Subject.

Reports form Secretary of Treasury-papers accompanying-Continued.
No. 13. Statement exhibiting the prices of flour in the cities of Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans,
and St. Louis, from the most reliable sources, for the years
stated in the table.......

Nos. 14 to 18, inclusive. Statements exhibiting the population of the
several States and Territories, with certain statistical
information, taken from the census of 1790, 1800, 1810,
1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850....

No. 19. Statement recapitulating the previous statements and giving
the population of the United States according to said

census returns......
No. 20. Statement exhibiting the population of each State and Ter-
ritory, according to census of 1840, and the amount of
the agricultural and manufacturing productions of each;
to which is added a column exhibiting the amount said
production would give to each person in said States and
Territories, &c.....

No. 21. Statement making the same exhibits from the census returns
of 1850......

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No. 22. Statement exhibiting the value of the United States manu-
factures exported from June 30, 1845, to June 30, 1855.
Also the explanations of Messrs. Morgan & Shannon of
the tables upon the several census returns.. .
No. 23. Statement exhibiting the value of foreign merchandise an-
nually imported, re-exported, and consumed, from 1821
to June 30, 1855...

No. 24. Statement exhibiting the total value of imports, and imports
consumed in the United States, exclusive of specie,
during each fiscal year from 1821 to 1855; showing also
the value of foreign and domestic exports, exclusive of
specie, and the tonnage employed during the same periods. 5
No. 25. Statement exhibiting a summary view of the exportation of
domestic produce from June 30, 1847, to June 30, 1855..
No. 26. Statement exhibiting the value of certain articles: woollens,
cottons, hempen goods, iron, manufactures of iron, sugar,
hemp unmanufactured, salt, and coal, from June 30, 1844,
to June 30, 1855, (after deducting the re-exportations,)
and the amount of duty which accrued on each during
the same periods respectively...

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No. 27. Statement exhibiting the value of foreign merchandise and
domestic produce exported annually, from 1821 to June
30, 1855...

No. 28. Statement exhibiting the quantity of wines, spirits, &c., im-
ported annually, from 1843 to June 30, 1855.
No. 29. Statement exhibiting the value of imports annually, from
1821 to June 30, 1855....

No. 30. Statement exhibiting the value of dutiable merchandise re-
exported annually from 1821 to June 30, 1855, and show-
ing also the value re-exported from warehouses under the
act of August 6, 1846.....

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No. 31. Statement exhibiting the aggregate value of breadstuffs and
provisions exported annually from 1821 to June 30, 1855.
No. 32. Statement exhibiting the quantity and value of cotton ex-
ported annually from 1821 to June 30, 1855, and the
average price per pound..

No. 33. Statement exhibiting the quantity and value of tobacco and
rice exported annually from 1821 to June 30, 1855....
No. 34. Statement exhibiting the value of iron and manufactures of
iron, iron and steel, steel, wool and manufactures of wool,
manufactures of cotton, silk and manufactures of silk,
flax, linen and linen fabrics, hemp and manufactures of
hemp, manilla, sun and other hemps of India, and silk
and worsted goods, imported from, and exported to, for-
eign countries from 1840 to 1855; also showing the export
of like articles the production of the United States.

Subject.

Reports from Secretary of Treasury-papers accompanying-Continued
No. 35. Statement exhibiting the value of iron, manufactures of iron,

and iron and steel, steel, sugar, wines, and all fabrics
of which wool, cotton, silk, fax, or hemp is a compo-
nent part, imported annually from 1847 to June 30, 1855,
with the duties which accrued thereon in each year re-
spectively

No. 36. Statement of the amount of bonds cancelled, and duties re-
funded under the act of March 2, 1855, for carrying into
effect the reciprocity treaty up to November 1, 1855....
No. 37. Report of the First Comptroller on the operations of his office.
No. 38. Report of the Second Comptroller on same

No. 39. Report of Commissioner of Customs on same

No. 40. Report of First Auditor on same ......
No. 41. Report of Second Auditor on same

No. 42. Report of Third Auditor on same..

No. 43. Report of Fourth Auditor on same.....
Report of Fifth Auditor on same......

No. 44.
No. 45.

Report of Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office De-
partment on the operations of his office.....

No. 46. Report of Solicitor of the Treasury on same.....
No 47. Report of Treasurer of the United States on same ....
No. 48. Report of Register of the Treasury on same.....

No. 49. A letter from the department to the President, and his
order, placing the business of the Solicitor's office in con-
nexion with the several executive departments......

No. 50. Report on the condition of the vaults in the treasury deposi-
tories, and on the constitutional treasury system, by W.
M. Gouge....

No. 51. Statement exhibiting the deposite accounts of the various
public officers and disbursing agents who have availed
themselves of the right of making deposites of the money
intrusted to them for disbursement, with the Treasurer,
Assistant Treasurers, and public depositaries, during the
past year....

