Nantucket, Mass. Reports in regard to the establishment of signal
stations upon the island of..

Naval cruisers and dispatch boat. Estimates of appropriations for
completing the new

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

Naval station at Port Royal, S. C. Estimate of appropriation for a
combined coal-shed and store-house for the..

Navy, Secretary of. Letters:

Relative to orders issued to certain officers of the Navy to visit Nic-
aragua in order to make a survey of the route for the proposed
Nicaragua Canal ....

Comparative merits of anthracite and bituminous coal for naval

use

Transmitting a chart which should have accompanied report rela-
tive to the merits of anthracite and bituminous coal (part 2)
Relative to the services extended in Russia to the survivors of the
steamer Jeannette Expedition

Report of the expenditure of the appropriation for the Greely Re-
lief Expedition

Report of recent explorations in Northern Alaska, by Lieut. George
M. Stoney, U. S. N.

65

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

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

68

2

2

Recommending the meridian of Greenwich be adopted for all nau-
tical and astronomical purposes......

Relative to the establishment of compass-stations

Concerning the proposed change in the time for beginning the as-
tronomical day

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

Estimate of appropriation for repair of the stone dry-dock at Brook-
lyn Navy-Yard

Estimate of appropriation for a combined coal-shed and store-house
for the naval station at Port Royal, S. C

102

2

2

Navy. Estimates of appropriations for completing the new naval cruis-
ers and dispatch boat

Navy. Report upon the comparative merits of anthracite and bitumi-

nous coal for the use of the

Chart to accompany the report (part 2)

Navy Department. Letter of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
relative to the establishment of compass-stations...

Navy Department. Estimates of appropriations for the contingent ex-
penses of the, and for testing rifled cannon for new cruisers
Newman, George T. Estimate of appropriation to pay the claim of...
New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of
the surveyor general for, in the case of private land claim No. 136, in
the Territory of, known as the Santiago Ramirez grant......
(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)

New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of
the surveyor-general for, in the case of private land claim No. 134,
in the Territory of, known as the San Mateo Springs tract.
(Report of surveyor general not printed.)

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

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmitting a tracing
of the unconfirmed private land claim No. 123, known as the Santis-
ima Trinidad tract

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Interior 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.)

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

(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)

New Mexico. Letter Secretary of the Interior relative to the fraudulent
acquisition of titles to lands in

106

Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and Fort Greene. Letter Secretary of
War relating to

41

Nicaragua Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to or-
ders issued to certain officers to visit Nicaragua in order to make a
survey of the route for the proposed ......

0.

Omaha Indians against the Winnebago Indians. Claims of..
Orduance. Report of the "Armament Board" upon the various kinds
of

46

Ordnance of the new steel cruisers. Estimate for appropriation for com-
pleting the

Orejas del Llano de las Aguages tract. Private land claim known as the.
(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)

Oswego Harbor. Letter Secretary of the Interior regarding the dam-
age done the breakwater in, by the recent gale.

Oxford, Miss. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building at.

P.

Parker, Maj. F. H., report of. "Tests of iron and steel and other mate-
rials for industrial purposes

(Only letter of the Secretary of War printed.)

Penitentiary. Letter of the Attorney General relative to the erection
of a United States

(Only letter of Attorney-General printed.)

Pennsylvania. Allowance of the twelfth installment of the war claim
of the State of.

1244

12

1

1

96

Peoria, Ill. Extension of the limit of the cost of the public building

at

61

22

Poe, Lieut. Col. O. M., report of, on Portage Lake and Lake Superior
Ship-Canal..

Point Barrow, Alaska. Letter Secretary of War for the printing of ad-
ditional copies of Lieutenant Ray's report of the International Polar
Expedition to...

62

62

2

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal. Letter Secretary of War
concerning the....

Port Royal, South Carolina, Estimate of appropriation for a combined
coal-shed and store-house for the naval station at..

