1842,
to March 31, 1843, being 304 days, at $4 per day each $4,864.00

2. Pay of 3 other assistant engineers from May 1, 1842,
to December 31, 1842, being 275 days, at $3 per day each 2,475.00

3. Hire of 30 men as axmen, and for preparing, constructing,
and erecting stations and signals in advance, from June 1
to November 30, 1842, being 183 days, at $1 each per day 5,490.00

4. Hire of 30 other men as instrument carriers, chain
bearers, canoe men, and packmen for 183 days, as
above, at $1 per day each 5,490.00

5. Hire of 1 carpenter and 2 cooks 183 days, as above,
at $1.25 per day each 686.25

6. Subsistence of 1 commissioner, 7 assistant engineers,
1 carpenter, 2 cooks, and 60 men, as above, being in all
71 persons, while in the field, 183 days at 50 cents per
day each, including transportation of provisions to
Grand Falls of St. John, or first depot 5,496.50

7. Purchase of barometers and repairs of instruments
heretofore used 800.00

8. Salary of commissioner 3,000.00

9. Contingencies, including Stationery, office rent,
and fuel, and transportation of engineers and
commissioner to and from the field 1,500.00

Total required for the meridian line 30,801.75

That is to say, $30,801.75, 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 field work $55,801.75

All which is respectfully submitted.

JAS. RENWICK,
A. TALCOTT,
J.D. GRAHAM,
_Commissioners_.

RECAPITULATION.

1. Amount of estimate for completing the surveys yet
required to be made on the boundary, as above stated $55,801.75

2. Amount of estimate rendered with report of January 4,
1842, for completing maps of surveys already made, etc. 10,500.00

Aggregate amount required 66,301.75

WASHINGTON, _February 9, 1842_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of
February, 1842, in the following words--

_Resolved_, That the President of the United States inform this House
under what a