President of the United States. Messages from-Continued: Relating to an agreement made by the Pah-Ute Indians, and grant- In relation to printing and binding of the annual report of the Additional appropriations to complete the work of the Tenth Census. Appropriation for removing snow and ice from the walks and pave- Respecting the ratification of an agreement with the confederated Respecting the military reservation of Fort Cameron, Utah.. On the subject of the shipment and discharge of seamen. Communicating, in compliance with law, a partial report upon the Recommending stringent measures for the repression of the rap- Transmitting the report of Mr. George Earl Church upon Ecuador. Recommending an appropriation for building the sea-wall on Gov- Presque Isle, at Erie, Pa. Message from the President of the United Property belonging to the United States in the possession of the Inte- Public documents printed by order of Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Public grounds, appropriation for removing snow and ice from the Public lands, adoption of measures for the repression of increasing eva- Public timber. (See Timber.) R. Railroad companies in Tennessee. Letter Secretary of War relating to 0187-2 Revenue Marine, Life-saving Service, and Marine Hospital Service, in- Romley Marsh, Georgia, improvement of. Letter Secretary of War S. Letter Secretary of War Saint John's River, Florida. Letter Secretary of War respecting the Ship-owners, taxation upon. Letter Secretary of the Treasury Sioux Indians. Letter Secretary of the Interior respecting the defi- Smith, Jared A., Maj., and others, report of. Improvement of the Cal- South Pass, Mississippi River, maintenance of channel at. Letter Sec- Springfield Armory, expenditures at. Letter Secretary of War State, Secretary of. Letters: Names of consular officers not citizens of the United States to whom On the subject of the shipment and discharge of seamen. Steel and iron, report of the tests of. Letter Secretary of War Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, cost of constructing. 3 82 Sugars, information in regard to. Letter Secretary of the Treasury... 3 T. Tennessee. Letter Secretary of War relating to the basis upon which Tenth Census, additional appropriation to complete the work of the. Timber in the Territory of Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the. Letters: Transmitting report of the National Board of Health... In regard to the preparation and sale of methylated alcohol, duty Cost of collecting the internal revenue in each collector's district Information in regard to sugars. Transmitting the report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Treasury, Secretary of the. Letters-Continued: Expenses incurred by the Department of Justice in the prosecution Statement exhibiting the number of farms or plantations sold in Treasury Department, names of the clerks and other persons employed U. Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians. (See Indians.) v. Vessels. Letter Secretary of the Treasury relative to the harbor, pilot, Virginia, number of farms sold in, under an act for the collection of di- W. Walker River Reservation in Nevada, right of way to the Carson and War, Secretary of. Letters: Report of the tests of iron and steel and other materials for indus- Recommending an amendment to the Revised Statutes relating to Recommending legislation for perfecting title to the site of Fort Recommending legislation respecting the title to the peninsula of 1 Relating to the basis upon which the government settled with cer- tain railroad companies in Tennessee Improvement of Calumet River, Illinois. 1 Disposition of hospital and grounds in Wilmington, N. C 1 Examination of the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon Names of clerks and other persons employed in the War Depart- Recommending such legislation as will provide for the disposal of In relation to printing and binding the annual report of the Chief Report of the Mississippi River Commission. Cost of constructing the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Condition of the libraries of the Bureaus of the War Department Number, caliber, weight, and value of all cast-iron cannon on hand Appropriation for removing snow and ice from the walks and pave- Transmitting petition of Thomas Mulvehill for the repossession of 1 2 3 3 22 3 3 43 War, Secretary of. Letters-Continued: Improvement of the entrance to the Saint John's River, Florida, and Improvement of the harbors of Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia, Transmitting the petition of Col. G. W. Getty for the passage of an Transmitting report on the recent trial of a caliber 0.45 Gatling Reports showing maintenance of the channel at South Pass, Mis- Relative to an amendment to section 2148 Revised Statutes, so as to 3 Relating to the payment of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry 58 59 63 Number of condemned and obsolete cast-iron cannon balls In regard to bridges across the Great Kanawha River, in West Vir- Recommending an appropriation for building the sea-wall on Gov- Estimates for the construction and maintenance of the Hennepin War Department, names of clerks and other persons employed in the. War Department, condition of the several libraries in the. Letter Sec- retary of War 3 Wilmington, N. C., disposition of hospital and grounds at. Letter Sec- 1 73 76 78 83 18 36 11 Wyld, Robert Stodart. Message from the President of the United 3 42 Y. Yellowstone Park, copies of agreements with certain parties for privi- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING A report of the tests of iron and steel and other materials for industrial purposes, made with the United States testing machine during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882. DECEMBER 5, 1882.-Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, December 4, 1882. The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the United States Senate a letter from the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, dated November 15, 1882, accompanied with the report of the commanding officer of Watertown Arsenal of the tests of iron and steel, and other materials for industrial purposes, made with the United States testing machine during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882. Attention is invited to the recommendations that section 3709 Revised Statutes of the United States be so modified as to exempt the procurement of material for tests from the operation of its requirements, and that authority be given by Congress for the frequent publications of the results of tests in order that information of such great value may be quickly disseminated; also to the recommendation that five hundred additional copies of the accompanying report be ordered printed for the use of the Ordnance Office; all of which recommenda tions are concurred in by this Department. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, The PRESIDENT pro tempore, ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith, for transmission to Congress, as required by law, the report of the commanding officer of Watertown Arsenal of the tests of iron and steel, and other materials for industrial purposes, made with the United States testing machine during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. Attention is invited to the recommendation that the law (section 3709 |