Subject.

Communicating statements of rejected or suspended applications for
pensions, and the grounds of such suspension or rejection.....
Showing balances of appropriations for the service of that depart-
ment on the 1st of July, 1851, the repayments and transfers,
with the amounts applicable to the service during the same
period, and the amounts drawn from the treasury, with such
appropriations as have been carried to the surplus fund on the
1st of July, 1851..

Communicating a report of the architect of the extension of the Capi-
tol..
Communicating a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in re-

lation to an amount due the St. Regis Indians.
Communicating a copy of the charges preferred against the present
commissioner appointed to run and mark the boundary line be-
tween the United States and Mexico....
Communicating a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, rela-
tive to debts contracted by Indian agents in California
In relation to a liquidated balance due the Creek Indians for losses
during the last war with Great Britain

Communicating a copy of an agreement entered into on behalf of the
United States, with Alexander G. Abell, in relation to the
island of Santa Cruz, on the coast of California ....
In answer to a call for information whether any steps were taken to
investigate the charges preferred by Col. McClellan against Mr.
Bartlett, a commissioner to run and mark the boundary be-
tween the United States and Mexico......
Communicating information in relation to the public lands in the State
of Louisiana...

Communicating a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
with copies of communications received from the agents of the
department in California, in relation to debts contracted by
them.....

Communicating a statement of certain expenditures for and on ac-
count of the seventh census

In relation to the printing, binding and advertising executed for or by
order of that department...
Communicating the names, compensation, &c., of the clerks in that
department and the offices belonging thereto

Communicating the report of the superintendent of the coast survey..
Communicating a report of the Commissioner to run and mark the
boundary line between the United States and the republic of
Mexico....

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

On the operations of the War Department during the year 1851 .....
With statements of expenditures from the appropriations for contin-
gencies of the oflices and bureau of the War Department during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851 ......
Showing the contracts made under authority of the War Department
during the year 1851........

Relative to the construction of a military road from Fort Dodge to

Dubuque, and the cost of transporting munitions of war, pro-
visions, &c., used at that fort, from the Mississippi river.....
Showing the names of persons employed in the War Department
other than officers of the army during the year 1851.
Communicating a statement of expenditures for contingencies of the
military establishment during the year 1851..

Showing the expenses of the national armories and the number of
arms and appendages made and repaired during the year 1851
Communicating reports in relation to the inundations of the Missis-
sippi river.

Subject.

In relation to the claims of the territory of Iowa for the expenses of
a portion of the militia of that territory, called into service
during the autumn of 1839.....
Communicating an abstract of the returns of the militia of the United
States, and of their arms, accoutrements and ammunition.
In relation to the execution of the act to found a military asylum for
the relief and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the
United States army..
Communicating an estimate of the amount of money necessary to be
appropriated for the commencement of the fortifications at
San Francisco....

....

Communicating a statement showing the number of fire-arms belong-
ing to the United States
Communicating to the Hon. Mr. Gwin, ohairman of the Senate com-
mittee on naval affairs, a report from Colonel Abert, chief of
the bureau of topographical engineers, and a communication
from Captain Hardcastle on the subject of diverting the river
of San Diego into False Bay, &c....
Communicating a report of the survey estimates, &c., of a route for
a road from St. Louis to the Big Bend of the Red river, by
Joshua Barney.
Communicating a supplemental report of the battle of Cerro Gordo,
made by General Pillow to General Scott...

On the necessity of establishing suitable depots for the preservation
of gunpowder belonging to the United States.

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In relation to contracts made with officers of the army to furnish
supplies to the government ....

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In relation to civil officers employed in the territory of New Mexico
while under military government.

In relation to the improvement of the Tennessee river...
Communicating a report of the topographical bureau in relation to
the improvement of the St. Clair flats.

Communicating a copy of the reconnaissance, by Lieutenant Derby,
of the gulf of California and the Colorado river......
In relation to the construction of a canal across the peninsula of
Florida .

In relation to the printing, binding, and advertising executed for or
by order of the War Department.

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In relation to a proposed increase of the number of cadets and a
change in the course of instruction at the military academy,
with an estimate of the expenses thereof..
Communicating the names, compensation, &c., of the clerks in the
War Department and its bureau..

