SENATE.....No. 6.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The agent of Charles River and Warren Bridges hereby makes the annual report of his doings as agent,-to which is added an account of receipts and expenditures the past year, as is required by the law relating to said bridges.

All necessary repairs have been made, and the bridges have been kept in order the past year. The amount expended is greater than the previous year, owing to the decay of the materials and the great and increasing travel over them; the block pavement on the Warren Bridge is much worn, and the surface quite uneven, so much so, that it will require extensive repairs the next year.

The past year, thirty-two hundred and six vessels have passed upward through the draw of Charles River Bridge;of this number, twenty-six hundred and eighty-five have passed the draw of Warren Bridge.

In May last, a settlement was made by the State treasurer with the receivers of the Phoenix Bank, in relation to the deposit in said bank of moneys belonging to the Charles River and

Warren Bridge Fund, and the amount received, to the credit of said fund, was the sum of

The amount received by agent for the 4th dividend on the balance of said deposit,

The amount of dividend received in May, 1844,

Total receipts from said deposit,

$3,698 26

366 62

4,592 21

$8,657 09

The sum on deposit in said bank, at the time of its failure, was $9,184 42, and the receipts, as above, are 944 per cent. A final dividend will be made, so that it is probable there will be but little loss, except the interest.

By the statement of the State treasurer, it appears that on the 1st of January, 1847, the Charles River and Warren Bridge Fund was as follows:

The receipts and expenditures for both bridges for past year, ending 31st December, 1846, as follows: