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J 3' J" [97] V / IMEESSAGS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUKICATIKG Copies of a report and letter from the commissioners appointed for the exploratio7i and survey of the northeastern boundary. February 8, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. To the Senate of the United States : I transmit, herewith, to the Senate, copies of a report and letter from the commissioners appointed hy the President, for the exploration and survey of the houndary line between the States of Maine and New Hampshire, and the conterminous British provinces, showing the progress made in that work during the past season; and submitting an estimate, to which I invite the at- tention of Congress, of the funds that will be requisite for completing the surveys yet to be made on the boundary, and the office work consequent thereon, and for completing the maps of surveys already made. JOHN TYLER. Washington, February 5, 1842. New York, January 4, 1842. The undersigned, commissioners appointed by the President of the United States for the purpose of exploring and surveying the boundary line between the States of Maine and New Hampshire and the British provinces in North America, respectfully report: That, in pursuance of the duties of their appointment, they have, in the course of the late season, performed the following surveys and explorations ; 1. The meridian line of the monument at the source of the St. Croix has, under the direction of J. D. Graham, been carefully and accurately traced from the station in the vicinity of Houlton, where the labors of the year 1840 terminated, to a point four miles north of the St. John's river, in the vicinity of the Grand falls, being a distance of eighty-one miles from the monument. The timber has been removed along this line to a width necessary for its ac- curate prolongation, and for the requisite astronomical observations at various points upon it ; and a correct profile, or vertical section, has also been ob- tained, by means of the spirit level, the whole of the distance above-men- tioned. B eside th e astronomical observations necessary to obtain and continue the Thomas Allen, print. I fc./7 y i yiiaLJ ' ^-J mms i r [ 97 ] 2 due north tlirectiou upon this hnc, niinierons magnetic observations have also been made at a number of points upon it, in order to show the physical causes which must operate to produce serious discrepancies between a me- ridian line properly traceil and such a one as has actually separated the ju- risdiction of the two Governments since the attempt, in the years 1817 and 1818, '0 define and mark this portion of the boundary under the provisions of the treaty of (jllient, although no portion of that line was ever ratified or made binding upon the parties to the treaty. Upon this portion of the survey there liave been chained, including meas- ured offsets to the old line, and to other important points, eighty-five miles. Four hundred and fifty-two transit observations of heavenly bodies have been made, aided by three excellent ciuonometers, for the detcriuination of die true meridian direction, most of which also served for the computation of the correct time. For the deter nination of the longitude of this meridian, west of the royal observatory of G.eenwich, and the latitudes of four important points upon it, there were made eighty-five complete sets of astronomical observations, in- cluding altitudes cf the sun and stars, and the meridian transits of the moon and moon-culminating stars. The ninnber of barometric observations made upon the line and in its vicin- ity is five thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven •, beside which, there were made at Calais, for comparison with the level of mean tide on the St. Croix, one thousand three hundred and thirty-six similar observations. There have been determined in altitude above or below the level of the monimient, by means of the spirit-level, one thousand seven hundred and sixteen points, and the altitudes of one thousand eight lumdred and sixteen other points have been similarly observed, in order to verify the altitude of the monument above the level of mean tide at Calais. For the determination of the magnetic variation at a number of points on the meridian line, more than two hundred observations Lave been made upon four different needles, and for the determination of the magnetic dip at four principal stations on the same meridian, tluee hundred observations have been made upon two dilferent needles. Under the direction of the same commissioner, the line claimed by Great Britain from Mars Hill, and that recently chosen by Messrs. Mudge and Featherstonehaugh, have been surveyed westward from the meridian line to the highlands near the head waters of the Aroostook, and the necessary data obtained for the construction of a correct map of that portion of country. Upon this survey, without reckoning the distances travelled for approach- ing many important points of observation, there have been actually measured with the chain, and coursed with proper instruments, two hundred and sixty- seven miles, including the Aroostook river from its mouth to the point where it receives the Lapawmpeag stream, a profile of the country from the head waters of the Moluncus to the St. John's at Fish river, and such other impor- tant lines as were necessary for obtaining the correct topography of the coun- try; and the altitudes of many points upon the line claimed by Great Britain as the boundary, in the vicinity of the Aroostook, have been obtained, Ten principal points have been determined in latitude and longitude, by means of one hundred and fifteen seta of astronomical observations, aided by three good chronometers ; and seventeen other points have been determined by triangulation, with a portable theodolite. Two hundred and five points have been determined in altitude, by means of one thousand three hundred "' T have lysical a me- 3 [ 97 ] and nineteen baronicliic o))!2crvntion?