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2 A report, under the act for the relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam-machinery, with a tabular statement of each case, which shall contain the name of the contractor, a description of the work, the contract price, the whole increased cost of the work over the contract price, and the amount of such increased cost caused by the delay and action of the Government as aforesaid, and the amount already paid the contractor over and above the contract price. Directing that a commission, consisting of an engineer officer of the Army, detailed by the Secretary of War, and two competent and impartial officers of the Navy, detailed by the Secretary of the Navy, shall make a careful examination of the harbor of Boston, and report whether the construction of a bridge between Boston and East Boston will be detrimental to the interests of the United States in the navy-yard at Charlestown. Report of the number of desks in his Department, the number of clerks, the number employed therein during the preceding fiscal year, when employed, and when discharged, and the amount of compensation received by each, and what reduction, if any, can be made in the number of clerks in each grade.

1969, March 3

1870, July 15 1872, May 23

A report of the property of the United States in the public buildings and grounds belongA report of his acts under the authority given by section 2 of the act making appropria- | ing to the United States in the District of Columbia. tions for the naval service for the year ending June 30, 1873, and for other purposes.

Special.

1825, March 5

A report of contracts for the transportation of the mail within the last year, with all the particulars in relation thereto.

A list of such post-routes as have not, after the second year, produced the third part of the expenses of transporting the mail on the same.

A report of all extra allowances to contractors made during the last year, with all extra expenses incurred, and all curtailment of expenses.

A report of the incidental expenses of the Post-Office Department for the last year.
A report of the finances of the Post Office Department for the last year

A report of the fines and penalties imposed on contractors for failures or other causes
A transcript of the records of all offers made for carrying the mails.

Estimates for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1873.

A report of the fines imposed on, and the deductions from the pay of, contractors, made
during the preceding year, stating the name of the contractor; the nature of the delin-
quency; the route on which it occurred; when the fine was imposed; and whether the
fine or deduction has been remitted; and for what reason.

A copy of each contract for carrying the mail between the United States and foreign coun-
tries, with a statement of the amount of postage derived under the same, so far as the
returns of the Department will enable it to be done.

A report showing all contracts which have been made by the Department, other than for
carrying the mail, giving the name of the contractor; the article or thing contracted
for; the place where the article was to be delivered or the thing performed; the amount
paid therefor; and the date and duration of the contract.

A report of the clerks and other persons employed in the Department during the year, or
any part thereof, giving the names of the persons; the time they were actually employed,
and the sum paid each; whether they have been usefully employed; whether the ser-
vices of any can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; and whether
the removal of any, and the appointment of others in their stead, is required for the
better dispatch of business.

A report on the postal business and agencies in foreign countries

That the Postmaster-General shall submit to Congress at each annual session a statement of the amount expended during the preceding fiscal year, and an estimate of the amount that will be required for the ensuing fiscal year, under each of the following heads: Transportation of the mails;" "compensation of postmasters;" "compensation of clerks in post-offices;" compensation of letter-carriers" "compensation of blank-agents and assistants;""mail depredations and special agents;" "postage-stamps and envelopes:" "ship, steamboat, and way letters;" "dead-letters;" "mailing-bags;""mail locks, keys, and stamps; "wrapping paper;" "office furniture;" "advertising;" "balances to foreign countries;" "rent, light, and fuel to post-offices;"" stationery;" and "miscella neous," showing the sums paid under each head, and the names of the persons to whom payments are made out of the miscellaneous fund; but the names of persons employed in detecting depredations on the mails, and of other confidential agents, need not be disclosed. To report a detailed statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of his Department, and accounts of all property belonging to the United States in the buildings under his charge.

1808, April 21

1842, Aug. 26

Statement of the contracts made by direction of the Department of the Interior.
A full and detailed statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the several
offices of the Department of the Interior, showing to whom payments were made, for
what made, &c.

1818, April 20 The names of all clerks and other persons who have been employed in the several offices
1842, Aug. 26 S of the Department of the Interior during the year 1871, or any part thereof, with the time
each person was actually employed, and the sum paid each; also whether they have been
usefully employed; whether the services of any of them can be dispensed with without
detriment to the public service; and whether the removal of any and the appointment of
others in their stead is required for the better dispatch of business; and the residence of
each at the time of his appointment.

1830, May 29 1832, July 10 1789, Aug.

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A list of applicants for pensions, or for increase of pensions, whose cases are not embraced by the laws, but which ought to be granted.

A report of the receipts and expenditures of the Navy pension fund and privateer pension
fund in 1871, the names of pensioners, and the amount of their persions, respectively.
A report upon the condition of the Office of Indian Affairs, and of the various tribes of
Indians within the limits of the United States.

A report upon the condition of the General Land-Office, the amount of the sales of the
public lands, and an account of the surveys made of the same during the year 1871.
A report of the names of certain friendly Indians of the Sioux nation, in Minnesota, for
whose benefit money was expended, and the amount expended for each.

Report of money expended to carry into effect any treaty stipulation with any tribe or
tribes of Indians, all or any portion of whom shall be in a state of actual hostility to the
Government of the United States, including the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles,
Wichitas, and other affiliated tribes, as well as the Cherokees, as may be fonnd necessary
to support such individual members of said tribes as have been driven from their homes
or reduced to want on account of their friendship to the United States, and enable them
to subsist until they can support themselves in their own country.

A report by the Director of the Bureau of Statistics on the statistics of commerce and
navigation, exports and imports.

A report of the commission appointed to select a proper site for a building for a post-office
and for the accommodation of the United States courts in the city of New York.
A report upon the condition of the public buildings in the Territory of New Mexico, with
an estimate of what amount is necessary to complete the same.

A report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of any case of hostilities, by any tribe
with which the United States has treaty stipulations, which shall have occurred since his
next preceding report. Also made the duty of the officer in charge of the Indian Bureau
to report, separately, at the commencement of each December session, a tabular state-
ment, showing distinctly the separate objects of expenditure under his supervision, and
how much disbursed for each object, describing the articles and the quantity of each, and
giving the name of each person to whom any part was paid, and how much paid to him,
and for what object, so far as they relate to the disbursements of the funds herein before,
or which shall hereafter be, appropriated for the incidental, contingent, or miscellaneous
expenses of the Indian service during the fiscal year next preceding each report.
A report of the commission appointed to procure a site for a building to accommodate the
post-office and United States courts in the city of New York. To be made with the Post-
master-General.

Report of the number of desks in his Department, number of clerks, the number employed
during the preceding fiscal year, when employed, and when discharged, and the amount
of compensation received by each, and what reduction, if any, can be made in the number
of clerks in each grade.

A statement of the manner in which the appropriation for the relief of two bands of Sisseton
and Wahpeton Sioux Indians in Dakota Territory, to be expended under the direction of
Rev. H. B. Whipple, was expended.

A report of the property of the United States in the public buildings and grounds belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia.

To report a plan for equitably extinguishing, as far as possible, the separate claims upon the Government for annuities and allowances of diminished Indian tribes, and also for providing, on a uniform basis, for all Indians who are collected at the same agency. To report the nature and character and amount of claims, whether allowed by him or not, for compensation for depredations committed by the Indians.

Directed to transmit to the Senate copies of all correspondence in relation to the disposal Senate Journal.
of the lands known as the Miami Indian reservation in Kansas, or any part thereof, had
since and including the year 1865, together with abstracts of all transfers of such lands
to Indians or other persons which may have required the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, or may be of record in that Department.

Directed to communicate to the Senate a list of the names and residences of the enumerators Senate Journal
and persons employed in obtaining the various statistics of the ninth census of the United
States, with the number of days of actual service by each in the work of enumeration,
together with the amount paid or to be paid these officers, respectively, in accordance
with law.

Requested to furnish information as to whether military reservation No. 7, situate near Mare Island, in the harbor of San Francisco, is or is not in possession of the Government of the United States.

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