rock, and after that dredging the channel below the Pawtucket wharves. Should sufficient funds be provided to carry the dredged channel up to Phillipsdale, after completing the channel through the rock, it would be advantageous to begin dredging at the lower end of the work. Amount and character of work: About $25,000 worth of work removing ledge rock, including contingencies and supervision. Rate per cubic yard, $6.70. Date of approval: October 19, 1905. To commence: Within fifteen days after receipt of notice of approval. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. The commerce arriving at and leaving Pawtucket river, Rhode Island, during the calendar year ending December 31, 1905, is estimated as follows (based upon reports received from the Newell Coal and Lumber Company, of Pawtucket, R. I.): Commerce Arriving at and Leaving Pawtucket River, Calendar Year, 1905. The vessels entering and leaving this waterway are as follows (each entrance and departure together being counted as one): IMPROVEMENT OF PROVIDENCE RIVER AND HARBOR, NARRAGANSETT BAY, AND GREEN JACKET SHOAL. Operations during the past fiscal year. The work of dredging under the continuing contract with the Columbia Dredging Company of New York, N. Y., was commenced July 18, 1905, and was continued throughout the remainder of the fiscal year, the contractor having elected to continue work after the exhaustion of the funds available for payment. The winter having been very mild, the work was continuous. Up to the close of the fiscal year 1,946,074 cubic yards of mud were removed, at a cost of 8.45 cents per cubic yard, practically completing that portion of the anchorage lying west of the old channel and commencing the eastern portion. Two dredges are employed upon the work. Operations contemplated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907.-It is proposed to complete the dredging of the soft material and prepare for a contract for the removal of the hard material. Date of approval: June 24, 1905. To commence within fifteen days after notification of approval. Date of expiration: Not later than November 30, 1907. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. The commerce arriving at and leaving Providence river, Rhode Island, by water during the calendar year ending December 31, 1905, is estimated as follows (based upon reports received from the harbor master of Providence, R. I., Mr. J. T. P. Bucklin): Commerce Arriving at and Leaving Providence River, Calendar Year, 1905. General merchandise... Lumber and products.. This is a continuing contract. Tons. 696,101 35,647 Building materials (stone, cement, lime, plaster, brick, sand, gravel, The vessels entering and leaving this waterway are as follows (each entrance and departure together being counted as one): IMPOVEMENT OF NEWPORT HARBOR. Operations during the past fiscal year.-Complaint having been made of shoals obstructing navigation in various parts of the dredged area in the harbor, an allotment of $10.000 was made from the appropriation for "Emergencies in river and harbor works" to redredge the most serious of those. Under authority of the Chief of Engineers, proposals were invited for the hire of a dredge by the hour to do this work. The contract was awarded to Charles M. Cole, Fall River, Mass., for dredge, tug, and two scows, at the rate of $17 per hour. The work of |