City of Boston


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Annual Report of the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands


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The first annual report covers the period from Aug. 3 to Nov. 30, 1916, and includes the doings of the Directors of the port of Boston and of the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners from Dec. 1, 1915 to Aug. 3, 1916, to whose powers and duties the Commission succeeded under the provisions of chapter 288 of the General acts of 1916. cf. First annual report, 1916, p. [3]







Second Interim Report of the Special Commission on the Boston Harbor Islands


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... General description of the physical features of the harbor and the islands and the current functions they serve; discussion and evaluation of the following development alternatives: conservation and recreation, education and recreation for a harbor community; includes data on the acreage of each island; gives assessed value of land and property and ownership; assesses the extent of water and air pollution and noise in the area and analyzes the causes ...