First Division District. - Major-General ALEXANDER SHALER commandingComprises the city and county of New York and the county of Richmond. Second Division District. -Major-General JOHN B. WOODWARD commandingComprises the counties of Kings, Queens and Suffolk. Third Division District. -Major-General JOSEPH B. CARR commandingComprises the counties of Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Fulton, Hamilton and Montgomery. Fourth Division District. - Major-General TILLEY R. PRATT commandingComprises the counties of Warren, Essex, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis. Fifth Division District. -Major-General THEODORE B. GATES commandingComprises the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Dutchess, Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego, Chenango, Herkimer and Madison. Sixth Division District. - Major-General HENRY A. BARNUM CommandingComprises the counties of Broome, Cayuga, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga. Seventh Division District. -Major-General JOHN WILLIAMS commanding Comprises the counties of Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates, Ontario, Wayne, Monroe and Livingston. Eighth Division District. -Major-General RUFUS L. HOWARD commandingComprises the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Erie, Genesee, Orleans and Niagara. NEW YORK STATE CANALS. OFFICERS FOR 1873. COMMISSIONERS OF THE CANAL FUND. [The Commissioners have the superintendence of the Canal Fund and of the Canal Debt.] JOHNC. ROBINSON, Lieutenant-Governor. G. HILTON SCRIBNER, Secretary of State. FRANCIS C. BARLOW, 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.] ALEXANDER BARKLEY, Argyle-In charge of Eastern Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from Albany to east bank of Oneida Lake canal; Albany basin; Champlain canal and Glens Falls feeder; Black River canal and feeder, and improvement of Black river-315 miles. REUBEN W. STROUD, SYRACUSE-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. WILLIAM B. TAYLOR. [Prescribes duties of, and assigns divisions of canals to, Engineers; visits and inspects canals; prescribes surveys, maps, plans, estimates, etc., in the construction of improvement of a canal.] AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT. [Invested with the powers and duties formerly belonging to the Comptroller in relation to the canals; draws warrants on the |