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No. 52. Report of Capt in A. H. Bowman, engineer in charge of the
"office of the Construction of Buildings under the Trea-
sury Department," with statement exhibiting the custom-
houses purchased, those constructed and in course of
construction, under appropriations, with the number of
hospitals constructed, in the course of construction, and
appropriated for.

No. 53. Report of W. M. Gouge on marine hospitals, with accom-
panying statement..

No. 54.

Report of the Light-house Board, with statement exhibit-
ing the number of light-houses constructed, with the names
of the several keepers

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No. 55. Report of W. M. Gouge on steamboat act
No. 56. Set of circulars issued since date of last report
No. 57. Statement of Hon. Philip Allen on the production and
manufacture of certain articles in the United States, &c..
Statement exhibiting the goods in warehouse during the
month of July, and also for the month of August, 1855,
with the amount of duties accruing thereon...
No. 59. Instructions to the accounting officers relative to the pre-
paration of accounts for suit...

No. 58.

Reports from the Secretary of War, viz:

Showing the operations of the army and War Department during the year
1855..................................

Papers accompanying the above.

No. 1. Report from the Sioux expedition...

No. 2. Reports from the department of Texas

Subject.

Report from Secretary of War-papers accompanying-Continued.
No. 3. Reports from the department of New Mexico
No. 4. Reports from the department of the Pacific

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No. 5. Reports on Pacific railroad explorations and surveys.
No. 6. Reports of the board of commissioners of the Military Asylum.
No. 7. Reports on the Capitol extension, reconstruction of the dome,
and the Post Office extension

No. 8. Communication from the Commanding General, and state-
ments from the Adjutant General of the army

No. 9. Report of the Quartermaster General of the army
No. 10. Report of the Commissary General of the army
No. 11. Report of the Paymaster General of the army..
No. 12. Report of the Surgeon General of the army.
No. 13. Report of the Chief Engineer of the army

No. 14. Report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers of the
army.

No. 15. Report of the Chief of the Ordnance of the army..
Communicating information relative to fortifications for the defence of the
harbors of Galveston, and other harbors on the coast of Texas
Communicating a statement of the contingent expenses of the military estab-
lishment during the year 1811.

Showing the contracts made under the authority of the War Department
during the year 1855....
Communicating a statement of expenditures from appropriations for con-
tingent expenses of the War Department, its officers and bureaus,
during the year ending June 30, 1855..........

Communicating a statement of the appropriations for the War Department
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855....

Communicating a statement of the expenditures at the national armories,

and of the number of arms and appendages made thereat, during the
year ending June 30, 1855.....
Relative to the necessary defences of the coast from Mobile to New Orleans
Communicating lists of clerks and others employed in that department,

other than officers of the army during the year 1855.....
Communicating an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the States and
Territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition ....
Communicating copies of correspondence between the War Department and
J. F. Gilmer, relative to the expenditure of the appropriation for the
improvement of the Savannah river, &c.....

Communicating a letter from General Totten, of the Engineer Department,
relative to the fortifications on the Pea Patch Island ....
Communicating information relative to the fortifications necessary for the
proper defence of New York and Brooklyn.......

Communicating information relat.ve to the appropriations for the improve-
ment of the harbors of Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Racine, Milwaukie,
and Kenosha, in Wisconsin

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Communicating a statement of the number and compensation of messengers
and employés, other than clerks, in the War Department..
Communicating information relative to the falls of Red river, at or near
Alexandria
Communicating information in relation to the bar in the Atchafalaya river. 12 | 50
Communicating information respecting obstructions to the navigation of the
Potomac river, within the District of Columbia, and the expediency
of measures for removing the same..

Respecting the steps taken for the erection of an armory in the District of
Columbia, under the act of March 3, 1855.

Communicating information relative to the sale of the military reservation
in Iowa for Fort Crawford....

Transmitting the final report of the board of officers relative to the funds,
subsistence and supplies furnished or taken for the use of Colonel
Frémont's California battalion in 1846....

Transmitting copies of all the letters of the governor of Washington Terri-
tory, addressed to him during the present year, and of all the corres-
pondence relative to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of
Washington and Oregon....

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Transmitting correspondence relative to the obstructions at the mouth of
Bayou La Fourche, in Louisiana.....
Transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant Colonel Graham, respect-
ing the improvement of the navigation of the flats of St. Clair river.. 13 73
Transmitting copies of survey of Lieutenant Colonel Graham, of harbors,
&c., in Wisconsin and Michigan......
Transmitting a report of Captain Wright relative to the removal of the
rocks in Hell Gate. East river, New York, and other aids to the
navigation through that passage....
Transmitting a copy of the correspondence respecting the massacre of Lieu-
tenant Grattan and his command by the Indians.......... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Relative to the instructions sent to military officers in Kansas
Respecting the occupation of certain rooms in the north wing of the Capitol

extension

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Respecting the improvement of the roads connected with West Point....
Communicating a report of Lieutenant Warren's exploration of the country

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between the Missouri and Platte rivers and the Rocky mountains... 13 76
Communicating a report, with a general map of Florida illustrative of the
recent surveys for a canal in that State...
Communicating a statistical resort on the sickness and mortality of the
army of the United States....

