Postage derived therefrom. Letter of the Postmaster General,
transmitting copies of contracts for carrying the mails to
foreign countries, and a statement of the amount of.....
Postage received, incidental expenses of pcst offices, and for trans-
portation of the mail by States and Territories.

of the amount of..............

Statement

Postal convention between the United States and France..
Postal convention between the United States and Hamburg...
Postmaster General, relative to returns for box rents for the year

1857. Letter of the...

Postma-ter General, asking further legislation for the transporta-

tion of the ocean mails to Bremen and Havre, and rela-
tive to those between New York and Liverpool. Letter of the. 12
Postmaster General, transmitting information in regard to adver-
tisements for mail proposals. Letter of the...
Postmaster General, of the operations of his department during the
year 1857. Report of the.....

Papers accompanying the above report.

A.-Aggregate amount of postages-inland, sea, and for-
eign--on letters and other mailable matter received

and sent by the United States steamship lines during
the year ending June 30, 1857..

B.-United States mail service abroad, as in operation Sep-
tember 30, 1857..

C.-Statement of the sums paid for the year ending June
30, 1857, and deductions, as fines, on the New York
and Liverpool, New York and Chagres, and the As-
toria and Panama lines...

D.-Postal convention between the United States and France.
Revenue and expenditures of the Post Office Department for
the year ending June 30, 1857...........

Number and amount of money orders issued in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland every fifth
year, commencing with 1840...

Ocean steamship and foreign mail arrangements...

City posts delivery of letters in Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia.....

Express agents, for providing more effectually for the regu-
lar and safe transmission of the mails conveyed on
railroads....

Mail route from New York to New Orleans......

Mail service on the Mississippi river below the Ohio....
Settlement of the claim of George Chorpenning, jr..
Overland mail service to California....

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Report of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office

Department....

Postmaster General, for the year 1857. Annual report of the
Second Assistant....

Report of William H. Dundas, Second Assistant Postmaster
General.....

Papers accompanying the above.

A.-Table of mail service for the year ending June 30, 1857.
B.-Number of mail routes, mail contractors, route agents,
local agents, and mail messengers, June 30, 1857
C.-Mail service in the New England section, as in operation
September 30, 1857...

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51

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Postmaster General. Annual report of the Second Assistant-Con.
C.-Mail service in the New York section, as in operation

September 30, 1857..

D. and E.--Railroad service, as in operation June 30 and
September 30, 1857..

F.-Steamboat service, as in operation September 30, 1857.
Postmaster General, transmitting copies of contracts made for car-
rying the mails to foreign countries, and a statement of the
amount of postage therefrom. Letter of the.....

Postmaster General, asking an appropriation for temporary clerk
hire. Letter of the...
Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons
employed in the Post Office Department for the year 1857.
Letter of the....
Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the fines and de-
ductions from the pay of mail contractors for failures to
deliver the mail during the year 1857. Report of the..... 10
Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service for
the year ending June 30, 1859. Letter of the....
Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for mail service to for-
eign countries for the year ending June 30, 1859. Letter of the 11
Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the offers and con-
tracts for carrying the mail during the year ending June 30,
1857. Report of the.....

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Post Office Department during the year ending June 30, 1859. Esti-
mates for appropriations for the support of the......
Post offices during the year ending September 30, 1857. Report of
the engineer in charge of the progress in the construction of
the...

Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1858. Letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an esti-
mate for an appropriation for deficiency for the....

Post Office Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1856,
and June 30, 1857. Report of the Treasurer of the United
States, transmitting copies of receipts and disbursements of
the....

Post Office Department for the year 1857. Report of the Postmaster
General, giving a statement of the expenditure of the con-
tingent fund of the...

Post offices. Statement of the appropriation, cost of site, date of
contract, contract price, and date of completion of the......
Post office extension during the year 1857. Report of the engineer
in charge of the progress in the erection of the......
Pre-emption laws. Further legislation recommended by the Com-
missioner of Public Lands, in reference to the operation of
the....
President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the regula-

tions adopted by the United States commissioner for the
government of the consular courts in China. Message of the.
President of the United States on the state of the Union, with ac-
companying documents and reports. Annual message of the.