Post, James C., captain of Engineers. Report work done upon the Buck-
hannon River..

Recommending an additional appropriation for clerks in post-
offices

Documentary history of the Railway Mail Service

Reasons for certain erasures in the documentary history of the Rail-
way Mail Service (part 2)..........

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

Relative to obtaining certain records of the late Confederate States
pertaining to mail contracts.

Relative to the adjustment of postmasters' salaries and the addi-
tional temporary clerical force asked therefor....

Postmasters' salaries. Letter Postmaster-General relative to the ad-
justment of...

Post-offices. Letter Postmaster-General recommending an additional
appropriation for clerks in

President of the United States. Messages from:

Relative to the reciprocity treaty between the United States and
Spain.....

Report of the Board of Army and Navy Officers, relative to the best
location for establishing a Government foundry.

Supplementary report of the Gun Foundry Board, dated cember
20, 1884...

Condition of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians..

Respecting the compensation of electoral messengers under exist-
ing law..

Completion of the monument at Yorktown....

Transmitting copy of a letter to the Secretary of War, by General
W. T. Sherman, dated January 6, 1885..

In relation to the foreign trade of Mexico, Central and South Amer-
ica, the Spanish West Indies, Hayti, and San Domingo...
Relative to an appropriation for a preliminary search of the records
of French prize courts for evidence in the ascertainment of claims
of American citizens for spoliations by the French prior to 1801..
Relative to claims of Omaha Indians against the Winnebago Indi-
Transmitting copies of treaties between the United States and for-
eign powers..

ans...

Relative to the services extended in Russia to the survivors of the
steamer Jeannette Expedition...

His views of the provisions of Senate bill 862, for the relief of Uriel

Crocker...

In relation to the landing of foreign telegraph cables on the shores
of the United States....
Concerning the awards made against Venezuela by the Mixed Com-

mission

Relative to the papers to accompany foregoing message (part 2).... 77
Relative to an agreement with the confederated tribes and bands of
Indians occupying the Yakama Reservation in Washington Ter-
ritory...

82

Recommending the enactment of a law for the protection of sub-
marine cables....

Property belonging to the United States in the Department of the In-
terior. Inventory of

2 2 2

222

2 2

2

42

1

Relative to pending legislation providing for the opening up to set-
tlement of certain lands in the Indian Territory..
Report of the conference of the Third International Conference of
the Red Cross...
Transmitting the offer of Mrs. Grant to give to the Government, in
perpetual trust, the military and civil testimonials lately belong-
ing to General Grant...

Reports from the Central and South American Commissioners..

Q.

Quincy, Ill. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building at..

R.

Railroads, Commissioner of. Reports:

Relative to settlement of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company...

Relative to the transmission of telegraph messages by corporations

W affected by the act of March 1, 1862..

Railway Mail Service. Documentary history of the..

Reasons for certain erasures in the documentary history of the
(part 2)

Rancho de Taos.

Subject.

Letter Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a trac-
ing of the unconfirmed private land claim No. 109, New Mexico,
known as the

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

Ray, Lieut. P. H., report of, on the International Polar Expedition to
Point Barrow, Alaska. Letter Secretary of War relative to the print-
ing of additional copies of the report of

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Reciprocity treaty between the United States and Spain.

Message from

the President of the United States relative to the..
Red Cross. Report of the conference of the Third International Confer-
ence of the..

Rob Roy, Ark. Letter Secretary of War relative to the obstruction to
navigation through the draw of the railroad bridge across the Ar-
kansas River at. (Special session).

Rockwell, Col. A. F., report of, in relation to a system of telegraph and
telephone service in Washington....

Russia. Message from the President of the United States relative to
the services extended in, to the survivors of the steamer Jeannette
Expedition

S.

Saint Mary's Falls Canal in Michigan. Report on the..
San Domingo. Foreign trade of...

