Title.

Interior, Secretary of, communicates relative to the claim of

Probst & Kirchner....

communicates relative to the claim of
Seth E. Ward..

communicates relative to House bill 3099,
for the relief of the Alabama, Cooshat-
ta, and Muscogee tribes of Indians, in
Texas....

communicates relative to the claim of
Christopher Weidner....

recommends an appropriation for wagon-
roads to Yellowstone national park...

Internal revenue, annual report of the Commissioner of.

index of the above.....

Isthmus of Panama, letter from the Secretary of War relative to freights via the....

J.

Jussen, Edmund, message of the President of the United States, transmitting his objection to signing House bill No. 2291, for the relief of.

K.

Kansas, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the affairs of the Ottawa University in.....

L.

Land-Office, annual report of the Commissioner of the General.
Land, letter from the Secretary of War transmitting draught
of a bill to confirm the purchase by the executive depart-
ment of a certain tract of, at Omaha, Nebraska ...........
Lands, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an
appropriation to defray the expenses of appraisal and
sale of certain, in Nebraska.

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an
appropriation to defray the expenses of appraisal and
sale of the Kansas Indian..

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the restoration to market of certain, in Michigan...... Legal-tender notes, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting information relative to the increased issue of.... Letters, letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the number of, annually transmitted since 1820, with ratio of postage each year, &c...

Levees of the Mississippi, letter from the Secretary of War relative to bill of the House No. 3419, to aid in the rebuilding of the..

Light-house and buoyage property, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting draught of a bill to protect the. Louisiana, message from the President of the United States in answer to resolution of the House relative to the condition of affairs in

M.

Madden, Charles B., letter from the Secretary of War relative to the claim of..

Mail-contractors, letter from the Postmaster-General transmitting report of fines imposed upon and deductions made from the pay of...

Mails, letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the cost of transportation of the, on the Union Pacific Railroad......

Title.

Maine, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the Harbor
of Portland
Marine hospital, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
transmitting draught of a bill for the purchase of a site for
a, near the port of New York

Marine hospital, New Orleans, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitting draught of a bill for the sale of the...
Marine hospital service, annual report of the supervising
surgeon of the.....

index to the above

Marine hospital service, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury relative to present laws governing the....
Matron at Pawnee Indian agency, letter from the Secretary
of the Interior relative to an appropriation for the salary of
the, of the school at Pawnee Indian agency
Maryland, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
improvement of Elk River....

McCullah, James A., message from the President of the
United States, returning with his objections bill for the
relief of.

McKinney, Charles J., letter from the Secretary of War relative to the claim of.

McLaughlin, John and William South, letter from the Secre-
tary of War relative to the amount due to ...
Medical department, letter from the Secretary of War relative
to a deficiency in the appropriation for the.....
Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company, letter from the
Secretary of War relative to House bill 2012 granting right
of way to the, through the Vicksburgh national cemetery..
Metropolitan police, annual report of the board of ...
Michigan, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
construction of a canal around the falls of the
Saint Mary's River in

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the restoration to market of certain lands in.... Military convicts, letter from the Secretary of War relative to an appropriation for outstanding claims for care and maintenance of, in State penitentaries

Military post, letter from the Secretary of War transmitting an extract from the report of the Inspector-General of an inspection of the, of Key West, Florida.

Military posts, letter from the Secretary of War relative to an
appropriation for the establishment of, on the Northern
Pacific Railroad

Mines and mining statistics, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitting report of Professor Raymond on, west
of the Rocky Mountains..
Missouri, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
indebtebness of the State of, for ordnance and
ordnance stores..

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the erection of a public building at Saint Joseph.. Montana Indian war claims, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the, of 1867

N.

Navy Department, letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to clerks and employés appointed in, during the year 1872....

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letter from the Secretary of the Navy
relative to civil service questions in use
in the....

letter from the Secretary of the Navy
transmitting statement of civil employés
in the....

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Part. No. Page.

Navy, Secretary of the, annual report of .......... .

communicates relative to the amount
paid for freight on materials, tools,
&c., during 1870 and 1871...
communicates relative to clerks and
employés appointed in his Depart-
ment during the year 1872.
communicates relative to civil-service
questions in use in his Department..
letter from, relative to House bill No.
3400, to regulate the grade of certain
officers in the.

transmits list of civil employés in his
Department

Nebraska, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to
an appropriation to defray the expenses of ap-
praisal and sale of certain lands in...

letter from the Secretary of War transmitting
draught of a bill to confirm the purchase by the
executive department of a certain piece of land
at Omaha

Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation, letter from the Secretary of
the Interior transmitting an act passed by the legislature of
the Chickasaw Nation to adopt the

Newman, William H., and L. A. Van Hoofman, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the claims of .