Documents and reports accompanying the above.

Mr. Marcy to Lieut. Page, June 2, 1854.
Lieut. Page to Mr. Marcy, October 17, 1854..
Lieut. Page to Mr. Marcy, November 5, 1854.
Lieut. Page to Mr. Falcon, October 16, 1854.
Mr. Falcon to Commander Page, October 21, 1854.
Commander Page to Mr. Dobbin, February 5, 1855..
Lieut. Jeffers to Commander Page, February 2, 1855..

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President of the United States on the state of the Union-Con.
Commander Page to Mr. Marcy, January 28, 1856....
Mr. Marcy to Mr. Fitzpatrick, August 5, 1856
Mr. Vasquez to Mr. Fitzpatrick, November 8, 1856
Mr. Fitzpatrick to Mr. Vasquez, November 10, 1856.
Mr. Vasquez to Mr. Fitzpatrick, November 15 1856..
Mr. Fitzpatrick to Mr. Vasquez, November 18, 1856.
Mr. Vasquez to Mr. Fitzpatrick, November 26, 1856..
Commander Page to Mr. Toucey, August 4, 1857...
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, showing the opera-
tions of the Interior Department during the year 1857.
(See Interior).....

President of the United States, relative to the seizure of General
William Walker and his followers in Nicaragua.. Message
from the...

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President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the constitu-
tion of Minnesota to the Senate. Message of the
President of the United States, communicating a letter from the
Secretary of State that the government of Nicaragua had
made no complaint on account of the arrest of General
William Walker and his followers. Message of the......
President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the conven-
tion between the United States and the King of Denmark
for the discontinuance of the Sound dues. Message of the.. 7
President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secre-
tary of the Interior in reference to the census of Minnesota.
Message of the..

President of the United States, transmitting official information
and correspondence relative to the execution of Col. Crabb
and his associates. Message of the..

President of the United States, transmitting reports of the Secre-
taries of State, of War, of the Interior, and of the Attorney
General, relative to the military expedition ordered into the
Territory of Utah. Message of the....

President of the United States, transmitting a report of proceedings
under the act of March 3, 1855, to improve the laws of the
District of Columbia, and to codify the same. Message of
the......

President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between
the late Secretary of War and Major General John E. Wool.
Message of the..

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President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of citizens
of Carson's Valley, asking for the establishment of a terri-
torial government over them. Message of the....
President of the United States, transmitting correspondence and
documents relating to Indian affairs in Oregon and Wash-
ington Territories, &c. Message of the...
President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary
of State relative to attacks upon United States vessels in the
Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of Cuba. Message of the .. 13
President of the United States, relative to the probable termination

of Mormon troubles in Utah Territory. Message of the
President of the United States, transmitting copies of contracts for
deepening the channels of Southwest Pass and Pass à l'Outre,
at the mouth of the Mississippi river. Message of the......
President of the United States, calling the attention of Congress to
the condition of the treasury, and recommending a prolonga-
tion of the session of Congress. Message of the...
President of the United States, transmitting geological survey of
Oregon and Washington Territories. Message of the....

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Title.

President's House. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relative
to an appropriation for lighting the....

Private land claims. Relative to...

Private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico granted by the
Spanish and Mexican governments. A list of the
Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter of the Secretory of the
Interior, transmitting papers in reference to certain....
Private land claims in New Mexico. New schedules of pueblo and.
Provisions exported annually, from 1821 to 1857. Statement of the

value of the breadstuffs and...

Provisions and Clothing of the navy for the year ending June 30,
1859. Estimates for the support of the Bureau of .....
Provisions and Clothing of the navy, of the operations of his bureau
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857. Report of the
chief of the Bureau of..

Papers accompanying the above report.

A.-Estimate of the expenses of the bureau for the fiscal

year.....

