Interior, Secretary of the. Letters:

. Clerks and others employed in the Interior Department during
the year 1879...

Relative to affidavits by or on behalf of the settlers on the Un-
compahgre Park in Colorado

Estimates of deficiencies for arrears and for Army and Navy pen-
sions .....

Estimate to cover deficiencies in the appropriation for "salaries
and commissions" of registers and receivers of land offices...
Concerning the entries of lands in Utah Territory by certain per-
sons; concerning incorporated cities in Utah and lands in-
cluded therein, &c....

Concerning land grants to aid in the construction of railroads..
Concerning entries of town sites on mineral lands...
Relative to rooms rented for the Court of Claims

In relation to the removal of census supervisors...

Report and opinion of the surveyor-general of Arizona Territory
in the matter of the private land claim No. 7, known as Tuma-
cacori and Calabazas....

In relation to the state of technical or industrial education in the
schools and colleges endowed by the United States, &c.....
Relative to the development of instruction in drawing, as applied
to the industrial or fine arts in the colleges of agriculture, &c
Relative to the rejection of certain bids for wagons for the Indian
service....

Interior Department, clerks and others employed in the, during the
year 1879. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior........

Internal Revenue, Commissioner of. Report of matters in controversy
between the United States and the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company ..

Interoceanic Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Mes-
sage from the President of the United States in relation to the pro-
posed

Ireland. Report of the commander of the relief ship Constellation,
fitted out for transporting supplies to

J.

Jackson, Capt. R. H., memorial of, against the passage of the bills for
the relief of William A. Winder and D. R. Ransom
Jeffersonville, Ind. Letter of the Secretary of War recommending an
appropriation for the improvement of Canal street in..
Jessen, G. M., assistant engineer. Report of survey of the mouth of
the Columbia River

Johnson's Island. Report of the Quartermaster-General relating to
the cemetery of prison camp of..

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Johnston, Thomas T. Report of the survey of Gasconade River, Mis-
souri..

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Jordan, E. C., assistant engineer. Report of the survey of Cathance
River, Maine...

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Justice, Department of, list of persons who have held appointments
under the, during 1879. Letter of the Attorney-General,

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K...

Kankakee River in Indiana and Illinois, survey of. Report of Maj.
Jared A. Smith......

107

Kansas, action taken in the matter of the claim of the State of, for
five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of public lands in that
State. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury..

L.

La Abra Silver Mining Company. Message of the President of the
United States concerning certain awards made by the late United
States and Mexican Commission

150

Lake Superior Ship-Canal, survey for harbor at entrance to Portage
Lake and. Report of Assistant Engineer L. Y. Schermerhorn..
Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire, survey of the outlet of. Re-
port of Lieut. Col. Geo. Thom

Land-grant railroad companies that have not performed the con-
ditions of their grants. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior....
Land-grant railroads. Letter of the Quartermaster-General recom-
mending an appropriation to continue payments to...
Land-grants to aid in the construction of railroads. Letter of the
Secretary of the Interior concerning..

Land officers, estimate to cover deficiencies in the appropriation for
salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of. Letter of
the Commissioner of the General Land Office..
Land Title Division in the War Department. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War recommending the creating of a division to be desig-
nated as

Lands withdrawn under the several locations of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, &c. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior...
Lands, sale of public, in the State of Kansas, action taken in the
matter of the claim of that State for five per centum of the net
proceeds of. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Leavenworth. Letter of the Secretary of War recommending legis.
lation so as to make the labor of military prisoners available for
the support of the prison at.

Legal-tender and national-bank notes, the stamps, bonds, and other
securities of the government. Letter of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury relative to..

Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, appropriation to complete
the printing and binding of the catalogue of the. Letter of the
Surgeon-General of the Army..

Lieutenant to rank and pay of captain. Petition of commissioned
officers of the Army for such legislation as will entitle lieutenants
of the Army of fourteen years' service in the grade of .
Additional petition

Light-House Board, letter of the engineer-secretary of the. Increase
of the service on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers
Link Horn Bay, Virginia, survey of. Report of F. W. Frost, assistant
engineer..

Liquors, &c. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to
importation of foreign wines.

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Little Kanawha River, survey of the mouth of the. Report of Wm.
E. Merrill, major of engineers..

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Lockwood's Folly River, North Carolina, survey of. Report of
Charles W. Forster..

