Bayly, Sampson P. Estimate of appropriation for the relief of
Block Island, Rhode Island. Enlargement of the basin at....
Breakwater in Oswego Harbor. Damage done the, by the recent gale..
Brooklyn, N. Y. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building at.
Brooklyn Navy-Yard. Estimate of appropriation for repair of the stone
dry-dock at the..

Buckhannon River, West Virginia. Letter Secretary of War regarding
the work done upon the

C.

California. Papers relating to the Moquelamos grant in..

(Only letter of transmittal and schedule of papers printed.)

Cannon for new cruisers. Estimate of appropriation for testing rifled..
Central and South American Commissioners. Reports of
Information relative to the papers (part 2)

Central and South America. Foreign trade of..

Cherokee lands. Letter Secretary of the Interior regarding the price
paid for certain..

Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. Condition of the.

Claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Supplemental
list of

Clerks in post offices. Letter Postmaster-General recommending an
additional appropriation for

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Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. List of.

Clerks and other persons employed in the War Department. List of the.
Coal on the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona. Letter Secretary
of the Interior relative to

Coal for naval use. Report upon the comparative merits of anthracite

and bituminous

Chart to accompany report relative to the merits of anthracite and
bituminous coal for naval use (part 2)

Coasters' Harbor Island, Rhode Island. Steps taken to establish an
advanced course of instruction of naval officers at....

Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita Indian Agency. Condition of affairs at

the

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

Compass-stations. Letter Secretary of the Navy relative to the estab-
lishment of

Confederate States during the late war of the rebellion. Public policy
of the executive department of the

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Confederate States. Relative to obtaining records of the late, pertain-
ing to mail contracts

Contracts made by the War Department during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1884..

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(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Contracts between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the West-
ern Union Telegraph Company. (Special session).
Court of Claims under the act of March 3, 18×3. Letter from the At-
torney-General asking additional appropriations for defending suits
brought in the

Court of Claims. Appropriation for defense of the United States in
the
Creek Indians. Objections of, to pending legislation providing for the
opening up to homestead settlement of certain lands in the Indian
Territory

Creek and Seminole Indians. Lands in the Indian Territory acquired
by treaty from the

Crocker, Uriel. Views of the President of the provisions of Senate
bill 862 for the relief of..

Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Letter Secretary of the Interior
regarding the leasing of land on the....

Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Letter Secretary of the Interior
relative to leasing lands on the

Additional papers (part 2)..

Cruisers. Estimate for appropriation for completing the ordnance of
the new steel ....

Cruisers and dispatch boat. Estimates of appropriations for completing
the new naval

D.

Dallas, Tex. Extension of the limit of cost of public building at..
Denver, Colo. Extension of the limit of cost of public building at..
Direct-tax laws. Estimate of appropriation to refund to persons money
collected from them without warrant of law.

Distilled spirits. (See Spirits)...

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Distilled spirits. Documents relating to the collection of the tax on.. 57
District of Columbia. Commissioners of the, letter-tax collections,
receipts, and disbursements in various departments from 1875 to

1884..

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Dowell, Miss Emma. Estimate of appropriation to pay the claim of...
Dry-dock at the Brooklyn Navy-Yard. Estimate of appropriation for
repair of the stone

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Eliot, George H., Lieutenant-Colonel Engineers. Reports necessity
for the enlargement of the basin at Block Island, Rhode Island............
Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and Fort Greene..
Improvement of the harbor of Providence, R. I...

Electoral messengers under existing law. Message from the President
of the United States respecting the compensation of.....
Education, Commissioner of, report of. Progress of Indian education
and civilization....

Engineers, Chief of, reports:

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal....

Regarding the damage done the breakwater in Oswego Harbor by
the recent gale....

Regarding the work done upon the Buckhannon River, West Vir-
ginia

Necessity for the enlargement of the basin at Block Island, Rhode
Island.....

Relating to Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and Fort Greene.
Improvement of the harbor of Providence, R. I...

Report on the subject of a new lock at Saint Mary's Falls Canal in
Michigan....

