The works on this island, including the reservoirs, the mains, Clendening Valley bridges, and the tunnels, have been progressing during the summer, although retarded from the want of punctual payments. m The foundation for the bridge over the Harlem River, so far as piers Nos. 7, 8 and 9 are concerned, has been laid in the bed of the river, and the sinking of the coffer dams has been attended with less difficulty than was apprehended. In fact, the bed of the river, when cleared by the removal of the sand and mud, and the immense boulders found therein, has proved admirably calculated for the support of the lofty and imposing structure intended to rest upon it.

CROTON AaUEDUCT.

Commissioners, contractors, and engineers, all complained, during this period, of the inequality and delay in the payments stipulated, occasioned partly, perhaps, by the former misunderstanding between the Commissioners and the Common Council, as to their relative rights and duties, but mainly by the financial difficulties of the times, and the

exhaustion of the funds appropriated.

To put an end to all difficulties as to contested rights, as well as to provide the additional means needed for the completion of the work, the Legislature, on the application

of the Common Council, passed a law on the 26th July, by a two-third vote, authorising the Corporation to raise three and a half millions more. We annex portions of that law, which is a very important one, as settling several material points : 1st. That of laying To limit the power of the a tax on the citizens to pay the interest of the water loan. 2d.