Pier extension is not now required, and the construction of the spurs is not considered advisable. A reserve of $20,000 for the protection of Presque Isle Peninsula is on hand, as required by project. No funds for continuing improvement are, therefore, required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913.

Under maintenance, it is proposed with funds on hand to replace 755 linear feet of old decayed timber superstructure on the north pier with concrete and to make minor repairs on the piers and do dredging when necessary in the entrance channel and basin to maintain project depths.

No estimate of funds is therefore made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913.

APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, ERIE HARBOR, PA., CALENDAR YEAR 1910. Season of navigation.-Opened April 12, 1910; closed December 10, 1910.

1 In addition to this amount there was allotted, Jan. 11, 1871, from the appropriation made by the act of July 11, 1870, for examinations and surveys for improvements, etc., and for contingencies of rivers and harbors, the sum of $10,000, to be applied to works for the protection of the peninsula at Erie Harbor. The early office records having been destroyed by fire in 1887, it is impracticable to state at this time how much of this allotment was actually expended for the purpose for which it was made.