Title.

Stevens on the exploration of the northern route for a Pacific rail-
road. Report of Governor I. I...............
St. Louis custom-house and post office. In relation to the comple-
tion, fitting up, and furnishing the
Superintendent of Public Printing. Estimates of appropriation for
the support of the office, and for paper required during the
year ending June 30, 1861, by the.....
Surgeon General for the service of the army during the year end-
ing June 30, 1861. Estimates of the..
Survey of the coast of the United States during the year ending
June 30, 1861. Estimates for appropriations for the con-
tinuation of the...

Survey of the public lands during the year ending June 30, 1861.
Estimates for appropriations for the

Sweden and Norway during the year ending September 30, 1859.
Statements of the commercial relations with....
Switzerland during the year ending September 30, 1859. State-
ments of the commercial relations with

Switzerland. Relative to discriminations against citizens of the
United States of the Hebrew persuasion in................

T.

Territories during the year ending June 30, 1861. Estimates for
appropriations for the support of the governments in the..........
Texas frontier. In relation to the troubles on the
Tobacco in foreign countries. Message from the President of the
United States in regard to the duties on..
Tonnage and crews of American and foreign vessels which cleared
from the United States for foreign countries during the year
ending June 30, 1859. Statement of the

Tonnage and crews of American and foreign vessels which entered
into the United States from foreign countries during the
year ending June 30, 1859. Statement of the

Tonnage and crews of the American and foreign vessels which)
cleared from each district of the United States for foreign
countries during the year ending June 30, 1859. State-
ment of the...

Tonnage and crews of American and foreign vessels which entered
each district of the United States from foreign countries
during the year ending June 30, 1859. Statement of the
Tonnage of the several districts of the United States on June 30,
1859. Statement of the.....
Tonnage of the United States, showing the tonnage employed in
the whale fishery, also the proportion of the enrolled and
licensed tonnage employed in the coasting trade, cod fishery,
mackerel fishery, and whale fishery, from 1815 to 1859, in-
clusive. Comparative view of the registered and enrolled
Trade of the United States, the countries of production and ship-
ment, with the value of the articles imported, during the
year ending June 30, 1859. Statement of the indirect.....
Treasurer of the United States, transmitting a statement of the
accounts of the government for the year ending June 30,
1859. Report of the.....

Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of the Treasu-
rer's accounts of the receipts and disbursements for the scr-
vice of the Post Office Department for the years ending June
30, 1858 and 1859. Letter from the
Treasury Department during the year ending June 30, 1861.
mates for appropriations for the support of the..

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Treasury during the year ending June 30, 1861. Estimates for
appropriations for the support of the independent.....
Treasury, for appropriations, specific and indefinite, which may be
required for the last three quarters of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1860, made by former acts of Congress. Statement
of the Register of the
Treasury, transmitting estimates for appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1861. Report of the Secretary of the.
Treasury, transmitting list of balances due the United States for

more than three years prior to July 1, 1859, and also list
unsettled for more than one year prior to July 1, 1859.
Statement of Comptroller of the

Treasury, transmitting statement of the names and salaries of per-
sons employed on the Coast Survey. Letter of the Secretary
of the

Treasury, transmitting statement of the receipts and expenditures
of the government for the year ending June 30, 1859.
Letter of the Secretary of the....
Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in the
Treasury Department, and their compensation, during the
year 1859. Letter of the Secretary of the...

Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of
the Treasury Department during the year ending June 30,
1859. Letter of the Secretary of the...
Treasury, transmitting answer to a resolution of the House as to
whether there be any defalcations by the collectors of cus-
toms in the State of Illinois. Letter of the Secretary of the..
Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments for miscellaneous
claims. Letter of the Secretary of the

Treasury, transmitting estimates necessary to complete the capitol
and penitentiary buildings in New Mexico. Letter of the
Secretary of the

Treasury, transmitting statement of the condition of the banks
throughout the United States. Letter from the Secretary of

the

Treasury, transmitting information relative to what ports of deliv-
ery, if any, have been discontinued. Letter from the Sec-
retary of the....
Treasury, transmitting a memoir and charts of Mississippi sound,
on the Mexican Gulf coast. Letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount that has been

paid out of the treasury for books ordered to be published
by either or both houses of the 33d Congress, as well as the
amount paid for books for the new members of said Con-
gress under the usual resolutions, &c., &c. Letter from the
Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting information in reference to a contract for
the performance of certain labor at the public stores in the
city of New York. Letter of the Secretary of the....
Treasury, transmitting information relative to the practice of col-

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lecting fees on permits to land the baggage of passengers at
the port of New York, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting information as to the amount due for the
completion, fitting up, and furnishing the St. Louis custom-
house and post office.
Treasury, transmitting a statement of the state of the Chickasaw
Letter from the Secretary of the.... 12
trust fund. Letter from the Secretary of the ...
Treasury, transmitting statement of the Third Auditor in regard
to the contract entered into between W. H. Degges and F.
H. Smith and Montgomery C. Meigs for and in behalf of
the United States, with certain statements of transactions
under it, particularly in reference to the interest of W. H.
De Groot. Letter from the Secretary of the

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Treasury, transmitting reports of Israel T. Hatch and James W.
Taylor in regard to the operations of the reciprocity treaty
with Canada. Letter of the Secretary of the.....
Treasury, transmitting an answer in reference to the removal of
Morritz Shoeffer, late collector of the customs at Milwaukie.
Letter of the Secretary of the ...

Treasury, transmittting a statement of the commerce and naviga-
tion of the United States during the year ending June 30,
1859. Report of the Secretary of the

Treaties with certain Indian tribes of the plains and in Minnesota.
Estimates, &c., for negotiating....