-, and sevcnieen by means of the theod- ohte and ^^piril-level. One hundred and ninety-two observations have been made for determining' the variation of the magnetic needle, at, three import- ant points. Tiie field duties al)ovementionod are considered to furnish sufficient data for a correct map of tlie line reported upon by tl\^ late British commission- ers, (yolonel Mudge and ]\Ir. Featherstonhaugh, between the St. John's river and the head of the Aroostook; beside some lateral explorations, of con- siderable extent, that \vill have an important l)earing upon this branch of the subject. The work accomplished is full as nnich as could have been properly done in a single season, marked, as the last was, by an unusual drought of long continuance, which rendered it impossible to ascend, even with light canoes, some of the smaller streams, especially those forming the northwestermnost sources of the Aroostook : these might be profitably ex- plored another season. 2. The division under the direction of A. Talcott has, beside verifying a part of the line of 1S40, and tracing the courtc of Indian stream (a branch of the Connecticut), to its soiu'ce, explored aiul surveyed the line of high- lands which extends from the Kennebeck road to the Temiscouata portage ; and so nmch of the line claimed by Great IJritain as extends from the Ken- nebeck road, to the eastward, as far as the head of the Aroostook river. In the course of this survey, widiout counting the lines of approach, or groimd travelled over more than once, seven hundred and three miles have been passed over, and such notes taken as will form the basis of a map. Of these seven hundred and tluee miles, three hundred and thirty-five are upon the lines respectively claimed as boundaries by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain. In the course of these surveys, in or- der to the geogra])hical determination of the positioii of the line, the latitudes of lifly-four points have been determined, by means of one hundred and fourteen sets of altitudes of heavenly bodies ; and the sets of subsidiary ob- servations for time, and for the determination of longitude, by chronometers, amount to two hundred and forty-live. The number of points at which observations have been made ])y l)aronietcrs, for the purpose of determining their altitudes, is nine hundred and thirty, of which six hundred and sixty- nine are upon the boundaries respectively claimed by the two countries. The number of separate sets of barometric readings made at these points, amount to nineteen hundred and eighty-one, while those made at the fixed stations, with which the former are to be compared, amount to sixteen hun- dred and seventy-one. 3. The division under the direction of J. Renwick, has explored or sur- veyed the line of highlands, from the southeastern extremity of Lake Meta- pediac to the vicinity of the River du Loup, where the line of survey has been coimected with that of A. Talcott. In this survey a gap is yet left of a few miles on the western side of the valley of the Rimouski, near it source. In the course of the operations of this division, five hundred and eighty- six miles have been passed over, and such notes taken as will form the basis of a map. Of these five hundred and eighty-six miles, two hundred anil seventy-five have been actually measured : two hundred and nine are upon the boundary claimed by the United States, and about thirty upon the line pointed out by the proclamation of the King of Great Britain, of the 7th of October, 1763, as the southern boundary of the province of duebec, making, in all, two hundred and thirty-nine miles of the height of land. if vi la if W [97] 4 In the course of these surveys, in order .0 the gcographiciil (Icterniinaliou of the position of the line, the latitudes of forty-seven points have been de- termined, by means of eighty-five sets of altitudes of heavenly bodies; and the sets of subsidiary observations for time, and for the determination of longitude by chronometers, amount to one hundred and thirty. The num- ber of points at which observations have been made by barometers, for (he purpose of determining their altitudes, is four Ijundrcd and seven, of which uvo hundred and sixty-seven are upon the boundary claimed by the United States. The number of separate sets of l)arometric readings made at these points, amounts to eleven hundred and fifty-three, while those made at the fixed stations amount to eight hundred and thirty-seven. The division of Major Graham not having returned from the field until within a few days, neither the reduction of the astronomical observations nor any of the ofiice work preparatory to a general map has yet been connnenced by his division. The