NEW YORK STATE CANALS.

OFFICERS FOR 1869.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE CANAL FUND.

[The Fund Commissioners have the superintendence the Canal Fund and of the Canal Debt.]

ALLEN C. BEACH. Lieutenant-Governor.

HOMER A. NELSON, Secretary of State.

WILLIAM F. ALLEN, Comptroller.

WHEELER H. BRISTOL, Treasurer.

MARSHALL B. CHAMPLAIN, Attorney-General.

CANAL COMMISSIONERS.

[The Canal Commissioners have the general charge of the public works, of the construction of new canals, and of the repairs of the completed canals.]

OLIVER BASCOM, Whitehall-In charge of Eastern Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from Albany to east bank of Oneida Lake canal: Albany basin; Champlain canal and Glen's Falls feeder; Black River canal and feeder, and improvement of Black river-315 miles.

STEPHEN T. HAYT, Corning-In charge of Middle Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from the east bank of Oneida Lake canal to the county line between Seneca and Wayne counties; Butternut Creek feeder; Limestone feeder; Camillus feeder; Oneida Lake canal; Oswego canal; Oneida River improvement; Seneca River towing-path; Baldwinsville canal'; Cayuga and Seneca canal; Crooked Lake canal; Chemung canal and feeder; Cayuga inlet; Chenango canal-329 miles, and the Chenango canal extension.

JOHN D. FAY, Rochester-In charge of Western Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from the county line between Seneca and Wayne counties to Buffalo, including basin at the latter place; Genesee Valley canal, including Dansville side-cut-280

miles

STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

VAN RENSSELAER RICHMOND.

[Prescribes duties of, and assigns divisions of canals to, Engineers; visits and inspects canals; prescribes surveys, maps, plans, estimates, etc., in the construction or improvement of a canal.]

AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT.

JAMES A. BELL.

[Invested with the powers and duties formerly belonging to the Comptroller, in relation to the canals; draws warrants on