117

Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior concerning located
but unconfirmed private land claims in the State of...

111

Louisville and Portland Canal. Report of Maj. Godfrey Weitzel,
management and repair of the

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Ludington, M. I., memorial of ..

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Ludlow, Capt. William. Report of survey of the Delaware River at
Chester and Marcus Hook..

Lydecker, Capt. G. J., report of, of a resurvey of the outlet to Wolf
Lake, Indiana...

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Lynn Haven Bay, Virginia, survey of. Report of F. W. Frost, as-
sistant engineer..

M.

McBride, Thomas. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior concerning
a patent for lands in Utah issued to.

McIntyre, Hon. C. H. Letter on the subject of settlement on the
Uncompahgre Park in Colorado..........

169

MacKenzie, Capt. A. Report of survey of Cuivre River, Missouri.
Mackinac, Mich., survey for a breakwater at. Report of Maj. F.
Harwood..

McMath, Robert E., assistant engineer. Report of damage to the
town of Venice, Ill., by reason of government improvements on the
Mississippi River at that place....

Macomb, Col. J. N. Report of survey of Delaware River at Chester
and Marcus Hook...

Macomb, Col. J. N., report of, of examination of Susquehanna River,
Pennsylvania...

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Mail service. Letter of the Postmaster-General, deficiency in the
appropriation for the "Star".

Mail service. (See Inland mail service.)

Manistique River, Michigan, examination of. Report of Assistant
Engineer L. Y. Schermerhorn .....

Mansfield, Maj. S. M. Resurvey of Trinity River, Texas..
Marine Hospital Service. (See Supervising Surgeon-General of the
Marine Hospital Service.)

Marshals. (See deputy marshals.)

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Marshes in the harbor of the cities of Washington and Georgetown,
reclamation of the. Message of the President of the United States.
Mauck, Edwin, petition of officers of the Sixth Cavalry against the
restoration of, to the Army...

Meigs, J. L., assistant engineer. Report of examination of Charlotte
Harbor and Peas Creek, Florida...

Melvin, W. C., assistant engineer. Report of survey of the Mississippi
River near the Natchez Harbor

Mendell, Lieut. Col. G. H., report of, of examination of Petaluma
Creek, California

Merchandise. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to
Department Order No. 175, concerning the publication of statistics
relating to the importation or shipment of..

Merrill, Maj. Wm. E. Report of survey of Little Kanawha River..
Survey of Allegheny River

Merrill, Maj. W. E. Report of survey of Green, Muddy, and Barren
Rivers, Kentucky

Merritt, Col. W., and other officers of the Fifth Cavalry. Petition of,
in relation to the restoration of certain officers in the Army.
Merritt, Col. W., and other officers of the Fifth Cavalry. Petition
against the restoration of Robert P. Wilson to the Army.
Mexican Commission. Message of the President of the United States
concerning certain awards made by the late United States and...
Mexico. Message of the President of the United States in regard to
the claim of Max Bromberger against...

Michigan. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in regard to the
amount of unsold public lands in the counties of Chippewa and
Schoolcraft

Military Academy, letter from the Superintendent of the, in rela-
tion to the pay of cadets admitted to the, in 1876
Military establishment, contingent expenses of the. Letter of the
Secretary of War....

Military post near Wood Mountain, Montana Territory, construction
of a new. Letter of the Secretary of War..

Military post for the settlements of Judith Basin and the Muscleshell,
Montana Territory, establishment of a.....

Military post near the junction of Gunnison and Grand Rivers, appro-
priation for building a. Letter of the Secretary of War..
Mills, Captain William. Report concerning work performed on the
Mullan wagon-road

Mineral lands. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior concerning
- entries of town sites on...

Mining camps located on the Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the number of.
Mississippi River. Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the pay-
ment of compensation to James B. Eads for maintenance of channel
at South Pass...

Mississippi River. Letter of the Secretary of War concerning the
payment of the second installment of the annual compensation to
James B. Eads for the maintenance of channel at South Pass......
S. EX.II

Mississippi River, survey of, near Lake Concordia and Cowpen Bend.
Report of Maj. W. H. H. Benyaurd....

Mississippi River, importance of geographical and topographical sur-
veys of the territory west of the. Letter of the Secretary of War...
Mississippi River, survey of the, opposite the mouth of the Missouri.
Report of Col. J. H. Simpson..

