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Serial set 3319	Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Civil Service Commission, for contingent expenses of the commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examinations of Iron River, Flag Lake, and Flag River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examinations of Iron River, Flag Lake, and Flag River, Wisconsin. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. San Francisco relative to the placing on the retired list noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Lyons Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Lyons Creek, Virginia. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Dam across the St. Louis and Cloquet Rivers. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution dated December 11, information relative to the establishment of a dam across the St. Louis and Cloquet Rivers. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of locality inside Absecon Inlet, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of the locality inside of Absecon Inlet, New Jersey. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Great Wicomico River, Virgina [i.e, Virginia]. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Great Wicomico River, Virgina [i.e., Virginia]. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Report of California Debris Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the California Debris Commission, submitted by the Chief of Engineers. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of La Crosse Harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of La Crosse Harbor, Wisconsin. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Personal losses sustained by certain light-house employees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of losses of personal property sustained by keepers and other employees of the light-house establishment on duty in the Sixth and Eighth districts. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of West Branch of Newtown Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of West Branch of Newtown Creek, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Cold Spring Inlet, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Cold Spring Inlet, New Jersey. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of San Francisco Harbor, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of San Francisco Harbor, California. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Quincy Bay, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Quincy Bay, Illinois. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Feather River, California, above Marysville. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Feather River, California, above Marysville. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Oconto River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Oconto River, Wisconsin. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the Lumberton branch, Rancocas River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of the Lumberton branch of the Rancocas River as far as Lumberton, N.J. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Peekskill Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Peekskill Harbor, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Echo Bay and New Rochelle Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Echo Bay and New Rochelle Harbor, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Guyandotte River, West Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Guyandotte River, West Virginia. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Carrls River, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Carrls River, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Elizabeth River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Elizabeth River, New Jersey. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Buckshutem Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Buckshutem Creek, New Jersey. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Missouri River. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Manchester Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Manchester Harbor, Massachusetts. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Contracts entered into by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts entered into by the War Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Whitefish River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Whitefish River, Michigan. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Savannah River, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report in reference to survey of Savannah River, Georgia, between Spirit Island and the point where the Charleston and Savannah Railroad crosses said river. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Licking River, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Licking River, Kentucky. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Harbor at Claiborne, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of the harbor at Claiborne, Md. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tar River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Tar River, North Carolina. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of harbor at Bayou Sara, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of harbor at Bayou Sara, Louisiana. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Hunting Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Hunting Creek, Virginia. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Mantua Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Mantua Creek, New Jersey. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Elk River, West Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Elk River, West Virginia. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Woodsburg Channel, in Hempstead Bay, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Woodsburg Channel, in Hempstead Bay, New York. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Chatham New Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Chatham New Harbor, Massachusetts. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Broadkiln River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Broadkiln River, Delaware. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the harbor at Baton Rouge, La. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of the harbor at Baton Rouge, La. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Georgiana River, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Georgiana River, California. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of inlet at mouth of Shark River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of the inlet at the mouth of Shark River, New Jersey. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Christiana River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Christiana River, Delaware. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tongue River, Montana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Tongue River, Montana. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Rancocas River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Rancocas River, New Jersey. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Dunkirk Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Dunkirk Harbor, New York. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination for a canal from Pocomoke River, Maryland, to Indian River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination for a canal from Pocomoke River, Maryland, to Indian River, Delaware. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tionesta River, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Tionesta River, Pennsylvania. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Big Coal and Little Coal Rivers, West Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Big Coal and Little Coal Rivers, West Virginia. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of a waterway from Franklin City to Cape Charles, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of a waterway from Franklin City southward to Cape Charles, Virginia. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for rent of workshops and for storage for the National Museum. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for rent of workshops and storage rooms for the National Museum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, submitted by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. R.D. Benedict. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General, with inclosures, requesting an appropriation to pay R.D. Benedict for legal services rendered. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Winston & Winston. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General, with inclosures, requesting an appropriation to pay Winston & Winston for legal services rendered. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Third Auditor submitting a draft of a proposed clause of appropriation for making investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Civilian engineers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the name of each civilian engineer employed from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894, on river and harbor work. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of San Rafael Creek, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of San Rafael Creek, California. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fog signal at Cat Head Point, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the establishment of a fog signal at or near Cat Head Point, Michigan. December 10, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for carrying into effect the convention between the United States and Ecuador. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of State, to enable this government to carry into effect the convention concluded at Quito between the United States and Ecuador. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Dolphin, asking the amendment of the act placing noncommissioned officers and privates of the Army on the retired list, so as to include enlisted men of the Navy. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Grassy Island Range, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an amendment to the sundry civil bill, providing for the building of a dwelling for the keeper of the Grassy Island Range, Michigan. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.R.S. Franklin, asking an amendment of the act placing noncommissioned officers and privates of the Army on the retired list, so as to include enlisted men of the Navy. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Annual Statistical Abstract of Foreign Countries. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of communications from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, requesting that authority be granted for printing an annual Statistical Abstract of Foreign Countries. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Improvement of harbor at Sandusky, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, with inclosures, on the subject of cost of further necessary improvement of the harbor at Sandusky, Ohio. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Compensation to certain officers of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing, with a favorable recommendation, a draft of a bill to provide for the payment of compensation to officers under the Treasury Department, for services in excess of the term of office for which they were appointed. December 10, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a form of a bill, and papers relative thereto, for the improvement of the conduct of the business pertaining to the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. December 10, 1894. -- Referred to the Joint Commission of Congress to Inquire into the Status of Laws Organizing the Executive Departments, and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for buildings and grounds, Military Academy. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of War, for buildings and grounds, Military Academy. December 10, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Michigan, relative to placing on the retired list noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy. December 11, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Little Kanawha River, West Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Little Kanawha River, West Virginia. December 11, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.R.S. Vermont, relative to placing noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy on the retired list. December 12, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the board appointed under the river and harbor act of August, 1894, to examine and determine, from surveys heretofore made, the most feasible route for the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. December 12, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Noxubee River, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Noxubee River, Mississippi. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the bar recently formed in Horn Island Pass, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of the bar recently formed in Horn Island Pass, Mississippi. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Contract schools for Indians. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Portsmouth, relative to the placing of noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy on the retired list. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Salary of clerk to Superintendent of Indian schools. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for salary of a clerk to the superintendent of Indian schools which he desires provided for in the urgency deficiency bill. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compensation for survey of lands of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft of a bill to authorize compensation for the survey of the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, submitted by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Bennington relative to placing enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the General Land Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the General Land Office, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Indian police service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for Indian police service for the current fiscal year, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for survey of certain land in North Carolina. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation made by the sundry civil act of 1894 for the survey of certain land in North Carolina, submitted by the Solicitor of the Treasury. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for field expenses Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the next fiscal year, submitted by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for outbuildings, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing relative to the necessity of an appropriation for the construction of outbuildings for said Bureau. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary survey of the east bank of the Mississippi River from the City of Warsaw to the City of Quincy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary survey of the east bank of the Mississippi River from the City of Warsaw to the City of Quincy. December 14, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures at the Springfield Armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures at Springfield Armory, Mass., for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for office force in the Department of Justice, submitted by the Attorney-General. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of certain property belonging to the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a draft of a bill authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States, situate in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pa., formerly used as a burial ground for soldiers. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of harbor of Waddington, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Waddington Harbor, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Missisquoi River, Vermont. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Missisquoi River, Vermont. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Royals River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Royals River, Maine. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Salem River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Salem River, New Jersey, from the mouth of said river to Salem City. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Mahon River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Mahon River, Delaware. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Parkers Head Harbor and Channel, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Parkers Head Harbor and channel, Maine. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Cape Porpoise Harbor, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Cape Porpoise Harbor, Maine. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Byram Harbor, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Byram Harbor, Connecticut. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Little Wicomico River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Little Wicomico River, Virginia. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Greenwich Harbor, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Gveenwich [sic] Harbor, Connecticut. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Jacksons Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Jacksons Creek, Virginia. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of harbor of West Haven and West River, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of harbor of West Haven, Conn., and West River from the steam railroad crossing to the main channel of New Haven Harbor. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Milton Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Milton Harbor, at Milton Point, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Nanticoke and Pittston. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Rahway River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Rahway River, New Jersey. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Gravesend Bay, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Gravesend Bay, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Cold Spring Harbor, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the Harbor of Greenport, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of harbor of Greenport, N.Y. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Port Chester Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Port Chester Harbor, New York. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Glen Cove Harbor, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Glen Cove Harbor, Maine. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of East Boston Channel, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of East Boston Channel, Massachusetts. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Examination and survey of the harbors of Superior and Duluth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an examination and survey of the harbors of Superior and Duluth, made by a Commission appointed under joint resolution of Congress. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Napa River, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Napa River, California. December 18, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for distributing topographic atlas. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for printing and distributing to the schools of the United States ten sheets of the topographic atlas. December 19, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compiling the laws of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the District Commissioners, to pay for the compiling of the laws of the District of Columbia. December 19, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commerce of St. Marys Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the engineer in charge in reference to the commerce passing St. Marys Falls Canal, Michigan, during the season of 1894, and requesting that the same be printed. December 19, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of Congress to Mme. Carnot. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a dispatch from the American ambassador at Paris in relation to the resolution of Congress on the death of President Carnot. December 21, 1894. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Bering Sea controversy. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution dated December 15, the correspondence touching the Bering Sea controversy. December 21, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fur-seal industry of Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury acknowledging receipt of House resolution dated December 11, calling for information relative to the fur-seal industry of Alaska, and stating that the data will be furnished as soon as possible. December 21, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey for channel between Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a survey for channel between Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. December 21, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Chapel Point Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Chapel Point Harbor, Maryland. December 21, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fourth report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to the Secretary of War. October 31, 1893, to October 31, 1894. December 21, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Interest on certain state stock belonging to various Indian tribes. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, to pay the interest on certain nonpaying state stock belonging to the various Indian tribes. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of bar and harbor at Brazos Santiago, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of the bar and harbor at Brazos Santiago, Tex. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Colorado River, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Colorado River from the mouth to the City of Wharton, Tex. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Sasanoa River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Sasanoa River, Maine. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. J.S. Friend. Letter from the Attorney-General, reporting the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims, under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, in favor of J.S. Friend. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bureau of American Republics. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report as to the advisability of continuing the Bureau of American Republics, called for by the act of Congress approved August 18, 1894. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for clerical force, Interior Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior modifying the estimates for the clerical force of the Interior Department for the ensuing fiscal year. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revised estimate for salaries, Office Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a revised estimate for salaries, Office Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Renewal of the Rock Island Bridge, Rock Island, Ill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of War, for renewing the superstructure of Rock Island Bridge, Rock Island, Ill. December 14, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of War, for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. December 14, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of asylum lot, Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a favorable recommendation, a draft of a bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the "asylum lot" on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi. December 14, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Savannah Harbor, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, with inclosures, relative to the further improvement of Savannah Harbor, Georgia. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Winslow Warren. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General, with inclosures, requesting an appropriation to pay Winslow Warren for legal services rendered. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Constellation, relative to the placing on the retired list noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy. December 17, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for enforcement of Chinese exclusion law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for enforcing the Chinese Exclusion Act for the current fiscal year. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed	138
Serial set 3320	Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1894. Seventeenth number. Finance, mining, commerce, immigration, tonnage, the postal service, public lands, population, education, railroads, agriculture, and manufacture. Prepared by the Bureau of Statistics under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 3321	Report of the tests of metals and other materials for industrial purposes made with the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 3322	Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid, 1892-1893, with special papers.	1
Serial set 3323	Preliminary examination of Okanogan River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Okanogan River, Washington. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Crystal River at its mouth, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers report of a preliminary examination of Crystal River at its mouth, Florida. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation cases. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a list of judgments of the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases that have been paid under the Act of Congress approved August 23, 1894. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Quantico Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Quantico Creek, Virginia. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Claim of James Curran, postmaster at Hoboken, N.J. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the papers in the claim of James Curran, postmaster at Hoboken, N.J., for relief on account of postage stamps stolen December 3, 1894. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Withlacoochee River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Withlacoochee River, Florida. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Enlarging the parade ground at the military post, Fort Wayne, Mich. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of War for enlarging the parade grounds at the military post, Fort Wayne, Mich. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Salaries of assistant attorneys. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General amending his estimates for salaries of assistant attorneys in his office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Leases granted by the Secretary of War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of leases made by him during the calendar year 1894 under authority of the act approved July 28, 1892. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination at Ironton, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination at Ironton, Ohio, with a view of protecting the Ohio River front within the limits of the city. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Turners Cut, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Turners Cut, North Carolina. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Claim of F.M. Vandling, postmaster at Scranton, Pa. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the papers in the claim of the postmaster at Scranton, Pa., for relief on account of postage stamps stolen August 3, 1894. January 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of the contingent appropriations of the Navy Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. January 24, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Condition of the national finances. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the condition of the national finances. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examinations of Shiawassee, Bad, and Flint Rivers, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examinations of Shiawassee, Bad, and Flint Rivers, Michigan. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Kootenai River, Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Kootenai River, Idaho. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Deep Creek Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Deep Creek Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Guadalupe River from its mouth to Cuero, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Guadalupe River from its mouth to the city of Cuero, Tex. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Forked Deer River, Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Forked Deer River, Tennessee. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of St. Lucia Inlet and River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of St. Lucia Inlet and River, Florida. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Anclote River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Anclote River, Florida. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of west bank of the Mississippi River to mouth of Iowa River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a survey of the west bank of the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Iowa River. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Chelsea River, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Chelsea River, Massachusetts. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Hempstead Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Hempstead Harbor, New York. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Salary of Commissioners of Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Attorney-General, for salary of the Commissioner of Yellowstone National Park, appointed under the act to protect the birds and animals therein. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Battle lines at Gettysburg. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of War for continuing the work of marking the battle lines at Gettysburg. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Puyallup Indian Commission. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, to continue the work of the Puyallup Indian Commission. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improving Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of War, for improving Yellowstone National Park. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses United States courts at South McAlester and Ardmore, Ind. T. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for expenses of the United States court at places other than Muscogee, Ind. T., for the next fiscal year, submitted by the Attorney-General. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Counsel for Mission Indians in southern California. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Attorney-General, for the employment of counsel for the Mission Indians in Southern California. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. C.R. Evans and J.B. Gordon. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General resubmitting for an appropriation the claims of C.R. Evans and J.B. Gordon, as set forth in Ex. Docs. Nos. 92 and 182, second session Fifty-third Congress. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Donald MacMaster. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to House Ex. Doc. No. 103, Fifty-third Congress, second session, for the relief of Donald MacMaster for legal services rendered. January 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Allouez Bay, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Allouez Bay, Wisconsin. January 5, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Postmaster at Perth Amboy, N.J. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the papers in the claim of the postmaster at Perth Amboy, N.J., for credit on account of losses sustained by burglary. January 5, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. New post hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting plans and estimate of cost for the erection of a new post hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn.; also report of officers convened to select a site therefore, etc. January 5, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Harris Creek prong of Back River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Harris Creek prong of Back River, Virginia. January 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Cooper Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a survey of Cooper Creek, New Jersey. January 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. D.B. Miller. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General, with inclosures, in relation to an appropriation to pay D.B. Miller, late United States marshal, for service rendered. January 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous expenses United States courts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation, miscellaneous expenses United States courts for the fiscal year 1885, submitted by the Attorney-General. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salary of Chief and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by he Attorney-General, to pay the Chief and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia the increased salary under the Act of February 24, 1891. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. High and low explosives. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon explosives, made in accordance with the act approved August 18, 1894. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Moneys due the Cherokee Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a complete account of all moneys due the Cherokee Nation under treaties, made in compliance with the act of Congress approved March 3, 1893. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Kawkawlin River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Kawkawlin River, Michigan. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Clinton River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Clinton River, Michigan. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tittabawassee River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Tittabawassee River, Michigan. January 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Cherokee Outlet. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Interior to meet the payment due for the cession of the Cherokee Outlet. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hospital building for Indian school at Grand Junction, Colo. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for a hospital building for the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colo. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Moieties to informers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of all amounts paid to informers, detectors, and seizors for the violation of the customs and revenue laws. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Survey of Dennis Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Dennis Creek, New Jersey. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a bill to pay officers and employees for service rendered incident to the enforcement of the Act of October 1, 1890, respecting bounty on sugar, and for the collection of internal revenue under the Act of August 27, 1894. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Road into the National Zoological Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the construction of a road into the National Zoological Park. January 10, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navajo Indians in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for the relief of the Navajo Indians in New Mexico. January 11, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles F. Munday. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General, resubmitting for an appropriation the claim of Charles F. Munday, late assistant United States attorney at Seattle, Wash. January 11, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tampa Bay, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Tampa Bay, Florida, from Port Tampa to the mouth of the bay. January 11, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the enlisted men of the U.S.F.S. New York, relative to placing noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy on the retired list. January 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for certain Indian schools. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for certain Indian schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eadjustment [i.e., Readjustment] of salaries of superintendents of Indian schools. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior recommending a readjustment of the salaries of superintendents of Indian schools. January 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the harbor of El Moro, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of the harbor of El Moro, Cal. January 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Kalamazoo River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Kalamazoo River, Michigan, from its mouth to the City of Kalamazoo. January 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Rock Hall Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on survey of Rock Hall Harbor, Maryland. January 14, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of War for Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. January 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Purchase of a building in Guthrie, Okla. Letter from the Attorney-General, recommending the purchase of a building in Guthrie, Okla., for a prison for United States prisoners. January 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Columbia Arsenal, Tenn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of War, for Columbia Arsenal, Tenn. January 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Suisun Creek, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Suisun Creek, California. January 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Organization of the immigration service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a plan for the organization of the immigration service of the United States. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pay of Indian agents. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an amended estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for pay of Indian agents for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sioux Indians of Devils Lake, N. Dak. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an amended estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Sioux Indians of Devils Lake, N. Dak. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for salaries in the Indian office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an amended estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for salaries in the Indian office. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for expenses of judges of Oklahoma. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Attorney-General to pay the expenses of the judges of the Territory of Oklahoma when holding court away from their homes. January 24, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compensation to extra engravers, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a draft of a bill "To Enable the Auditor for the Treasury Department To Settle Certain Accounts for Compensation of Engravers, Coast and Geodetic Survey." January 24, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Locks and dams, Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers on the subject of acquiring by purchase the locks and dams on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. January 24, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Venezuela Transportation Company. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of State for salaries and expenses of the commission to arbitrate the claim of the Venezuela Transportation Company against Venezuela. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cost of surveying the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution dated the 21st instant, information relative to the cost of surveying the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Machias River channel, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Machias River channel, Maine. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for care, etc., of public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, revising his estimate of appropriation for care, preservation, and repair of all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department. January 26, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for proposed classification in the Patent Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for a proposed classification division in the Patent Office. January 26, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Big Stone Lake, Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Big Stone Lake, Minnesota. January 26, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Clallam Bay, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Clallam Bay, Washington. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bellingham Bay, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Bellingham Bay, Washington. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Old River branch of San Joaquin River, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Old River branch of San Joaquin River, California. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Umpqua River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Umpqua River, Oregon. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Quillayute Harbor and River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Quillayute River and Harbor, Washington. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Crescent City Harbor, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Crescent City Harbor, California. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a schedule of claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Delaware River between Trenton and Burlington, N.J. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Ware River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Ware River, Virginia. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for stenographer and typewriter for division of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for a stenographer and typewriter for the division of Customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerical force, Office Supervising Architect. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, revising his estimate of appropriation for the clerical force in the Office of the Supervising Architect for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Scuppernong River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Scuppernong River, North Carolina. January 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the Western Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of the Western Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia. January 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriations, Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the public service for the current fiscal year. January 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of South Creek, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of South Creek, North Carolina. January 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Alsea River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Alsea River, Oregon. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Georges River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Georges River, Maine. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Coos River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Coos River, Oregon. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Stone bridge over Sakonnet River, Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of stone bridge over Sakonnet River, Rhode Island. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination from Hoods Canal, in Puget Sound to North Bay, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Hoods Canal, in Puget Sound, Washington. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates of appropriations for the service of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the current fiscal year. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Interests of the United States in the Samoan Islands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of State for protecting the interests of the United States in the Samoan Islands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Bering Sea Tribunal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution dated December 11, 1894, information relating to the Bering Sea Tribunal, convened at Paris in 1893. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Reimbursement of crew of Cahoons life-saving station. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service relative to reimbursing the crew at Cahoons Hollow, Massachusetts, for personal losses sustained by the burning of the station. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Delay in opening certain lands in Oklahoma. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to House Resolution dated the 10th instant, information as to the delay in opening for settlement certain lands in the Territory of Oklahoma. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in appropriations for United States courts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the United States courts, submitted by the Attorney-General. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Nestucca River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Nestucca River, Oregon. January 22, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Refunds of Customs duties. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the refunds of Customs duties, etc., for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Post office building at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an additional room for the United States post office building now being erected at Fort Dodge, Iowa. January 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.	107
Serial set 3324	Repression of African slave trade. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation, submitted by the Secretary of State, to meet the share of the United States in the repression of the African slave trade. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed List of entries of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of entries of public lands adjudicated by the Commissioner of the General Land Office and confirmed by the board of equitable adjudication for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. February 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Title to Greer County. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Attorney-General for defraying the expenses in settling title to Greer County, claimed by Texas. January 30, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the public schools of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for public schools, District of Columbia, submitted by the Commissioners of the District. February 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill 8681, entitled "An Act Authorizing the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to Construct and Operate a Railway through the Indian Territory, and for Other Purposes." February 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1894. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. February 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Survey of harbor at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of harbor at Cape Canaveral, Florida. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Additional clerks, office auditor for the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for additional clerks in the Office of the Auditor for the Treasury Department. February 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments against the United States. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a list of judgments rendered against the United States by the circuit and district courts of the United States. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of channel through Sabine Lake, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of channel through Sabine Lake. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Nooksack River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Nooksack River, Washington. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fourth of July claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of claims arising under act of July 4, 1864, and allowed by the proper accounting officers since May 4, 1894. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bayou Bonfuca, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of report of preliminary examination of Bayou Bonfuca, Louisiana. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Judgments of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments of the Court of Claims which have been presented and require an appropriation for their payment. February 5, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Tickfaw River, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Tickfaw River and tributaries, Louisiana. February 6, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fees and expenses in suit of Peralta-Reavis v. United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Attorney General for fees and expenses in the suit, Peralta-Reavis against the United States. February 6, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S. receiving ship Minnesota relative to placing on the retired list noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy. February 6, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Collecting the revenue from Customs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue from Customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. February 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplemental estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the District of Columbia submitted by the Commissioners. February 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Summary of imports and exports of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft for a bill providing for the printing of the Summary of the Imports and Exports of the United States. February 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Little River, Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Little River, Arkansas. February 7, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Core Sound, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Core Sound, North Carolina. February 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Society of American Florists. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill 5740, entitled "An Act Incorporating the Society of American Florists." February 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Pacific Railway Company. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill 8165, entitled "An Act Authorizing the Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Pacific Railway Company To Construct and Operate a Railway through Indian Reservations... February 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eunice Putman. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 2051, with his objections thereto. February 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men of the Navy on the retired list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition from the officers and enlisted men of the U.S.S. Yantic relative to placing on the retired list noncommissioned officers and privates of the Navy. February 26, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Raritan Bay, New Jersey, between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Raritan Bay, New Jersey, between South Amboy and Great Beds Light, with a view of deepening the channel. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bayou Dugdemona, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Bayou Dugdemona, Louisiana. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bayou Castor, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Bayou Castor, Louisiana. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Collectors and deputy collectors of customs to administer oaths in certain cases. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that collectors and deputy collectors of Customs be authorized to administer oaths in certain cases. February 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Catherine Ott. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6868, "For the Relief of Catherine Ott, Widow of Joseph Ott," with his objections thereto. February 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Oklahoma Central Railroad. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, House Bill 5624, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Oklahoma Central Railroad To Construct and Operate a Railway Through the Indian and Oklahoma Territories, and for Other Purposes." February 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Inspector-General on the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, from October 3 to December 23, 1894. March 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of entrance to Biscayne Bay, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of entrance to Biscayne Bay, Florida. March 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of the Tualiton River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Tualiton River, Oregon. March 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Mount Hope Bay and harbor of Fall River, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Mount Hope Bay and harbor of Fall River, Mass. March 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of St. Johns River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of St. Johns River, Florida. March 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Jacob Eckert. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 6244, entitled "An Act to Remove the Charge of Desertion from the Military Record of Jacob Eckert." February 20, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers relative to the Washington Aqueduct; also draft of a bill authorizing the sale of certain lands pertaining thereto. February 20, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Carrabelle Bar and Harbor, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Carrabelle Bar and Harbor, Florida. February 20, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Converse J. Smith. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting authority to pay Special Agent Smith expenses incurred in the prosecution of a violator of the Customs law out of the appropriation for the prevention and detection of frauds upon the Customs revenue. January 30, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of channel connecting Irondequoit Bay, New York, with Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of channel connecting Irondequoit Bay, New York, with Lake Ontario. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of water route from mouth of North River to Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of water route from mouth of North River to Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Issue of bonds. Message from the President of the United States, informing Congress of the conclusion of arrangements for the issuance of bonds to the amount of $62,400,000. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Minnesota River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, a report of a preliminary examination of Minnesota River. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the District of Columbia submitted by the commissioners. February 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing of decisions under the tariff and navigation laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a Joint Resolution to provide for the printing, binding, and distribution of the decisions under the tariff and navigation laws of the United States. February 13, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for expenses of Territorial courts in Utah. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor of refuge at Woods Holl [i.e., Hole], Mass. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for repairing the harbor of refuge at Woods Holl, Mass., submitted by the Fish Commissioner. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Cape Lookout harbor of refuge, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Cape Lookout harbor of refuge, North Carolina. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Customs inspectors' quarters, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with a favorable recommendation, a draft of a bill to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to erect and provide the necessary boat and storage houses and inspectors' quarters required for the collection of revenue from Customs. January 30, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for suppressing counterfeiting, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for suppressing counterfeiting submitted by the Chief of the Secret Service. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for public printing and binding. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates of deficiencies in the appropriation for public printing and binding, submitted by the Public Printer. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional appropriation for public building Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an additional appropriation for the United States post-office, court-house, etc., building now being erected at Charleston, S.C. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Survey for steamboat channel between Beaufort, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey for a steamboat channel between Beaufort, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Drum Inlet, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Drum Inlet, between Portsmouth and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Alligator River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Alligator River, North Carolina. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Milford Haven, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Milford Haven from Piankatank River, Virginia. February 8, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Carvers Harbor, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Carvers Harbor, Maine. February 9, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Removal of eastern band of Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for incorporation in the general deficiency bill, for the removal of the members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee who have removed to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. February 14, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey at Port Orford, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey at Port Orford, Oreg. February 15, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Information relating to fur seal in Bering Sea. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution of the 23d ultimo, additional information relating to fur seal in Bering Sea. February 11, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers referring to Ex. Doc. No. 124, Fifty-second Congress, second session, and requesting the attention of the Committee on Indian Affairs to the same. February 11, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Land patented to the land-grant railroad companies since May 26, 1894. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution dated January 5, 1895, information as to the amount of land patented to the land-grant railroad companies since May 26, 1894. February 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Survey of mouth of Cranes Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of the mouth of Cranes Creek, Virginia. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of North East (Cape Fear) River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of North East River, North Carolina. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Nanticoke River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Nanticoke River, Delaware. February 18, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the Department of Justice and United States courts for the current fiscal year, submitted by the Attorney-General. January 30, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of deficiencies in appropriations for the Department of Justice for the current fiscal year, submitted by the Attorney-General. February 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for Patent Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for photolithographing, Patent Office, for the current fiscal year, submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. February 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for claims arising out of the Bering Sea controversy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in regard to an appropriation for the payment by the United States of all claims that may be made by Great Britain arising out of the Bering Sea controversy. February 13, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of St. Johns River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of St. Johns River, Florida. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a bill to authorize the printing of the correspondence relating to the seal and salmon fisheries in Alaska. March 2, 1895. -- Ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bayou Macon, Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Bayou Macon, Arkansas. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Boeuf River, Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Boeuf River, Arkansas. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Yallabusha River, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Yallabusha River, Mississippi. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Evansville Harbor, Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Evansville Harbor, Indiana. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Discharge of soldiers from the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to House Resolution, information as to the number of ex-Union soldiers discharged from the Treasury Department since March 4, 1893. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. February 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Clatskanie River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Clatskanie River, Oregon. February 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Lewis River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a preliminary examination of Lewis River, Washington. February 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Dick Emmons. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of a bill with a favorable recommendation to reimburse the late Deputy Collector of Customs at Unalaska, Alaska, for money expended in the employment of a janitor. February 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Additional clerk to assistant treasurer at Baltimore, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Treasurer of the United States, showing the necessity for an additional clerk in the office of the assistant treasurer at Baltimore, Md. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Employees of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and other employees in the Navy Department during the calendar year 1894. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Bayou Teche, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of report of a preliminary examination of Bayou Teche, Louisiana. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Robert G. Miller and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of losses sustained by the keeper and his assistants at Southwest Pass, Louisiana, light station, etc. February 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the care and preservation of public grounds. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for care and preservation of public grounds for the current fiscal year submitted by the Secretary of War. February 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Recent insurrection in the Hawaiian Islands. Message from the President of the United States, in response to House Resolution of February 1, 1895, calling for certain information touching the recent insurrection in the Hawaiian Islands. February 4, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling attention to the fact that the printing bill does not authorize the printing of the tabular statement showing the expenditures of appropriations made for the Indian department, as required by the act of March 3, 1875. January 29, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Official emoluments of Customs officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments received by the Customs officers during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. January 29, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Claims for bounty on beet sugar. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to House Resolution dated the 23d instant, information as to the number of claims on file for bounty on beet sugar. January 29, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Expenses of Joint Commission. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to House resolution of the 21st instant, information as to expenditures under the direction of the Joint Commission. January 29, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for state or territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for state or territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors for the current fiscal year. January 29, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Capt. John L. Bullis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General looking to an appropriation to reimburse J.L. Bullis, Indian agent at San Carlos, for expenses incurred in the United States district courts. February 19, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed	95
Serial set 3325	Eighth special report of the Commissioner of Labor. The housing of the working people.	1
Serial set 3326	Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1894	1
Serial set 3327	In the House of Representatives of the United States. Annual report of James Kerr, Clerk of the House of Representatives, showing the receipts and disbursements of the House of Representatives from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Thomas M. Hobbs. January 8, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Expenses Department of Labor. Letter from the Commissioner of Labor submitting a statement of all moneys expended under his direction for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. December 7, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Labor and ordered to be printed. Jacob Peebles. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Jacob Peebles against the United States. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Cases dismissed by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases dismissed by the Court on December 11, 1893. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. List of reports to be made to Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of reports to be made to Congress by public officers. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Selections and patenting of public lands. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Sales of waste paper. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House, transmitting a statement of sales of waste paper. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Mattie S. Holland. February 6, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Legal representatives of Ann D. Halsey, deceased. January 10, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Payment of Treasury notes. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Property statement of Sergeant-at-Arms. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of property in his charge December 1, 1894. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of United States Fish Commission. Letter from the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, transmitting a statement of expenditures made during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, for propagation of food-fishes. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed. Kinney C. Miller. January 4, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Hightower. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of John Hightower against the United States. February 13, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fifty-third Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 3, 1894. Building for Library of Congress. Report upon the construction of the building for the Library of Congress during the year ending December 1, 1894, submitted by the Chief of Engineers. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Property in possession of the Clerk of the House. A communication from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of the property of the United States in his possession on the 3d Day of December, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Property in charge of the doorkeeper. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of property under his charge December 3, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Books, maps, and pamphlets in the folding room, House of Representatives. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of books, pamphlets, and maps remaining in the folding room December 3, 1894. