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 Sboal 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...

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY,

On the condition and operations of the Navy Department during the
year 1852

(See List of Papers accompanying the above, at page 327 of same.)
Communicating the result of an examination of the property offered
by R. B. Sumner and others as a site for a navy-yard and depot
at New Orleans

In relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the
Executive departments

Communicating a statement of receipts and expenditures on account
of the navy pension fund, for the year ending September 30,
1852..
Communicating a list of contracts entered into by the Bureau of Yards
and Docks, and an abstract of offers to furnish articles under
the cognizance of said bureau...
Communicating reports of the commission appointed to examine the
qualities of the coal fields and coal mines on the western

waters

In relation to establishing a line of mail and war steamers between
the western coast of the United States and the free ports of
China...
Communicating information in relation to the contract with Howland
& Aspinwall for supplying the Japan squadron with coal.-
(Special session, No. 2.)

Communicating a report of an exploration of the Valley of the Ama-
zon and its tributaries, by Lieuts. Herndon and Gibbon..

REPORTS FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Communicating a statement from the Auditor for that department
relative to the postage collected under the postal treaty with
Great Britain...

In answer to a call for copies of propositions made, or contracts en-
tered into, for the transportation of the mails from New York,
New Orleans, and Vera Cruz, to San Francisco....
Transmitting copy of a contract with Messrs. Ramsey & Carmick for
the transportation of the mails from Vera Cruz to San Fran-
cisco.-(Special session, No. 1.)

REPORT FROM THE CENSUS BOARD.

Communicating statements of population, house accommodations, mor-
tality, nativity, deaf mutes, blind, insane, idiots, education,
pauperism, crime, churches, real and personal estate, agricul-
ture, railroads, and telegraphs, &c....

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND Office.

Exhibiting the operations of the General Land Office during the year
1852..

Communicating a report from the Register and Receiver of the land
office at Monroe, Louisiana, under act of 1851, for the settle-
ment of certain classes of private land claims within the Bastrop
grant

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.

Exhibiting the operations of the Patent Office, in relation to arts and
manufactures, during the year 1852, (Part 1)

Exhibiting the operations of the Patent Office, in relation to agricul-
ture, &c., during the year 1852, (Part 2) .

Title.

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

Showing the operations of the Office of Indian Affairs during the year
1852

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.

Showing the operations of the Pension Office since the annual report
of November, 1851 ..........

REPORT FROM THE ARCHITECT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

On the state of the public works under his charge, and their progress
during the year 1852, with the report of the commission
appointed to test the specimens of marble offered for the ex-
tension of the Capitol.....

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from Mr. Bartlett on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.

FEBRUARY 15, 1853.-Referred to the Select Committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed.

FEBRUARY 17, 1853.—Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington, February 14, 1853.

SIR: I had the honor, on the 10th instant, to receive a resolution from the Senate, of that date, in the following words, viz:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to furnish to the Senate copies of any papers or reports relating to the Mexican boundary commission, and particularly a report from the commissioner, which may have been received here since his last communication to the Senate, upon the subject of said commission."

Understanding the resolution as requiring me to communicate to the Senate the entire correspondence of the department on the subject of the Mexican boundary, not heretofore called for, and sent to the Senate, I have directed it to be prepared as speedily as possible. As it is somewhat voluminous, however, it will necessarily be some days before it can be completed.

Under date of the 7th instant, Mr. Commissioner Bartlett made a report to the department on the subject of the boundary line; and as it is in duplicate, I am enabled to communicate that paper at once, which I deem it proper to do, inasmuch as the resolution of the Senate particularly specifies it. I have the honor, therefore, to submit it herewith. With great respect, sir, your obedient servant, ALEX. H. H. STUART,

Secretary.

Hon. D. R. ATCHISON,

President of the Senate pro tempore.