20 each.
150 do
2 00 do
2 75 per ream.
3 00 do
2 55 do
3 00 do
3 00 do
2 00 do
4 00 do
3 00 do
5 00 do
3 00 do
6 00 do

10 per sheet.
20 do
25 per yard.
10 per sheet.
20 do
15 do

35 do
2 40 per dozen.
2 00 do

25 per bottle.

25 do 2 00 per gross.

25 per card.

25 per dozen. 4 00 per gross. 6 00

25 per dozen. 50 do

30 per 100. 800 per dozen.

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LIST OF CONTRACTS—Continued.

Rates.

Where deliverable.

2 thermometers. June 19 June 30 | George Hannaman. 60 tons (of 2,240 pounds) of the best timothy and clover hay

200 pounds copper cut nails, 6-penny to 20-penny, assorted. 200 pounds copper pipes, to 2 inches, assorted

$0 50 per dozen... New York.

75 per pound.

50 per dozen.
2 50 per gross.

35 per dozen.
2 50 do
10 00 per 1,000.

50 each.
25 do

50 per pound.
3 00 per 1,000.

80 per pound.
60 do
50 each.
25 per dozen.
20 each.

15 per dozen.
1 50 do
25 00 per case.
2 00 each.
1 50 per sett.

25 each.
1 50 per pound.

25 each.
21 28 per ton New York.

2 per bundle.
2 25 per 100. lbs. New York.
2 00 do

65 per bushel.

20 do 2 00 per sack.

36 per pound. New York. 45 do

New

do

do

300 pounds brass castings, pattern 100 bushels plasterers' hair.

30

do 120 pounds. ..do.......

22 per bushel. 2 barrels plaster of Paris...

3 per pound. 150 barrels best quality lime for whitewashing

2 00 per barrel.

1 30 do
1,000 bushels lime, equal to Thomaston lime, in barrels
containing 300 pounds.

1 10
June 20 June 30 Thomas Holohan
29,500 cubic yards of gravel filling.

16 per cub. y'd. New York. ...do. .screened gravel.

20 do 200........do......best building sand

38 June 22 June 30 H. G. Nichols & Co....... 32,200 pounds best American round iron, from A to 1?-inch.

34 per pound. New York.
11,600 pounds American flat iron, from by 3 to 3ļ by
1 inch

31 do
4,500 pounds American square iron from 1 to 2 inch

31 do
2,400...do..wrought iron spikes.

do
100.....do..Zimmerman's..do.

41 do
3,000...do..iron cut ..do.

4
80......do..horse shoe.

15
300.....do..wrought iron clout nails.

10
1,000...do....... do ........do...

6
7,000...do..iron cut nails, 4-penny to 40-penny.

4 do
1,000...do. ...do....brad head nails, 6-penny to 12-penny. 4 do
100.....do....do....finishing ...do.....

4 do
500.....do....do....lath

6 do
500.....do....do... .slating ....do.

6 do
20,000 iron cut brads

6 per M.
60,000 iron cut tacks, 8 to 14-ounce

4 do 60 pounds ox shoe nails.

15 per pound. July 20 June 30 E. Corning.. 8,000 pounds best cast steel.

16

do. New York. 1,000...do....German steel ..

12 do
2,000...do....blister steel, London

10
Aug. 17 June 30 M. Lefferts & Bro...... Constructing and erecting roof to gun carriage shop 8,500 00.

New York.
Do..... ...do ....
........do..... .foundry...

11,487 50
Building gun carriage shed

15,500 00
Aug. 8 June 30 Merrick & Sons
Constructing and erecting roof to boiler shop....

15,500 00
Aug. 30 June 30 John Baldinger..... 2 pairs wrought iron doors, 16-foot openings, (per plan). 80 00 per pair.. New York.
2......do........do.......8-foot........do

75 00 do 28 pairs iron window frames and sash complete for openings 9 feet by 4 feet, per plan.....

30 00 do 300 cast iron grate bars, say 300 pounds, per pattern..... 5 per pound. 6 iron coal tubs...

..do......

5 do

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LIST OF CONTRACTS—Continued.

1855. 1856.
June 30 John Baldinger-Continued 2 iron oven doors, to pattern..

$0 05 per pound.. New York.
2 iron grate doors....do........

5 do
6 iron grate baskets ..do.

6 do
6 covers ..

6 do
June 20 Sept. 20 G. G. Glasier.
1 large turning lathe for blockmakers' shop, per pattern ... 200 00 each.

New York.
1855.
June 20
Dec. 20 W. D. Haight..

Furnishing materials and constructing gunner's house on
1856.
Ellis' island, according to plans and specifications.. 4,997 00.

New York.
Aug. 3 June 30 S. B. Grice..

4 pieces yellow pine, 48 feet long, 15] by 7 inches........
2. ...do....do......47....do....12 by 8 inches.
10...do....do......31....do....12 by 6 inches.
4....do....do......46....do....104 by 9] inches..
4....do....do......31....do.....61 by 4 inches...
6,892 feet board measure...

28 00 per M feet.. Philadelphia.
5,000 feet board measure 4-inch yellow pine plank, 35 to
40 feet long, 124 inches wide...

28 00
5,000 feet board measure 3-inch yellow pine plank, 35 to
40 feet long, 12 inches wide..

28 00 do
June 29 June 30 T. E. Orbison.

6 pieces white oak, 31 feet long 15] by 8 inches..
6.... ...do.... .30....do...14% by 7 inches.

.do..... .20....do....62 by 7 inches.
.do..... ...do.... by 7 inches.
.do.

..do...1

by 8] inches... 6. .do.

..do...

by 8 inches.
4

..do...14) by 6] inches.
12. .do. 31....do....7] by 14] inches.
10. .do.....

10....do...12by 12, inches.
..do...

.10....do....9] by 9 inches. .do...

.48....do...15] by 10] inches. .do.....

.do...12] by 12] inches. .......do. .37. ..do....7% by 6 inches. 6.... ...do...

.29....do.... by 6 inches.. 12.

....do..... .34. ...do...16) by 7, inches..

34 00 por M feet.

50 each. 75 do

do

18 50 per M feet.
18 50 do
18 50 do
18 50
18 50 do
25 00 do
25 00 do

28 per bushel.
2 20 per ream.
2 20 do

45 per quire.
1 10 each.
3 25 per side.

6 each.

41 do
10 00 per dozen.
1 75 do
1 00 do
4 75 do
1 90 each.
1 00 do
1 12 do

28 per pound. 7 50 per dozen. 7 50 do

50 each.