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. F.M. Swanson. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of F.M. Swanson against the United States. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. J. Broadway and others. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of the following named persons against the United States: J. Broadway. A.P. McCool, J.T.L. Jones, deceased, J.H. Heyser, deceased, S. Adams, deceased, J.W. Dyer, A.L. Burke, deceased, J.E. Wood, J.J. O'Marra, deceased, T. Randolph, deceased, E.A. Snyder... Cases dismissed for want of further jurisdiction. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases disposed of since the last return for want to proof of loyalty. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Martha E. Templeton and Emma T. Wood. December 18, 1894. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Legal heirs of Lewis Ellison. December 18, 1894. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Delay in opening the Kickapoo Indian Reservation. January 8, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. William Foster, deceased, and others. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of the following named persons against the United States: William Foster, deceased; J.J. Jeter, deceased; S.S. Hale, deceased; Ellen McCarty; F. Stearns, deceased; J.M. Weatherly, deceased. December 8, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. L.M. Lowenburg and J.J. Nance, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of the following named persons against the United States, L.M. Lowenburg, J.J. Nance, deceased. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. J.A. Carter. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of J.A. Carter against the United States. January 17, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. W.T. Hollingsworth. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of W.T. Hollingsworth, deceased, against the United States. December 10, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. B.E. Craven and others. December 11, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy, made to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the year 1894. December 13, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Correspondence regarding Hawaiian affairs. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. J.R.D. Morrison et al. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of J.R.D. Morrison et al. against the United States. January 28, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. J.W.J. Moore, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of J.W.J. Moore, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. W.Y. Conine, deceased, and George Sulm, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of the following named persons against the United States: W.Y. Conine, deceased, and George Sulm, deceased. January 3, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Legal representatives of John Avery. January 10, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company. January 16, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. George Markham, deceased, and N.K. Thornton. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of George Markham, deceased, and N.K. Thornton against the United States. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Page. January 22, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Jacob Lavender, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Jacob Lavender, deceased, against the United States. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Jackson Tyler. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Jackson Tyler against the United States. W.H. Huff, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of W.H. Huff, deceased, against the United States. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. C.C. White, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of C.C. White deceased, against the United States. December 4, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. M.V. Brown. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of M.V. Brown against the United States. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Receipts and disbursements of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives transmitting a statement showing receipts and disbursements of his office to December 1, 1894. December 5, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. D.C. Allen. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of D.C. Allen against the United States. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. S.N. White, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of S.N. White, deceased, against the United States. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph Gradengo, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Joseph Grandengo, deceased, against the United States. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Pierre Sauve. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of P. Sauve against the United States. December 6, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Chinese-Japanese War. December 20, 1894. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. J.K. Wilburn, deceased, and G.H. Ramsey. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures from appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. December 22, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. List of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Fifty-third Congress. Digest of Contested-Election Cases in the Fifty-second Congress. Digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of the officials of the United States courts, with the instructions of the Attorney-General to United States district attorneys, clerks, and marshals. Metropolitan Railroad Company. January 21, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Alphabetical list of members and delegates of the House of Representatives and the standing committees of which they are members. Fifty-third Congress, Third session. Commencing Monday, December 3, 1894. Selections filed by land-grant railroads. February 23, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. John W. Almarode. February 25, 1895. -- Ordered to be printed. Statement of remittances made by match manufacturers (bonded accounts). February 26, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Richard P. Blackistone. February 27, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Cato, administrator, and George M. Campbell, administrator. Findings of Court of Claims in cases of John W. Cato, administrator of John H. [i.e., John D.] Cato, deceased, and George M. Campbell, administrator of F. M. Vandergriff, deceased. February 1, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company to the third session of the Fifty-third Congress for the year ended December 1, 1894. Estates of John Flower and Thomas B. Flower, deceased. January 29, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mildred P. Poullain. January 29, 1895. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Marlar. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of G.W. Marlar against the United States. February 13, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Indiana Miami Indians. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the Indiana Miami Indians against the United States. February 13, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Dollis, deceased, and Samuel S. McCuiston, deceased. Copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of the following-named persons against the United States: H.C. Dollis, deceased, and Samuel McCuiston, deceased. March 2, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Owners of certain steam vessels. January 23, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	71
Serial set 3328	Eighth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. December 1, 1894.	1
Serial set 3329	Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.	1
Serial set 3330	Consular reports. Commerce, manufactures, etc. Vol. XLVI. Nos. 168, 169, 170, and 171. September, October, November, and December, 1894.	1
Serial set 3331	Official opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States, advising the President and heads of departments in relation to their official duties, and expounding the Constitution, treaties with foreign governments and with Indian tribes, and the public laws of the country.	1
Serial set 3332	Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. [Operations of the Cruisers, January 1861-December 1862; Series 1, Vol. 1]	1
Serial set 3333	Vol. XLVII. No. 172. Consular reports. January, 1895. Commerce, manufactures, etc.	1
Serial set 3334	Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1894.	1
Serial set 3335	Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey.	1
Serial set 3336	Eleventh report of the United States Civil Service Commission. July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894.	1
Serial set 3337	Memorial addresses on the life and services of Philip Sidney Post (late a Representative from Illinois) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress, third session. Memorial addresses on the life and character of George Bullen Shaw (late a Representative from Wisconsin) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress, third session. Memorial addresses on the life and character of George W. Houk (late a Representative from Ohio) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress. Memorial addresses on the life and services of Marcus Claiborne Lisle (late a Representative from Kentucky) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress, third session. Memorial addresses on the life and character of Charles O'Neill (late a Representative from Pennsylvania) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress. Memorial addresses on the life and services of Myron B. Wright (late a Representative from Pennsylvania) delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-third Congress, third session.	6
Serial set 3338	Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XIV, for 1894.	1