The quality of the water proving satisfactory, on the 25th of August, the former resolution of the Board accepting the proposals of Mr. Colles was confirmed, and Treasury notes to the amount of 2,500, were ordered to be issued to meet the expense.

86 MEMOIR OF THE Notes to that amount were, accordingly, issued of the following denominations :

4000 of six pence each 100 4000 of four shillings each 800 200 2500 of eight " 1000 4000 of one shilling 4000 of two " " 400

At the bottom of this page will be found an engraved fac-simile of one of these notes. The back of the note represents the machinery by which the water was to be raised, undoubtedly one of Newcomen's Atmospheric Engines, which, since the commencement of the century had been in general use, in draining mines in all parts of Europe, and one of which about 1760 was imported by the proprietors of the old copper mines near Belleville,

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rpH IS NOTE shall entitle the BEARER to the Sum of TWO SHILLINGS, current Money of the Colony of New- York, payable on DEMAND, by the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COMMONALTY of the City of New-York, at the Office of Chamberlain of the said City, pursuant to a Vote of the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of this Date. Dated the Twenty-fifth Day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-four. By Order of the Corporation,