Relative to the obstruction to navigation through the draw of the
railroad bridge across the Arkansas River at Rob Roy, Ark. (Spe-
cial session)...

F.

Finn, John. Report on the allowance of the claim of

Fish and Fisheries, Commissioner of.

Deficiency estimate from the

Foreign steamships. Letter Secretary of the Treasury regarding the
collection of tonnage duties since January 1, 1864, from...........

Foreign telegraph cables. (See Telegraph cables).

Fort Greene, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island

French spoliations. Appropriation for a preliminary search of the rec-
ords of French prize courts for evidence in the ascertainment of claims
of American citizens for..

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Garfield. Report of the commission to select a site and supervise the
erection of a pedestal for a statue of the late President

General Land Office, Commissioner of. Letters relative to private land
claim No. 117, New Mexico....

Relating to the Moquelamos grant in California

That the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of
February 26, 1885, relative to certain illegal timber-land entries
cannot be furnished

Grant, Julia Dent. Offer of, to give to the Government, in perpetual
trust, the military and civil testimonials lately belonging to General
Grant..
Greely Relief Expedition. Expenditure of the appropriation for the.
Green Jacket Shoals, harbor of Providence, R. I. Removal of..........
Greenwich. Letter Secretary of the Navy recommending that the merid-
ian of, be adopted for all nautical and astronomical purposes
Gun Foundry Board. Report of the, of February 16, 1884, and supple-
mentary report of December 20, 1884

H.

Hannibal, Mo. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building at.
Hayti. Foreign trade of...

Hospital stewards of the Army. Petitions of, increase of pay..
(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

I.

Indian Affairs, Commissioner of. Reports:

Relative to the failure of the Utah and Northern Railway Company
to compensate certain Indians for right of way

Relative to an appropriation for the purchase of teams, &c., for the
Lawrence School...

Condition of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians..

Relative to the leasing of Indian lands in the Indian Territory
Price paid for certain Cherokee lands

Relative to the coal on the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona.
Regarding the leasing of land on the Crow Indian Reservation.....
Relative to claims of Omaha Indians against the Winnebago In-
dians

Relative to pending legislation providing for the opening up to set-
tlement of certain lands in the Indian Territory.
Estimate of appropriation to pay G. T. Newman.
Indian education and civilization. Progress of..

Indian lands in the Indian Territory. Letter Secretary of the Interior
relative to the leasing of...

Indian Territory. Letter Secretary of the Interior relative to the leas-
ing of Indian lands in the..........

Relative to certain lands in the Indian Territory acquired by treaty
from the Creek and Seminole Indians..

Indian Territory. Message from the President of the United States
relative to certain lands in the, acquired by treaty from the Creek
and Seminole Indians

Indian Territory. Message from the President of the United States
relative to pending legislation providing for the opening up to settle-
ment of certain lands in the.

Indians upon the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. Failure of the Utah
and Northern Railway Company to compensate the..
Indians. Condition of the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Indians occupying the Yakama Reservation in the Territory of Wash-
ington. Draft of a bill to accept and ratify an agreement with the
confederated tribes and bands of..

Infantry branch of the Army. Petitions relating to Senate bill 2442, to
increase the efficiency of the....

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Interior, Secretary of. Letters:

Relative to the failure of the Utah and Northern Railway Company
to compensate certain Indians for right of way....

Interior, Secretary of. Letters-Continued.

Relative to an appropriation for the purchase of teams, &c., for

the Lawrence School..

Relating to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians..

Relative to the leasing of Indian lands in the Indian Territory
Regarding the price paid for certain Cherokee lands.

Relative to coal on the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona..
Regarding the leasing of land on the Crow Indian Reservation in
Montana Territory

Relative to the report of the Government directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad for 1884..

Report of surveyor-general of New Mexico relative to the private
land claim No. 136, in the Territory of New Mexico, known as the
Santiago Ramirez grant..........

(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)

Report of the surveyor-general of New Mexico in the case of pri-
vate land claim No. 134 in the Territory of New Mexico, known
as the San Mateo Springs tract.

