontario  into  Little  Sodas  Bay,  of
navigable- width,  and  depth  not  less  than  15  feet  at  low  water.
PROJECT.
To  contract  by  breakwaters  the  entrance  of  the  bay  to  a  width  of  250
feet  and  maintain  a  channel  200  feet  wide  and  15  feet  deep  at  extreme
low- water  level,  protected  by  parallel  piers.
PRESENT  WORKS.
(1)  West  breahwatevy  500  feet  long,  10  feet  wide,  built  1870-71,  and
decayed  above  mean  water  level.