office work of the division of A. Talcott and J. Renwick has been steadily carried on since the return of those commissioners from the field in the mon»h of October, a'ld great progress has been made in the calculations and plotting preparatory to the construction of maps, and necessary as mate- rials for a general report. In this state of the work of the several divisions, the undersigned find them- selves under the necessity of communicating to the State Department that the further progress of their operations is about to be arrested by the exhaustion of the appropriation, and of stating that unless speedy provision be made for the supply of the necessary funds, the report of their operations cannot be made up in time to be laid before Congress at its present session. The position of the finances of Uie commission may be seen by the fol- lowing statement : Of the appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars there have been drawn — By J. Renwick - - - - - .S'21,000 By A. Talcott ..... 24,200 By J. D. Graham .... - 25,000 Total drawn ro,2oo Leaving in the Treasury of the United States four thousand eight hundred dollars. By a careful estimate, it is found that to finish the office work of (he sev- eral divisions there will be required over and above any balances in the hands of the several commissioners — For the division of J. Renwick ... - $3,000 For the division of A. Talcott .... 5,800 For the division of J. D. Graham, including some arrearages due for instruments, and to assistant engineers attacheil to this division ..-.-- G,500 15,300 Making, in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars, and leaving to be provided for the completion of the work of the late season ten thousand five hundred dollars. nc in fir to ar fo a! Ill ill m o [97] Tlie uiuloisignctl onnnot refrain from slating that the ncocssily of applying for fiinlier funds was tniexpocled by each of them indivichially, as it is pain- ful to them collectively. There are, however, reasons that, in their opinion, arc incontrovertilile, which have led to an cxpendiiure thus exceeding their cstiniate siibniitled to tlie Secretary of Slate the llth of Jannary, ISll : 1. The estimate for ihc expenses of *he division under the direction of Major Graham amoimted to twenty-two ihousand live hundred dollars. This referred only, however, to the contiiuiation of the survey of the meridian hue, and, ;;s tlio country had been represented by the most authentic maps as generally rising from the moniuneiu to the north, it was inferred that the timber to be cut away in opening this line through a dense forest would be of the description generally found upon elevated and dry lands, and the labor supposed to be requisite was estiniatcd accordingly. So far, however, from iliis being the case, twenty-six miles out of the thirty-two, between the base of Park's ridge, near Houlton, and the river Des Chutes (six miles north of ilic latitude of Mars Hill), have actually been found to be below the level of the monument, ami intersected by swamps covered with a thick growth of cedar and odier timber common to such land, extrentely dilTicult to cut away. More than double the labor estimated had, therefore, to be performed in ac- complishing this and all similar portions of die work, and a corresponding increase of expense was unavoidable. In addition to this increased labor upon the meridian line, the division of Major Graham has executed the surveys between that line and the head waters of the Aroosiook, already given in detail, the expenses for which were net estimated or included in the sum above mentioned. The cost of this survey, including the instruments that were required for if, has amounted to five thousand five hundred dollars ; and, while this sum should be added to the original csumate for this division, (he expenses of the divisions of the other two commissioners have not, in any manner, been thereby diminished, for the actual quandty of work performed b'' them has exceeded what was supposed from the best maps extant to be necessary upon the whole of the lines claimed by the two Governments respectively, exclusive of the meridian line, as will hereafter be shown. There was another cause which tended, in a great degree, to augment the* expenses of this division in propordon to the progress of die work, which it was not within the power of human agency to control, and which we should not omit to mention here. The severe drought which prevailed throughout this region of country dur- ing the month of August and the greater part of September, caused the fires, which are annually set tw tlie fallen Umber upon newly-cleared lands, to spread far and v;ide into the growing forest, and so rapid was its progress, and so serious its ravages, as to compel the inhabitants, in many cases, to fly for the preservation of life. Some check was experienced in the duties along the meridian line, from the flames Uiat actually embraced it, but a far more serious one from the dense smoke which filled the atmosphere almost incessantly for six weeks, and so obstructed the view as to render it impossi- i-le to fix the stations in advance with die requisite precision. While the party charged with the astronomical operations was thus de- prived of the opportunity of making scarcely any progress for six weeks, the expense of maintaining it could not in any way