Documents accompanying the same, viz:

Table showing the fortifications that need further appropriations.
Reports from the Eighth Military Department of the Army-
Texas...

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249

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293

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469

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Reports from the Ninth Military Department of the Army-New
Mexico

Reports from the Pacific Division of the Army-California and
Oregon....

Report of the Colonel of Engineers of the Army...

Report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers of the Army.. 2
Report of the Colonel of Ordnance of the Army

Report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, with statements of accounts of disbursing officers, &c., with compendiums of the reports of the Secretary and chiefs of bureaus of the War Department, General-in-chief, Quartermaster General, Commissary General of Subsistence, Paymaster General, Surgeon General, Colonel of Engineers, Bureau of Topographical Engineers, Colonel of Ordnance, and Third Auditor.....

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Vol. Doc. Page.

Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy.................

Documents accompanying the same, viz:

List of deaths, resignations, and dismissions in the navy since the last report

Report of the Board of Examiners in relation to the condition, police, &c., of the Naval Academy at Annapolis; and report of the Commandant of Midshipmen in relation to the cruise of the practice-ship.

Letter of Professor Espy, relating to meteorological observations.
Reports of chiefs of bureaus, submitting regulations for appren-
tices at navy-yards..

Letter of Lieutenant Maury, of the Naval Observatory.
Detailed estimates of office of Secretary of the Navy, and report
of Lieutenant Davis, Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac..
Report and detailed estimates of the Chief of the Bureau of Con-
struction, Equipment, and Repair ...

Report and detailed estimates of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, including Hydrographic Office and Naval Observatory, and Naval Academy.

Report and detailed estimates of the Chief of the Bureau of Navy
Yards and Docks.....

Report and detailed estimates of the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing

Report and detailed estimates of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ...

Report of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and detailed estimates from the paymaster and quartermaster of the corps.. Aggregate estimates...

General estimate of office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the several bureaus of the department..

General estimate for southwest Executive building

General estimate for the support of the Navy....

General estimate for the support of the Marine Corps...
General estimate for special objects under the control of the
Navy Department...

Statement of the expenditures, under the head of contingent ex

penses, as settled at the office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department, for the year ending June 30, 1852... Statement of the appropriations for the naval service, viz: balances on hand on the 1st of July, 1851; appropriations for the fiscal year 1851-'52; amounts drawn from the treasury during that fiscal year; and balances on hand on the 30th of June, 1852

Abstract or compendium of the reports of chiefs of bureaus of the
Navy Department, called for by the resolution of the Senate of
August 26, 1852..

Annual report of the Postmaster General......

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT-continued.

Communicating his concurrence in the report of the Secretary of the
Interior in relation to the southern boundary of New Mexico

In relation to the establishment of a new British colony in Central
America ....

In relation to a proposed tripartite convention on the subject of Cuba.
Communicating information in relation to the Mexican boundary.
Communicating information in relation to the imprisonment of the
United States consul and other American citizens in the castle
of Acapulco, in Mexico....

Title.

Recommending the payment of the claim made by the Spanish govern-
ment, on behalf of its subjects, in the case of the "Amistad."...
In relation to the refusal of the Indians remaining in Florida to migrate
to the country assigned to their tribe, west of the Mississippi
Communicating the award of the Emperor of France in the case of the

brig General Armstrong......

Communicating correspondence in relation to Central America..
Communicating a letter from the Secretary of State, assigning the
reason for not communicating the correspondence with the
minister of Great Britain in relation to the treaty negotiated
by Mr. Squier with Nicaragua, &c....

In relation to the postal convention between the United States and
Great Britain...

In relation to negotiations pending between the United States and
Great Britain on the subject of the fisheries, reciprocal inter-
course with the British North American provinces, navigation
of the St. Lawrence, and the canals connected with it
Communicating the report of the Director of the Mint during the
year 1852.....
Communicating a report from the Secretary of State, embodying the
substance of recent communications from the British minister
on the subject of the inter-oceanic canal, by the Nicaragua route.
Communicating information in relation to the fisheries on the coast of
Florida
Communicating a report of Lieutenant Meigs, with surveys, plans, and
estimates, for supplying the cities of Washington and George-
town with water.....

Communicating further correspondence between the minister of the
United States at Paris and the Department of State, concern-
ing the revolution in France of December, 1851.-(See Doc.
No. 7, special session, March, 1853.)

Transmitting report of the Secretary of State in relation to the
fisheries on the coasts of the American provinces.-(See Doc.
No. 3, special session, March, 1853.)

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Communicating correspondence relative to the encroachments of In-
dians of the United States upon the territories of Mexico.....
(See List of papers in the above, at page 2 of the same.)
In answer to a call of the Senate for a copy of the correspondence,
&c., relative to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the territory
claimed by the Mosquito Indians....

Relative to the negotiations pending between the United States and
Great Britain on the subject of the fisheries; of reciprocal in-
tercourse with the British North American Provinces; and
the navigation of the St. Lawrence and the canals connected
with it.....