New Mexico, letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting reports on private land-claims in

New York, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the suspension of work on the new post-office building in the city of....

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting draught of a bill for the purchase of a site for a marine hospital near the port of......... letter from the Secretary of War relative to the survey of Bear Creek Harbor, Lake Ontario .... New Yorker Democrat, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the claim of the ... letter from the Secretary of War relative to the claim of the

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207

149

128

101

Night-signals, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to, in the mercantile marine.

North Carolina, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River

0.

Officers in the Navy, letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to bill of the House No. 3400, to regulate and establish the grade of certain....

Ohio, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the harbor of Toledo...

letter from the same on same subject..

Ordnance and ordnance stores, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the indebtedness of the State of Missouri for, issued to said State..

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P.

Patents, annual report of the Commissioner of.

Penitentiaries, letter from the Secretary of War relative to an appropriation to meet outstanding claims for care and maintenance of military convicts in State

Penitentiary, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the taking down and removal of the old, in Washington arsenal grounds....

communicates relative to the cost of trans-
portation of the mails.....

communicates relative to civil-service
questions in use in his Department....
communicates relative to the number of
letters annually transmitted since 1820,
with ratio of postage, &c
transmits a report of fines imposed upon
and deductions made from the pay of
contractors for transporting mails

Post-Office Department, letter from the Postmaster-General

transmitting list of clerks and em-
ployés for year 1872...

letter from the Postmaster General rela-
tive to civil-service questions in use
in the

Pratt, R. H., lieutenant, letter from the Secretary of War rela-
tive to the claim of..
President of the United States, annual message of the

synoptical list of papers trans-
mitted with the above..
transmits report of the president

of the United States centen-
nial commission
communicates relative to com-

pensation to consular agents
for extraordinary services
communicates relative to the
consular and diplomatic sys-
tems of the United States
transmits the report of the com-
missioners for inquiring into
depredations on the frontiers
of Texas..

transmits his objection to bill of
the House No. 2291, for the
relief of Edmund Jussen
message from the, in answer to
resolution of the House rela-
tive to the condition of affairs
in Louisiana
message from the, vetoing bill
of the House, No. 630, relating
to new trials in the Court of
Claims....

transmits the report of consular
agent De B. Randolph Keim..
message from the, relative to
consular agents....
message from the, returning with

his objections bill of the House
for the relief of James A.
McCullah

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No. Page.

President of the United States, message from the, transmitting

a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Bernhard Bernstein .... message from the, calling attention of Congress to a former message relative to the fisheries.

ivate land claim, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the, No. 62, known as the "town of Cienequilla,' in the name of José Sanchez et al... Private land claims, letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting reports of the surveyor-general of New Mex

ico on

Probst and Kirchner, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the claim of

Providence Hospital, letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the Surgeon-General of the Army on the expenditure of the appropriation of $30,000 for the completion of the

Public building, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in
answer to resolution of the House relative
to a, for a post-office at Pawtucket, Rhode
Island

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury rela-
tive to the suspension of work on the new
post-office building in the city of New
York

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury rela-
tive to the erection of a, at Saint Joseph,
Missouri

Public debt, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative
to the aggregate amount paid on the, since March 4, 1861...
Public grounds, letter from the Secretary of the Interior rela-
tive to an appropriation for the extension of the, surrounding
the Capitol

Public money, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting draught of a bill to regulate and secure the safe keeping of..

Public property, letter from the Secretary of State transmitting

inventory of, in his Department.

letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture
transmitting list of articles of, purchased
and disposed of by his Department since
last inventory

letter from the Secretary of War transmitting
inventory of, in the Bureaus of his De-
partment...

Purchase of squares in Washington City, letter from the Secre-
tary of the Interior relative to an additional appropriation to
complete the, Nos. 687 and 688

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Q.

Quartermaster-General's Office, letter from the Secretary of
War relative to the contingent expenses of the .
Quartermaster's Department, letter from the Secretary of War
relative to the enlisted men and civilians employed in the....

R.

Raymond, Professor, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
transmitting report of Professor Raymond on mines and
mining statistics west of the Rocky Mountains