be diminished, because there was a daily hope that such a change in die weather might occur as would have removed this difiiculty. f ir £97] 6 ^ In Older (o make amends, ns far as practicable, for so much time iinnvoid- ably lost, this division continued to prosecute its field (hities north of the forty-seventh degree of latitude, until several weeks after the severities of Avinter had commenced, with no other protection than their tents; the com- missioner in charge of it believing that the expectations of the (lovemmeni, and of the country generally, woukl but be fuUilled by the invi^stigalions in relation to this important line being pushed to the utmost attainal)le point. But for this, it wouhl have been impossil)le to have reacheil the .St. John's river the late season. There remains to be survej^ed along this meridian line, in order to reach the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, as claimed by the United .Stales, about sixty-four miles, to accomplish which will recinire another season of active field duty. 2. In the estimate for the work of the divisions of A. Talcottand J. Ren- wick, it was assumed that the length of the boundary remaining on the line claimed by the Ignited Slates, was three hundred and twenty miles, and upon the lines claimed by Great Britain, one hundred and seventy miles. Of the latter, about one half was undertaken by Major Graham's divisions- leaving for the estimated distance to be surveyed by the divisions of A. Tal- cctt and J. Renwick, four hundred and live miles. It will appear by the statement hereinbefore given, that the joint smveys of these two divisions upon the lines of highlands have actually amounted to five hundred and seventy-fou'- miles. Upon the principle of their esti- mate, the probable cost of this would have amounted to forty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents, and, with the addi- tion for instruments, and for the additional cost of the more remote parts of the line, to fifty-seven thousand seventy-nine dollars and seventy cents. The actual cost, including the foregoing estimate, for the completion of the work, is fifty-four thousand dollars. It will ap^iear, therefore, that when the increased extent of the work per- formed, over that made the basis of the estimate, is considered, (he cost of performing it, so far from having exceeded the estimate, has fallen short of it ])y three tliousand dollars. The reason of the discrepancy between the real extent of the line, as ac- tually measured, and that which formed the basis of the calculation, is, that the latter was made by reference to the best existing maps, which were con- sidered to be entitled to a certain degree of credit. Upon the close exami- nation which the operations o'f the late season have afforded, these maps have been ascertained to be exceedingly erroneous. Well-known streams have been found to extend in either direction, many miles beyond (he points a( Avhich their sources have been laid down on the maps, and great rivers and lakes have, as it were, been discovered, of which no delineation had ever been given by geographers. The extent of these errors in remote and diffi- cultly-accessible points, may be inferred from what has been found to occur in the part of the region which is most accessible, best known, and most fre- quently traversed. On the Temiscouata por(age, a road (ravelled weekly by the mail of her Britannic majesty, continually passed by the officers of her various services, * It has already been stated, that in the survey of the portion of this line allotted to Major 'Graham, there were aetually measured upon it, with the chain, two hundred and seventy-six miles, and this did not constitute more than one half the labor and expense incident to all th<^ duties enumerated and performed by his division, on his portion, so much did the work required upon this portion of it exceed what was estimated for the whole of it. i oiil- )OUt dive. 7 [ 97 ] whicli hud been carefully suivoycd l)y civil engineers, prcpaialoiy lo i(a re- coii:?tructioM, and which hius been travelled by lh« surveyors of both coun- tries luulcr the Joint connnission, it had hitherto been believed, and it was so represented on all the iuaps, both Entrlish and American, that the line dividins; the waters crossed the road three limes. The surveys of the late season show that the boundary clainiod by the United States crosses this road five times, ajul it became necessary to explore the culminating points of the valle}s of four streams, instead of two, as had been anticipated. Instances of the same sort, but which do not admit of verbal description, have occurred on every par! of the lines of highlands. The two conunissioners whose operations arc under consideration, no doubt had it in their power to have suspended their operations, and returned so soon as the portion of the appropriation placed at their disposal was so far exhansted as to leave no more than would be needed to complete their office-work. But they feel satisfied that they would not have been justified in so doing, so long as any portion of the line remained unsurveyed, or the weather would permit a party to keep the field. Thus, although in the original plan for th(^ partition of the work, it was estimated that their lines would probably be connected in the parallel of the river Orielle, about thirty miles south of