Showing the names and compensation of clerks employed in that De-
partment during the year 1852....

Embodying the substance of recent communications from the British
Minister on the subject of the inter-oceanic canal by the Nica-
ragua route.....

Communicating abstracts of the diplomatic and consular correspond-
ence in that Department respecting the commercial regulations
of foreign commerce ..

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY of the treasury.

Communicating an examination of the claim of Joseph Nock for
damages on account of an alleged violation of a contract for
supplying mail locks for the Post Office Department....

Title.

In relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive Departments...

Transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint in relation to the coinage of the Mint and its branches...

On the state of the finances during the year 1852...

In relation to Arkansas bonds, held in trust by the United States...
Communicating information as to the quantity and kind of coal con-

tracted for by that Department or its agents.

Transmitting a statement of expenditures from the marine hospital
fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, for the year
ending June 30, 1852...
Transmitting the Comptroller's report of the settlement of the ac-
counts of Mr. Williamson and Mr. Clark, disbursing agents of
the Interior Department, for money advanced and payments
made to J. C. G. Kennedy, as Secretary of the Census
Board.
Transmitting a report, with index, of the commerce and navigation

of the United States during the year ending June 30, 1852..... Transmitting a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year 1852. Communicating the report of Gilbert Rodman upon the subject of the custom-house at San Francisco.-(See Doc. No. special session, March, 1853.)

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

On the condition and operations of the Interior Department during the year 1852...

Documents accompanying the same, viz:

Report respecting the southern boundary of New Mexico, as fixed
by joint commission

Report relative to overflowed swamp lands in Louisiana..
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office

Report of the Commissioner of Pensions...

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In relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive Departments...

Assigning the reasons why he has not complied with the resolution in
relation to the commission appointed to run and mark the
boundary line between the United States and Mexico.....
Communicating a statement of the receipts and expenditures on ac-
count of the navy pension fund, for the year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1852...

Communicating information in relation to measures taken to establish
a lunatic asylum in the District of Columbia
In relation to alleged frauds of Alexander Ramsey, superintendent of
Indian affairs, upon the Sioux Indians, (in two parts). . . . . . . .
In answer to a call of the Senate for a copy of the report and maps
of survey between Indianola and El Paso, by the topographical
engineers attached to the Mexican boundary commission...
Transmitting a report of Edward F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in California, respecting the condition of Indian affairs
in that State......
Communicating a report of Commissioner Bartlett, on the subject of
the boundary line between the United States and Mexico....
Communicating, in further compliance with the resolution of the
Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican boundary
commission.—(See Doc. No. 6, special session, March, 1853.)

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Title.

Communicating a copy of the correspondence between that Depart-
ment and the Indian agents and commissioners in California.-
(See Doc. No. 4, special session, March, 1853.)

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.

On the operations of the War Department during the year 1852....

Documents accompanying the same, viz:

Table showing the fortifications that need further appropriations..
Reports from the Eighth Military Department of the Army-
Texas...

Reports from the Ninth Military Department of the Army-New
Mexico.......

Reports from the Pacific Division of the Army-California and
Oregon

Report of the General-in-chief of the Army.

Report of the Quartermaster General of the Army.
Report of the Paymaster General of the Army.

Report of the Commissary General of the Army..

Report of the Surveyor General of the Army..
Report of the Colonel of Engineers of the Army

Report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers of the Army.
Report of the Colonel of Ordnance of the Army..
Report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, with statements of
accounts of disbursing officers, and compendiums of reports of
the Secretary of War and subordinate departments thereof....
In relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Ex-
ecutive Departments ....
Transmitting a statement of contingent expenses of the military es-
tablishment during the year 1852.....

Exhibiting the contracts made under the authority of the War De-
partment during the year 1852....

Communicating reports of an examination of the Blue Lick Springs,

and other sites, for the establishment of a western military
asylum......

Communicating a report of the Engineer Department in relation to

Forts Jefferson and Taylor.
Communicating an abstract of the returns of the militia of the seve-
ral States and Territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and
ammunition .............

Communicating information as to the quantity and kind of coals con-
tracted for by the War Department, its officers and agents,
during the year 1852..

Communicating information in relation to the defence of the harbor
of San Francisco...

In relation to the establishment of permanent arsenals and depots of
arms on the Pacific, the Gulf, the southern Atlantic and the
northern Atlantic coasts...

In relation to the defence of Portland, the entrance of the Kenne-
bec river, and the entrance of the Penobscot river.
Transmitting a report of an expedition, by Captain Sitgreaves, of
the corps of Topographical Engineers, down the Zuni and
Colorado rivers.

Transmitting a report of an exploration of the waters of Red river,
by Captain R. B. Marcy.

Communicating an estimate and plan for a beacon or light-house
structure for the New South Shoal off Nantucket.-(See Doc.
No. 8, special session, March, 1853.)

Communicating a report of the board of officers recently appointed
to make a survey and examination of the various plans for
canals around the falls of the Ohio river......