Trust fund. A statement of the state of the Chickasaw..
Turkey during the year ending September 30, 1859. Statements of
the commercial relations with

Two Sicilies during the year ending September 30, 1859. State-
ments of the commercial relations with the....

U.

Uruguay during the year ending September 30, 1859. Statements
of the commercial relations with....

Utah. Relative to the condition of affairs in the Territory of.............

V.

Venezuela during the year ending September 30, 1859. Statements
of the commercial relations with...

Vessels, with their tonnage and crews, which cleared from the
United States for foreign countries during the year ending
June 30, 1859. Statement of the number of American and
foreign

Vessels, with their tonnage and crews, which entered into the
United States from foreign countries during the year ending
June 30, 1859. Statement of the number of American and
foreign
Vessels which entered into and cleared from the United States for
foreign countries during the year ending June 30, 1859.
Statement of the national character of the foreign....
Vessels built, and the tonnage thereof, in each State and Territory
of the United States, during the year ending June 30, 1859.
Statement of the number and class of....

Vessels built, and the tonnage thereof, in the several States and
territories of the United States, from 1815 to 1859 inclusive.
Statement showing the number and class of

W.

Wagon road from Fort Smith to the Colorado river. Report of
Edward F. Beale, relating to the construction of a..........
War Department during the year ending June 30, 1861. Estimates
for the support of..

War, transmitting a statement of the names of clerks and other
persons employed in the War Department during the year
1859. Letter of the Secretary of.............
War, transmitting a statement of appropriations drawn during the
years 1858-59, and balances on hand June 30, 1859, and
amount of surplus fund. Letter of the Secretary of.....
War, transmitting statements showing the contracts made under
the authority of the War Department during the year 1859.
Letter of the Secretary of ...

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War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the
War Department during the year ending June 30, 1859.
Letter of the Secretary of ...

War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures for the contin-
gent expenses of the military establishment.
Secretary of
Letter of the

War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the national
armories, &c., for the year 1859. Letter of the Secretary of.
War, transmitting a return of the militia of the United States,
their arms and accoutrements, and ammunition, for the
year 1859. Letter of the Secretary of.....

War, in answer to a resolution of the House, requesting the com-
munication of the annual report of Lieutenant Colonel
James D. Graham, on the harbor improvements of the
northern and northwestern lakes. Letter of the Secretary of.
War, transmitting transcript of Army Register for the year 1859.
Letter of the Secretary of....

War, transmitting the report of the art commissioners. Letter of
the Secretary of.....

War, transmitting the report of Edward F. Beale, relating to the
construction of a wagon road from Fort Smith to the Colorado
river. Letter of the Secretary of.....

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War, transmitting information in relation to the nature of the
obstructions in Bayou Manchac, Mississippi river. Letter of
the Secretary of

War, transmitting the official correspondence of Brigadier General
William S. Harney, relating to the affairs in the department
of Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of..
War, transmitting an account of the number of officers, non-com-
missioned officers, musicians, privates, and marines, who
were in the service of the government of the United States
during the war with Great Britain of 1812, for a period of
six months and upwards. Letter of the Secretary of.....
War, transmitting the final report of Governor I. I. Stevens, of
Washington Territory, on the exploration of the northern
route for a Pacific railroad. Letter of the Secretary of..... 11
War, transmitting information in relation to the troubles on the
Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of....
War, calling attention to an error in the printing of Ex. Doc No. 65
of the present session, relating to the difficulties on San Juan
island. Letter of the Secretary of...............
War, transmitting a report of army and militia officers on the
subject of reorganizing the militia of the District of
Columbia. Letter of the Secretary of......

War, transmitting copies of correspondence with General Harney,
not heretofore published, in reference to his administration in
Oregon. Letter of the Secretary of.....

War, transmitting the report of J. C. Ives, topographical engineers,
upon the explorations of the river Colorado of the West,
with accompanying maps. Letter of the Secretary of.....
Wurtemberg during the year ending September 30, 1859. State-
ments of the commercial relations with..

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Yards and Docks of the navy during the year ending June 30,
1861. Estimates for appropriations for the Bureau of....

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No. 71.

NAVY YARDS-BOARD OF NAVY OFFICERS-EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THEM.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY,

TRANSMITTING,

In compliance with a resolution of the House, a copy of the evidence taken by the board of navy officers for investigating the condition of the navy yards.

APRIL 18, 1860.-Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 16, 1860.

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the resolution of the House of Representatives of March 1, 1860, requesting the Secretary of the Navy to transmit to the House the "evidence taken by the board of navy officers for investigating the condition of the navy yards," and also the resolution of the House of Representatives of April 6, 1860, "that the Secretary of the Navy, in replying to the resolution of this House of March 1, 1860, calling for the evidence taken by the board of navy officers for investigating the condition of the navy yards, be requested to transmit also the action of the Navy Department thereon

A copy of the order of the department of April 1, 1859, appointing the board and directing the investigation, and of the evidence taken by it at each of the navy yards which were to be examined, is herewith transmitted. Its report was sent to the House in answer to its resolution of February 16, 1860. So far as the report recommended the relinquishment of important powers of the department to its subordinates, or a more complete subjection of the civil to the naval branch of the service, or the transfer of the appointment of master mechanics employed in the construction of ships-of-war to those whose profession it is to navigate them, the department did not concur in it. It was deemed but just to the master mechanics that they should have the position of holding their appointments directly from the head of the department. Having thus far dissented from the recommendations of the board, the department applied the most effectual corrective to all