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(Report of surveyor general not printed.)

Transmitting a tracing of the plat of the preliminary survey of the
unconfirmed private land claim No. 132 in the Territory of New
Mexico, known as the Antonio de Salazar grant

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Relative to claims of Omaha Indians against the Winnebago In-
dians.....

Relative to certain lands in the Indian Territory acquired by treaty
from the Creek and Seminole Indians

Relative to pending legislation providing for the opening up to set-
tlement of certain lands in the Indian Territory.

Transmitting a tracing of the unconfirmed private land claim No.
123, New Mexico, known as the Santisima Trinidad tract
(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

Papers relating to the condition of affairs at the Kiowa, Comanche,
and Wichita Indian Agency..

Transmitting a tracing of the unconfirmed private land claim No.
109, New Mexico, known as the Rancho de Taos....
(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

Inventory of property belonging to the United States in the Depart-
ment of the Interior

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Report of surveyor-general of New Mexico in the case of private
land claim No. 117..

Relative to the settlement of indebtedness of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company...

Relative to leasing lands on the Crow Indian Reservation in Mon-
tana..

Additional papers (part 2)

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Relative to an agreement with the confederated tribes and bands
of Indians occupying the Yakama Reservation in Washington
Territory

Relating to the Moquelamos grant in California.

(Only letter of transmittal and schedule of papers printed.)

Estimate of appropriation to pay G. T. Newman..
Regarding the progress of Indian education and civilization.

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That the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of
February 26, 1885, relative to certain illegal entries of timber land
cannot be furnished, &c...

Transmission of telegraph messages by corporations affected by the
act of March 1, 1862..

Relative to the fraudulent acquisition of titles to lands in New
Mexico

Contracts between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the
Western Union Telegraph Company. (Special session)...

Interior Department. Inventory of property belonging to the United
States in the.....

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)
Internal Revenue, Commissioner of. Letter. Estimate of appropria-
tion to refund to persons money collected from them without warrant
of law

International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Letter Sec-
retary of War requesting the printing of additional copies of Lieuten-
tenant Ray's report of the

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Iron and steel and other materials for industrial purposes." "Tests of.
Report of Maj. F. H. Parker..

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

J.

Jeannette Expedition. Services extended in Russia to the survivors of
the steamer

K.

Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indian Agency. Condition of affairs
at the.....

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(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

L.

Land on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Letter Secretary
of the Interior regarding the leasing of............

Lands. Letter Secretary of the Interior regarding the price paid for
certain Cherokee..

Lands taken by the Government under the act of July 15, 1882. Letter
Attorney-General

Lands on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.
of the Interior relative to leasing.

Additional papers (part 2)..

Letter Secretary

Lands in the Territory of New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Inte-
rior relative to the fraudulent acquisition of titles to

Lawrence School. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to an
appropriation for the purchase of teams, &c., for the...

Leavenworth, Kans., extension of the limit of cost of the public build-
ing at....
Lynchburg, Va. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building

at

M.

Mail contracts. Letter Postmaster-General relative to obtaining cer-
tain records of the late Confederate States pertaining to
Massachusetts. Allowance of the tenth installment of the war claim
of...
Meridian of Greenwich be adopted for all nautical and astronomical
purposes. Letter Secretary of the Navy recommending that the.....
Mexican Claims Commission. Letter Secretary of State recommending
an appropriation to compensate William Schuchardt for services in
procuring testimony to be adduced before the United States and..
Mexico. Foreign trade of.

Mississippi River. Papers relative to the channel at the South Pass of
the

Missouri River Commission. Annual report of the

Montana Territory. Letter Secretary of the Interior regarding the
leasing of land on the Crow Indian Reservation in
Montana. Letter Secretary of the Interior relative to leasing lands on
the Crow Indian Reservation in

Additional papers (part 2)..

Monument at Yorktown. Papers relative to the completion of the
Moquelamos grant in California. Papers relating to the..

(Only letter of transmittal and schedule of papers printed.)

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