1601 to 1617 and 1622 to 1635, all inclusive, on the sixteenth floor; Nos. 1301 to 1317 and 1331 to 1339, all inclusive, on the thirteenth floor, for a period of one year from April 1, 1904, at an annual rental of thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-one cents ($31,364.21), payable quarterly; the lessors to furnish light, heat, elevator and janitor service.

7. Rooms 1815 to 1817 on the eighteenth floor, for a period of eleven months from May 1, 1904, at a rental at the rate of one thousand and thirty-six dollars and eighty cents ($1,036.80) per annum, payable quarterly, the lessors to furnish light, heat, elevator and janitor service.

For the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity.

8. Rooms Nos. 1318 to 1330, inclusive, on the 13th floor; all of the 15th floor, being Rooms 1501 to 1539, inclusive; Rooms 1715 to 1731, inclusive, on the 17th floor; and Rooms 1907 to 1913, inclusive, on the 19th floor, for a period of one year from April 1, 1904, at an annual rental of twenty-three thousand eight hundred and eightyfour dollars and sixty-one cents ($23,884.61), payable quarterly, the lessors to furnish light, heat, elevator and janitor service,

-and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rents fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such leases be made, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute the same when prepared and approved by the Corporation Counsel, as provided by sections 149 and 217 of the amended Greater New York Charter.

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Park Row Realty Company the sum of two hundred and eleven dollars and sixty cents ($211.60), being the rental of Rooms Nos. 1618 to 1621 and Nos. 1636, to 1639 inclusive, in the Park Row Building, Nos. 13-21 Park row, Borough of Manhattan, for the month of April, 1904, occupied by the Supervisor of the City Record.

The report was accepted and resolutions severally unanimously adopted.

The Comptroller offered the following resolution to authorize the issue of all Assessment Bonds of The City of New York conditioned to be paid in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and fineness:

Resolved, That the following resolution, approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund April 18, 1904, be and the same is hereby ratified and affirmed:

Resolved, That until otherwise ordered by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, the Comptroller be and is hereby directed to issue all Assessment Bonds of The City

of New York conditioned to be paid in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and fineness.

Approved:

GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Mayor,

EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller,

C. V. FORNES, President of the Board of Aldermen,

PATRICK KEENAN, Chamberlain,

JOHN T. MCCALL, Chairman, Finance Committee, Board of Aldermen,

New York, April 18, 1904.

Which was unanimously adopted.

Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.

The Comptroller presented the following statement and offered the following resolution relative to a refund of assessment paid in error:

Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller:

APRIL 25, 1904.

SIR-On April 16, 1904, Nassau Land Improvement Company overpaid the following assessment instalment for Prospect Park improvement, viz.:

The amount so overpaid was deposited in the Sinking Fund of the City of Brooklyn; the refund will be made through account Refunding Assessments Paid in Error, Borough of Brooklyn."

The resolution herewith is necessary to reimburse this account for amount of assessment and interest so to be refunded.

Respectfully,

JOSEPH HAAG, Chief Accoutant and Bookkeeper.

Resolved, That a warrant payable from the Sinking Fund, City of Brooklyn, be drawn in favor of the Chamberlain for the sum of eleven dollars and ninety-two cents ($11.92), to be deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of Refunding Assessments Paid in Error, Borough of Brooklyn," to refund Nassau Land Improvement Company through this account, this amount of assessment and interest for Prospect Park improvement overpaid in error.

Which resolution was unanimously adopted.

The Comptroller presented the following statement and offered the following resolution relative to a refund of Croton water rents paid in error:

Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller:

APRIL 26, 1904.

SIR-Applications have been made, as per statement herewith, for the refund of Croton water rents paid in error.

The applications are severally approved by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, the Receiver of Taxes or the Collector of Assessments and Arrears, and the amount so paid, two hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents ($221.38), has been deposited to the credit of the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt.

Resolved, That a warrant payable from the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt be drawn in favor of the Chamberlain for the sum of two hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents ($221.38), for deposit in the City Treasury to the credit of "Croton Water Rent Refunding Account," for refunding erroneous and overpayments of Croton water rents, as per statement submitted herewith.

Which resolution was unanimously adopted

Adjourned.

N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Secretary.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE

SINKING FUND OF

THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a Meeting Held in Room 16, City Hall, at 10.30 o'clock A. M., on Friday, April 29, 1904.

Present-George B. McClellan, Mayor; N. Taylor Phillips, Deputy and Acting Comptroller; Patrick Keenan, Chamberlain, and John T. McCall, Chairman Finance Committee, Board of Aldermen.

tem.

On motion of the Deputy Comptroller, John Korb, Jr., was elected Secretary pro

The reading of the minutes was dispensed with.

The following communication was received from the Commissioner of Docks, submitting for approval map or plan changing the bulkhead and pier lines between Little West Twelfth and Nineteenth streets, North river:

NEW YORK, April 22, 1904. Hon. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Mayor, and Chairman of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

SIR-In connection with the work of improving the water front along the North river, between Bloomfield and West Twenty-third streets, this Department, as you know, made two applications to the Secretary of War for an extension of the pierhead line in order that longer piers might be constructed, both of which applications were denied. The present "New Plan" at that locality provides for a marginal street 250 feet in width and for piers 800 feet long.

The tendency being to construct larger ships, it is necessary, in order to meet the needs of the commerce of the port, that longer piers should be provided. To this end