San Mateo Springs tract. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmit-
ting 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

(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)
Santiago Ramirez grant. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmitting
report of the surveyor-general for New Mexico in the case of private
land claim No. 136, in the Territory of New Mexico, known as the....
(Report of surveyor-general not printed.)
Santisima Trinidad tract. Letter Secretary of the Interior transmit-
ting a tracing of the unconfirmed private land claim No. 123, New
Mexico, known as the

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)
Schuchardt, William. Relative to an appropriation to compensate, for
services in procuring testimony, &c..

Schwatka, Lieutenant, report of, of his military reconnaissance of 1883
in Alaska

22

1

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

Sherman, General W. T. Message from the President of the United
States, transmitting a copy of a letter to the Secretary of War, by,
dated January 6, 18-5

Signal stations upon the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Reports
in regard to the establishment of

South and Central America. Foreign trade of.

South and Central American Commissioners. Reports from the.
Information in relation to the papers (part 2)..

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

Spain. Message from the President of the United States relative to the
reciprocity treaty between the United States and

Spanish West Indies. Foreign trade of....

Spirits. Letter Secretary of the Treasury regarding the assessment
and exportation of..

Spoliations by the French prior to 1801, appropriation for a prelimi-
nary search of the records of French prize courts, &c.
Springfield Armory. Expenditures at the, during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1884.

1

State, Secretary of. Letters:

Reciprocity treaty between the United States and Spain..
Respecting the compensation of electoral messengers under existing
law....

In relation to the foreign trade of Mexico, Central and South Amer-
ica, the Spanish West Indies, Hayti, and San Domingo..
Relative to an appropriation for a preliminary search of the records
of French prize courts for evidence in the accertainment of
claims of American citizens for spoliations by the French prior to
1801 .....

Treaties between the United States and foreign powers..

In relation to the landing of foreign telegraph cables on the shores
of the United States....

Concerning the awards made against Venezuela by the Mixed Com-

mission

Report of the conference of the Third International Conference of
the Red Cross...

Reports from Central and South American Commissioners..
Recommending the enactment of a law for the protection of sub-

marine cables.....

Recommending an appropriation to compensate William Schuchardt

for services, &c

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

Steamer Jeannette Expedition, services extended in Russia to the sur-
vivors of the.

Steel and iron and other materials for industrial purposes."
Report of Maj. F. H. Parker...........

"Tests of.

1

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Steel cruisers, estimate of appropriation for completing the ordnance

of the new..

Stoney, Lieut. George M., U. S. N. Report of explorations in Northern
Alaska...

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)
Submarine cables. Message from the President of the United States
recommending the enactment of a law for the protection of...........
Suits brought in the Court of Claims. Letter Attorney-General for ad-
ditional appropriations for defending..

Surgeon-General, letter of the, with petitions of hospital stewards of
the Army for increase of pay..

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

T.

Tax on distilled spirits intended to be exported. Letter Secretary of
the Treasury relating to the collection, postponement, or remission of

the

Tax on distilled spirits. Documents relating to the collection of the..
Tax collections, receipts, and disbursements in various departments of
the District of Columbia, from 1875 to 1884 ...
Telegraph cables on the shores of the United States. Message from the
President of the United States in relation to the landing of foreign..
Telegraph messages, transmission of, by corporations affected by the
act of March 1, 1862.............

Report of Col. A. F.

Telegraph and telephone service in Washington. Report of Col. A. F.
Rockwell in relation to a system of

Telephone and telegraph service in Washington.
Rockwell in relation to a system of...:.

Timber-land entries. Information in relation to certain illegal.

Tonnage duties since January 1, 1864, from foreign steamships. Let-
ter Secretary of the Treasury regarding the collection of...

Treasury, Secretary of. Letters:

Regarding the collection of tonnage duties since January 1, 1864,
from foreign steamships

Regarding the assessment and exportation of spirits..

Documents relating to the collection of the tax on distilled spirits.