Tenuscouata portage, when it was found that, from unforeseen de- lays in the transportation of the party of J. RenwMck, by sea, to their work, and on the river St. liawrcncc, from one station to another, it became doubt- ful whether he could pass the Temiscouata portage before the woods became impassable, his colleague continued his parties in the field until the junction was eflfected. In this way, while the expenses of the division of J. Ren- wick have not been materially diminished, those of the division of A. Tal- cott have been largely increased ; but a portion of the general work has been accomplished which might otherwise have been left incomplete. The undersigned, in conclusion, beg leave respectfully to urge the im- portance of a speedy appropriation to enable them to make up their report. A delay of an}'^ continuance will be productive of evil, either by enhancing the cost of ofiice-work, or by rendering it difficult in consequence of the dis- persion of the engineers and surveyors by whom the field-notes have been taken. Upon the completion only of such a report, will it be possible to jender apparent how much of the whole task has been accomphshed, and liow much remains to be performed ; and the Department will then have it in its power to decide whether the part that has not been completed is of such importance to the question at issue as *to require furUier operations upon it. All which is respectfully submitted. JAS. RENWICK, A. TALCOTT, J. D. GRAHAM, Commissionei's. Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. Washington, January 25, 1842. Sir : The undersigned, commissioners appointed by the President of the United States, for the purpose of surveying and exploring the boundary line [97] 8 ji \ S 1! ' n between the Stales of Maine anil New Hamii.>liirc, niul the Biiiirfli provinces', beg leave, in compliance with your directions, to submit an eaiinuiie for th^' operations of the commission for the ensuing year. So much of your directions as regard the slate of the survey, and il;e amount required to complete the oflice work, preparatory to a report, has al- ready been laKl before you, in their report of the lib January, 1842, prepareil in anticipation of your orders. Hy reference thereto, it will appear thai tlie delineation of the meridian of the source of St. Croix, has not, in spite of every effort on the part of the conmiissioner to whom it was assigned, been pursued further than eighty-one miles from the monument. Sixty-four miles, therefore, of the said meridian line remain to be surveyed, before thic; part of their task is completed. The other two commissioners, while they Avould not have hesitated to join in a final report, in case the state of the sur- vey of the meridian line would have permilted ii, are aware that the hasty manner in which their work \vas performed, in anticipalionof completing the object of their appointment, during the past year, leaves room for a more ac- curate examination of some parts of the lines they have surveyed. Some poriions, also, of the lines intrusted to them, respectively, were not reached ; and, in addition, a part of the survey which was contemplated in their origi- nal instructions from your predecessor, was not included in their estimates for the past year, in consequence of its having only a collateral relation to the main object. Thus the surveys, respectively undertaken l)y Messrs. Tolcolt and Graham, of the lines claimed on the part of Great Britain, and by Messrs. Mudge and Featherstonhaugh, although brought near to each other, have not been united; and a part of the highlands claimed by the United States, near the source of the Rimouski, was not reached by the parties of Professor Renwick . The height of a part of the line explored by Captain Talcott, in 1841), ly- ing at the source of Arnold's river, was not determined for the want of a barometer. Two or three miles in lehgth of the line of highlands, near the source of the River du Loup, require to be re-examined. The longitudes of Lake Megantic, Lake Etchemin, the source of the Metjarmette, upon the line of Captain Talcott, and of some one point on the line of Professor Renwick, ought to be ascertained with greater precision than the time that could be allowed during the last season would permit. The instructions of Mr. Forsyth contemplated an exploration of the high- lands described in the proclamation of 1763, as beginning on the north shore of the Bay of Chaleurs. Th« existence of a continuous elevated region, from the tide of that bay to the termination of the exploring meridian line, ha:^ been ascertained in a manner satisfactory to the commission; but the heights have not been measured on that part of it which lies nearest to the Bay of Chaleurs. Under these circumstances, the undersigned are of opinion that, as no de- lay in the presentation of a final report will arise from further explorations of the parts of the territory thus pointed out, and the more accurate examination of the uncertain matters, it would add to the confidence which may be placed in their results, that a party be employed, under the direction of each of the abovenamed commissioners, upon the said work. For this object it is esti- mated — 1. That twenty-five thousand dollars in all, say twelve thousand five hun- dred to be expended under the directiott of each of the two above commis- i 9 [97] s^ioiif'r^, will tnm«o. A Iras' pinn ilmii llii.s will no( koo]> two pnrlios in llie Tn'ld fliirinuf llu' workiiii;' season; a larucr sum (oiild not advantageously be exjxMKJed on ihis pail of (lie work. 2. In estimntiug- the uniouMt necessary (or compiotiny the delineation of tiie meridian of the souree of the river St. Croix, it will he home in mind that numerous astronomical ohservations must be made, in aid of the oper- ations with the transit instrument, in order constantly to preserve the true north direction ; a condition ot the utmost consequence, not alone as af- fectinii^ the extent of territory that will he emhraced by it, but more particu- larly because the character and position of the highlands alluded to in the treaty of 1783 would be exhibited in a very dilferent light as encountered by a line running due iiortli, as is required by the treaty, and bj one vary- ing even in a slight degree from that di''"''t jn. This principle has already been exhibited in a striking manner, l)y tne trace of the mcrifMan line as far as it has now progressed ; k >. instead of encountering highland., in the latitude of Mars Hill having a claim to be considered those described in the treaty as the intended boimdary between the two countries, the line as re- cently traced actually passes that latitude at an elevation of less than ten feet above the level of the monument, and the greatest elevation encoun- tered by this line, in passing over any spur connected with Mars Hill, is sixty-three feet above the level of the monument. In advance of this spur, the line becomes again depressed below the level of the motuiment, at sev- eral points before it reaches the Aroostook. These, however, are only a few of the many facts that misrlit be adduced from the surveys already made, to show how important it is to the question at issue, that every necessary means to avail of the aids of science should be adopted, in order to preserve scrupulously the direction specified in the treaty, while tracing this line. It must also be remembered that, in the further prosecution of this duty, a wilderness has to be traversed, totally uninhabited, and totally without roads. The only means of progressing through it, and of transporting the necessary provisions and the instru- ments indispensable to accuracy, will be by means of canoes for supplying two or three depots at points where Grand river and the waters of the Ristigouche intersect the line, leaving the whole transportation along the meridian to be performed by packmen, or men carrying burdens on their backs. That the usual avenue to give an unimpeded view alon^^ the line must be opened through a dense forest, which, in the neighborhood of all streams crossing it, will still be found to consist of that swamp]-- growth described in the report from the undersigned of the 4th of January instant, as requiring so much labor to cut through it. With all these circumstances in view, the following estimate for the completion of the survey of the meridian line, and for some further surveys between that line and the source of the Aroostook, is submitted ; and it is intended to embrace the expense of completing both the field and the oflice work that will require to be done in order to a final accomplishment of the duties. I li J [97] 10 Estimate for the meridian line. 1. Pay of four assistant enje:inoers, from May 1, 1842, to March 31, 1843, being 304 days, at $4 per day each - 2. Pay of thr'=e other assistant engineers, from May 1, 1842, to December 31, 1842, being 275 days, at $3 per day each ------- 3. Hire of thirty men, as axemen, and for preparing, con- structing, and erecting, stations and signals in advance, from June 1 to November 30, 1842, being 183 days, at $1 each per day . . - . - 4. Hire of thirty other men, as instrument-carriers, chain- bearers, canoe-2r.en, and packmen, for 183 days, as above, at $1 per day each - . - - 5. Hire of one carpenter and two cooks, 183 days, as above, at $1 25 per day each - - - , 6. Subsistence of one commissioner, seven assistant engi- neers, one carpenter, two cooks, and sixty men, as cibove, being, in all, seventy-one persons, while in the field, 183 days, at 50 cents per day each, including transportation of provisions to Grand falls of St. John's, or 1st depot - - - - - 7. Purchase of barometer, and repairs of instruments here toforc used - - - . , 8. Salary of commissioner . - - - 9. Contingencies, including stationery, office-rent, and fuel and transportation of engineers and commissioner to and froai the field Total required for the meridian line $4,864 00 2,475 00 5,490 00 5,490 00 686 25 6,496 50 800 00 3,000 00 1,500 00 30,801 76 That i-i to say, thirty thousand eight hundred and one dollars and seventy- five cents : making the whole amount for the work yet to be performed in the field, on all parts of the boundary, and for the office-work that will be consequent from the said lield-work, $55,801 75. All which is respectfully submitted. JAS. REN WICK,) A. TALCOTT, V Ommissionerf . J. D. GRAHAM, S Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. RECAPITULATION. 1. Amount of estimate for completing the surveys yet required to be made on the boiuidary, as above stated - - - $55,801 76 2. Amount of estimate rendered with report of January 4, 1842, for completing maps of surveys already made, &c. 10,500 00 Aggiegato amount required - 66,301 75