B.-Estimate for provisions for the navy for the fiscal year..
C.-Estimate for contingent for the navy for the fiscal year.
D.-Statement showing the value of provisions, clothing,
and small stores on hand..........

E.-Statement showing the value of shipments made by the
bureau to foreign stations

F.-Abstract of proposals received for navy supplies
G.-Statement showing the cost of provisions, clothing, and

small stores condemned ...

H.-Abstract of proposals received for clothing and clothing
materia's

I-Abstract of proposals received for small stores

K.-Abstract of proposals received for salt-water soap, can-
dles, &c

L-Abstract of proposals received for beef and pork

M.-Abstract of proposals received for fresh beef and vegc-
tables

N.-Abstract of proposals received for transportation of

the......

stores

O.-Statement of contracts made during the year by the
bureau

Prussia, during the year 1857. Commercial relations of the United
States with..

Public buildings, grounds, &c, during the year ending June 30,
1859. Estimate for appropriations for
Public debt on the 1st July, 1857.

Statement of the amount of

Public debt on the 3d March, 1857. Statement of the amount of
the....

Public debt on the 17th November, 1857. Statement of the

amount outstanding of the
Public buildings con fided to the charge of the Treasury Depart-

ment. Report of the engineer in charge of construction of..
Public buildings constructed, or in course of construction, since

1850, for which appropriations have been made. List of....
Public buildings petitioned for by citizens and members of Congress

for which no appropriations have been made. List of.....
Public build ngs, of the operations of his office during the year
ending June 30, 1857. Annual report of the Commis-
sioner of...

Public Buildings, during the year ending June 30, 1857. Statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the Commissioner of....

Title.

Public Buildings of the contracts made by his office during the
year 1857. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, trans-
mitting a report of the Commissioner of....

Q.

Quartermaster General for the service of the army during the year
ending June 30, 1859. Estimates of

Quartermaster General of the United States army of the operations
of his department during the year ending June 30, 1857.
Report of the....

Quartermaster of the marine corps for the year ending June 30,
1859. Estimates of the

R.

Railroad through the South Pass.

Letter of the Secretary of the

Interior, transmitting a report of F. W. Lander relative to
the practicability of a
Railroad from Dubuque to Sioux city and branch from the mouth
of the Tete des Morts. Letter of the Secretary of the In-
terior, relative to the construction of a..........
Railroads of the United States for the year 1857. Statement of the
capital paid in, net income, annual interest on debt, and
available income of the

Railroads under various acts from 1850 to 1857.

amount of lands granted to the several States for....
Railroads of the West. Statement of the length, transportation of

freight and passengers on the various

Statement of the

Railroads in operation on the 30th of June and 30th of September,
1857. Statement of the mail service by the
Ranchos in California that have been fully confirmed by the court
of last resort. Tabular statement showing the....
Receipts of the government from customs, public lands, and all
other sources, from the beginning of the government to
June 30, 1857. Statement of the amount of the......
Receipts and expenditures under the direction of the Commissioner
of Public Buildings during the year ending June 30, 1857.
Statement of the.....

Receipts and expenditures of collecting the customs in the Pacific
from July, 1850, to June 30, 1857. Statement of the
Receipts and expenditures of marine hospital fund during the year
ending June 30, 1857. Statement of the.....
Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office I epartment during the
year ending June 30, 1857. Report of the Auditor of the
Treasury for the Post Office Department of the
Receipts and expenditures of the government during the quarter
ending September 30, 1857. Statement of the.....
Receipts and expenditures of the government for the year ending
June 30, 1857. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting a statement of the....

Reciprocity treaty with Great Britain. Letter of the Secretary of
State, transmitting an estimate for expenses of the commis-
sion under the.....

Recruits for the army during the year ending June 30, 1857.
Statment of the number of ....

Register of the Treasury of the operations of his office during the
year ending June 30, 1857. Annual report of the..
Register of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on
the books of his office remaining unsettled more than three
years prior to July 1, 1857. Report of the
Resignations in the navy during the year 1857. Statement of the..