rate of four shillings per acre; the whole of the purchase money to be paid in three months from the purchase; being read and duly considered, (ACCEPTED) Acres 600 £120 0 0 The application of Coll McGregor, for the purchase of township No. 8, one of the townships formerly set apart for the military, containing sixty four thousand acres, at the rate of one shilling and eight pence per acre; one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid in six months, two sixth parts in twelve months, and the remaining three sixth parts in eighteen months from the date hereof, being read and duly considered, (ACCEPTED) Acres 64,000 £5,333 0 0 The application of William Henderson, for the purchase of township No. 5, one of the townships formerly set apart for the military, containing sixty four thousand acres, at the rate of one shilling and eight pence per acre; one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid in six months, two sixth parts in twelve months, and the remaining three sixth parts in eighteen months from the date hereof, being read and duly considered, (ACCEPTED) Acres 64,000 £5,333 0 0 The application of Hugh McCauly, for the purchase of a tract of land in the mountains west of lake Champlain, beginning sixteen roods south thirty-five degrees west of lands granted to John Watts and others, now belonging to Heyman Levy and others; from thence running north thirty-five degrees, east 260 roods along the line of said lands; thence south one hundred and sixty roods; thence south thirty-five degrees, west one hundred roods; then north sixty roods; then south thirty-five degrees, west one hundred and sixty roods; and then north one hundred roods to the place of beginning, containing nearly two hundred acres, at the rate of one shilling per acre, the whole to be paid on the issuing of the patent, being read and duly considered, (ACCEPTED) Acres 200 £10 0 0 Acres 5,542,170 £412,173 16 8 THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE THE WESTERN WATERS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK: FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTING THE INLAND LOCK NAVIGATION. ALBANY; PRINTED BY BARBER AND SOUTHWICK: M,DCC,XCII. REPORT. THE Committee appointed on the 14th of August by the Directors of the WESTERN INLAND LOCK NAVIGATION COMPANY, in the State of New York, to examine the State of the Mohawk River, from the Town of Schenectady to Fort Schuyler, BEG. LEAVE TO · REPORT: THAT On Monday, the 20th ult. they repaired to Schenectady, where they were joined, on the 21st, by Mr. Moses De Witt, as Surveyor, with whom, together with Mr Nesbit, and Mr. Lightall, a Carpenter, they proceeded in a batteau to fulfill, as far as they were capable, the object of their appointment. The result of their observations is contained in the following detail of a survey of the Mohawk River, taken when the water therein was less than has been known within the memory of the eldest person now living; and consequently the impediments, to the navigation thereof, as great as they will probably be at any future period, without artificial aid. FROM Albany to Schenectady. FROM Schenectady to No 1 In good water, one and a half mile, there a rapid, Miles. 16 over which the water runs one and a half feet 2 On in good water, one and a half mile, to Daniel 3 On in good water, one quarter of a mile, to a 4 On to Anthony Van Slykes, in good water, one 1 1-2 1 1-2 1-4 1 |