The Foreman and Steward of Hand Hose Company No. 10, shall receive the sum of Fifty Dollars each per annum, and the Hosemen the sum of Thirty Dollars each annually.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

SECT. 36. The salary of the Superintendent of the Boston Lunatic Hospital shall be at the rate of Eighteen Hundred Dollars per annum; and he shall be allowed sufficient house-room, free of rent, and board for himself and his family in said Hospital, which compensation and privileges shall be in full for his services as Superintendent of said Hospital, and also as Physician to all the Public Institutions at South Boston.

SECT. 37. The salary of the Master of the House of Correction shall be at the rate of Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum, and he shall be allowed sufficient house-room in said building, free of rent, and board for himself and his family; but no other fees or perquisites shall be allowed him.

SECT. 38. The salary of the Superintendent of the City Hospitul shall be at the rate of Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum, and the Trustees shall allow him what, in their opinion, shall be sufficient house-room in said building, free of rent, and board for himself and family; but no other fees or perquisites shall be allowed him.

ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.

SECT. 39. The salary of each of the Principal Assessors shall be at the rate of Sixteen Hundred Dollars per annum, including the allowance provided for by the General Statutes of the Commonwealth, and there shall be allowed this Department the further sum of Six Thousand Dollars, to be paid for Clerk hire.

The Assistant Assessors shall be allowed Three Dollars for each and every day which they shall severally devote to the service, but no pay shall be allowed for revising assessments beyond an actual service of five days.

The salary of the Per Diem Assessors shall be at the rate of Five Dollars for each and every day which they shall severally devote to the service on street duty; but no pay shall be allowed for revising assessments beyond an actual service of five days.

The number of said days' service of the Assistant Assessors and Per Diem Assessors shall be certified according to the Ordinance.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

SECT. 40. The salaries of the Justices of the Police Court and of the Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court and of the Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court for civil business, shall be as follows:

To the Justices of the Police Court, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars each for services under the 41st and 42d Chapters of the General Statutes, or which may be imposed upon them, under Chapter 207, Statutes of 1862.

To the Justices of the Police Court, for all services under the 180th Chapter of the General Statutes, in discharging poor prisoners held for fines and costs, Five Dollars per week each while actually attending to that duty, they to provide all clerical labor required therefor.

To the Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum.

To the Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court for civil business, Eighteen Hundred Dollars per annum.

The salaries of the Constables of the Police Court shall be as established by the Statutes of 1862, Chapter 216, viz: Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum.

ORDERED: That whenever any person in the employ of the City shall demand payment for his salary, or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of the Auditor and City Treasurer to deduct therefrom any and all sums due from such officer to the City.

CITY OF BOSTON.

BOSTON, MASS., APRIL 25, 1864.

OFFICE U. S. COMMISSION ON BOSTON HARBOR.

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON BOSTON HARBOR OF THE CITY OF

BOSTON :

Gentlemen: In reply to your communication desiring an examination of the condition of Great Brewster Island, Gallop's, and Deer Islands, I have the honor to

REPORT:

The work of destruction by the sea, rain, and frost is going on, and the present means of protection are not sufficient to save the Great Brewster from annihilation.

The rapid waste of the Island has been reported by the U. S. Commissioners, ascertained by a reliable comparison between 1847 and 1860; and a subsequent examination in September 1863 has shown an abrasion of the South head of the Island of seventy-five feet, and on the Northwest and West side of from twenty to thirty feet, at localities not yet protected by sea walls.

Since September 1863 to date, the destruction has been considerable in three places. On the South head the slope of the bluff has been washed at its base, making it perpendicular for fifteen to twenty feet high.

My signal, on the highest point of the Island, was last Fall eight feet from the bluff, now the foot of the signal pole is