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Report from the Secretary of the Navy, viz:

Showing the operations of the navy and Navy Department during the year
1855...

Reports and papers accompanying the same.

A.-List of deaths, resignations, and dismissions in the navy, since
the last report....
B.-Organization of, instructions to, correspondence with, and report
of board convened under act of February 28, 1855, "to pro-
mote the efficiency of the navy'
C.-Instructions to, and report of, Lieutenant H. J. Hartstene, in
command of expedition to Arctic seas in search of Dr. E. K.
Kane, United States navy, and his companions....
D.-Report of Dr. E. K. Kane, in relation to results of second expe-
dition in search of Sir John Franklin..

E. Report of annual board of examiners, in relation to organization
and condition of Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md....
F.-Report of commandant of midshipmen, in relation to the late
cruise of the practice ship.......

G.-Report of superintendent of Nautical Almanac, in relation to
its progress, &c.....

No. 1. Detailed estimates of the office of the Secretary of the Navy,
including those of the superintendent of the Nautical
Almanac.

No. 2. Report of detailed estimates of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks

No. 3. Report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of Ordnance
and Hydrography, including those of Naval Observatory
and Hydrographical Office and Naval Academy....
No. 4. Report and detailed estimates of Bureau of Construction,
Equipment, and Repair......

No. 5. Report and detailed estimates of Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing..

No. 6. Report and detailed estimates of Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery..

No. 7. Report of the commandant of the marine corps, and detailed
estimates from the paymaster and quartermaster of the
corps
No. 8. General estimate of the office of the Secretary of the Navy
and the several bureaus of the department...
No. 9. General estimate of the southwest executive building..

Subject.

Report from Secretary of Navy-papers accompanying-Continued.
No. 10. Summary statement of the estimates for the navy, the ma-
rine corps, and special objects......

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No. 11. General estimate for the support of the navy..
No. 12. General estimate for the support of the marine corps..
No. 13. General estimate for special objects under the Navy Depart-

No. 14.

ment......

Statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department,
viz: balances of appropriations on the 1st of July, 1854;
appropriations for the fiscal year 1854-'55; repayments
and transfers in the same time; the amounts applicable
to the service of the year 1854-'55; the amounts drawn
by requisition from the treasury in the same period; and
the balances on the 30th of June, 1855, with such sums
specially designated as have been carried to the surplus
fund..

No. 15. Abstract of expenditures under the head of contingent ex-
penses, as settled and allowed at the office of the Fourth
Auditor of the Treasury, from July 1, 1854, to June 30,
1855, inclusive....

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Communicating an "abstract of offers" and list of contracts for furnishing
articles under cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, for the
year ending June 30, 1856, and a list of contracts for the year ending
June 30, 1855..
Communicating the report of the board of naval officers appointed under
the act of February 28, 1855......
Communicating correspondence with Captain Boarman relative to the in-
spection of the United States steamer San Jacinto.....
Communicating a statement of the number and compensation of the mes-
sengers and employés, other than clerks, in the Navy Department... 10 43
Communicating copies of the charges, &c., preferred against Commander
G. J. Pendergrast and certain other naval officers, and the pro-
ceedings had thereupon.....
In relation to the proceedings of the self-styled Vigilance Committee of
California, with dispatches received from Captain Farragut and
Commander Boutwell, and their correspondence, and the instruc-
tions sent by the Navy Department to Commodore Mervine, or the
senior naval officer on duty at San Francisco, in said State..

Reports from the Postmaster General, viz:

In relation to the memorial of citizens of New Orleans complaining of the
irregularity of the mail service between Washington city and that
place
Communicating information relative to the mail communication between
New Orleans and Cairo......

Communicating information relative to the frequent failures of the northern
mail...

Relative to the postal arrangements between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Relative to a building for the accommodation of the post office in the city
of Philadelphia.

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Papers accompanying the above.

A.-Amount of postages, inland, sea, and foreign, on letters and
other mailable matter received and sent by the United States
steamship lines.

B.-United States mail service abroad, as in operation on the 1st
October, 1855

C.-Statement of the sums paid for the year ending June 30, 1855,
on the New York and Liverpool, New York and Chagres, and
the Astoria and Panama mail lines.....

D.-The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and other
European nations, in account with the United States for the
year ending June 30, 1855