Tulares valley...

Communicating the report of Lieutenant Derby in relation to the

In relation to the Mexican boundary commission....

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY :

On the operations of the Navy Department during the year 1851.......
Transmitting the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the case of

Wm. K. Latimer, a captain in the navy....

Communicating copies of contracts for the construction of dry docks,
basins and railways at Kittery, Philadelphia and Pensacola;
and for a floating sectional dock at San Francisco..
Communicating, in conjunction with the Postmaster General, informa-
tion in relation to the contracts, with copies thereof, for the
transportation of the mails by steamships between New York
and California...

In relation to the expediency of a reconnoissance of the routes of na-
vigation in the Northern and in the China and Japan seas.....
Communicating the reports of Engineer Ellis, and other officers, of a
test of coals made at the navy-yɛrd at Washington....

Subject.

In relation to the qualities of the several species of coal now used by
the navy of the United States.
Communicating the names of naval officers who have received greater
pay than is provided by the act regulating the pay of the navy,
the amount paid and the authority therefor.....

In answer to the resolution calling for information in regard to officers
of the navy receiving greater compensation than is provided
by act of March 3, 1835, whether settled in the office of the
Fourth Auditor or elsewhere, and especially whether any of
those officers employed on the coast survey are receiving such
compensation...
Communicating a report of the engineer-in-chief of the navy, on the
comparative value of the anthracite and bituminous coals...
Communicating information of the removal of the wreck of the United

States steam frigate Missouri from the Bay of Gibraltar ... .
In answer to a resolution calling for the report of the board on marine
condensers....

Communicating a report of Lieutenant Davis, the officer charged with
the superintendence of the preparation of the American Nau-
tical Almanac....

In relation to the printing, binding and advertising executed for or by
order of the Navy Department.
Communicating the names, compensation, &c., of the clerks in that
department and its bureaus..

Communicating letters from officers of the navy on the subject of cor-
poral punishment in the navy, and a revision of the regulations
for its better government.

In relation to dry docks in California.

REPORTS FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL:

On the operations of the Post Office Department during the year
1851...

With statements of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office
Department for the quarter ending September 30, 1852..
Communicating information and correspondence in relation to the
contracts for transporting the mails in steamships between
New York and California......

In relation to the postal operations of the United States..
Communicating information in relation to the clerks in the Post Office

Department....

REPORT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Communicating the names, compensation, &c., of the clerks employed
in his office during the year 1851.....

SUBORDINATE DEPARTMENTS.

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE:

On the operations of the General Land Office during the year 1851...
Transmitting a copy of instructions to the commissioners to ascertain

and settle the private land claims in California, and to the
surveyor-general of California in connection with the subject...

In relation to the public lands in Louisiana.....

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS:

On the operations of the Indian Department during the year 1851...
Communicating correspondence in relation to the claim of John E.

and Amos Kendall..........

In relation to the amount due the St. Regis Indians..

In relation to debts contracted by Indian agents in California.

Subject.

Vol.

No. Page.

In relation to a liquidated balance due the Creek Indians for losses
during the last war with Great Britain ...

Communicating copies of communications received from the agents
of the Indian Department in California in relation to debts
contracted by them...

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS :

In relation to arts and manufactures for the year 1851 (Part 1.).
In relation to agriculture for the year 1851 (Part 2.)..........

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS:

On the operations of the Pension Office during the year 1851 ...
Transmitting alphabetical lists of invalid, widow and orphan pensioners

on the pension rolls in 1851....
Transmitting statements of suspended or rejected applications for
pensions, with the grounds of such suspension or rejection..

IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF MARCH 8, 1851,

THE

REPORT OF ISRAEL D. ANDREWS,

CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES FOR CANADA AND NEW BRUNSWICK,

ON THE

TRADE AND COMMERCE

OF THE

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES,

AND UPON THE

TRADE OF THE GREAT LAKES AND RIVERS:

ALSO,

NOTICES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN EACH STATE, OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA, AND A PAPER ON THE

COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON:

ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PRINTER.
1853.