TABLE No. 5.-Cash contracts for improvements and current expenses, &c.-Continued.

44, 250 24 Completed. Done under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Cancel all claims under contract No. 486, of board of public works, including balance due on March 22, 1876, the date of cancellation of contract pursuant to joint resolution approved March 14, 1876. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, June 30, 1876. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, July 6, 1876; charged to contract No. 853, of board of public works, and extension of September 16, 1876. 100 00 Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, September 11, 1876. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, October 7, 1876. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, April 27, 1876. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners. Completed. Authorized by the Commissioners November 25, 1874.

VIII.-APPENDIX No. 12.-STATEMENT OF REDUCTION OF EXPENSES.

Comparative statement of force under direction of engineer of District of Columbia, which replaces corresponding organization of the board of public works, showing the reduction of expenses.

RECAPITULATION.

The employés under the direction of the engineer of the District of Columbia perform the duties of, and correspond to, the following offices of the board of public works, of which the cost is given for the month of June, 1874, being the organization which has been replaced by the present one:

Expenses for engineer's employés, (average force 1874-'75)...

Diminution of expenses per month...........

19, 776 15

6,702 80

13,073 35

Diminution of expenses per annum...

156,880 20

Diminution for the month of November, 1876. (See daily report of this date)....

4,338 67

Diminution of expenses per annum, (basis of present force)....................

185,245 80

Statement of the organization of the board of public works, June 20, 1874.

Statement of the organization of the board of public works, &c.—Continued.

Statement of the organization of the board of public works, &c.—Continued.

Statement of employés under the direction of the engineer of the District of Columbia, January 31, 1876, being about the average working-force throughout the year.