Mississippi River, survey of, from Saint Paul to Falls of Saint Anthony.
Report of Frederick Terry, assistant engineer.......

Mississippi River, maintenance of the channel at the South Pass.
Letter of the Secretary of War............

Mississippi River Commission. Letter of the Secretary of War rela-
tive to an increase of the estimate for surveys and expenses of the..
Mississippi River, increase of the light-house service on the. Letter
of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Missouri River, condition of the, between Omaha and Plattsmouth.
Report of Capt. Thomas H. Handbury....

Missouri River, improvement of, near Brownville. Report of Capt.
Thomas H. Handbury

Missouri River, increase of the light-house service on the. Letter of
the Secretary of the Treasury..

Mitchell, John A., assistant engineer. Report of survey of the Saint
Joseph River, Michigan

Monitors. (See Double-turretted monitors.)

Montana Territory, completion of Fort Assinaboine, and the construc-
tion of a new post near Wood Mountain in. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War.....

Montana Territory, establishment of a military post for the protection
of the settlements of Judith Basin and the Muscleshell in. Letter of
the Secretary of War.

Monumental purposes. Letter of the Secretary of War in regard to
condemned cannon donated for..

Moog, Peter, papers relating to the case of. Letter of the Secretary
of War...

Moore, James M., memorial of

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Moose-a-bec Bar, Jonesport, Me., survey of.

Report of A. C. Both,

assistant engineer.

Muehle, B. H., assistant engineer. Report of resurvey of Clinton
River, Michigan....

Mullan wagon-road, Montana Territory. Letter of the Secretary of
War concerning work performed on the..

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In regard to reopening of the

N.

Nanticoke River, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm. P. Craighill.....
National-bank notes, stamps, bonds, and other securities of the gov
ernment. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the
legal-tender and

National Board of Health, estimates of expenditures of. Letter of the
Secretary of the Treasury.

Naval officers. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating
conclusions of the board of officers appointed under the joint reso-
lution for the relief of Bushrod B. Taylor, and other naval officers,
approved February 5, 1879..

Naval officers. Report of Prof. James R. Soley on the foreign systems
of education of .

Natchez Harbor, survey of the Mississippi River near the. Report of
W. C. Melvin, assistant engineer....

Navy, Secretary of the.

Letters:

In regard to binding books for bureaus of his department.
Conclusions of the board of officers appointed under the joint res-
olution for the relief of Bushrod B. Taylor and other naval offi-
cers, approved February 5, 1879..

On the foreign systems of education of naval officers.

On the foreign systems of training seamen for the Navy
Relative to the repair of the Pensacola navy-yard.
Additional information...

Navy. Secretary of the. Letters:

List of civil employés in the Navy Department
Present condition of affairs in Alaska..

Number of paymasters in the Navy and under what circumstances
the name of Edward Bellows was dropped from the roll of pay-
masters...

Proceedings of a general court-martial in the case of Capt. Som-
erville Nicholson, U. S. N..

Necessity and propriety of completing certain double-turretted

monitors

Report of the commander of the relief ship Constellation..
Navy. Report of Lieut. Col. Casey, progress made in building the
north wing of the building for the use of the Departments of State,
War, and the....

Navy. Report of Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Chadwick, United
States Navy, on the foreign systems of training seamen for the.
Navy, number of paymasters in the. Letter of the Secretary of the
Navy

Navy Department, list of civil employés in the. Letter of the Secre-
tary of the Navy

Navy pensions. (See Pensions.)

Newton, Col. John. Reports of:

Improvement of Harlem River

Surveys of ship-canal across Bergen Neck, New Jersey; Cheese-
quakes Creek and South River, New Jersey; and Newtown
Creek, New York......

In relation to the port and harbor of New York....

Newtown Creek, New York, survey of. Report of Col. John Newton..
New York. Letter of the Postmaster-General relative to a suit against
the postmaster at, for damages arising from the use of a patented
instrument for canceling postage-stamps

New York. Letter of Col. John Newton in relation to the port and
harbor of..

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. Letter of
the Secretary of the Treasury relating to matters in controversy be-
tween the United States and the..

Nicholson, Capt. Somerville, U. S. N., proceedings of a general court-
martial in the case of..

159

Nimmo, Joseph, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. Statement touching
the effect upon the revenues of an act repealing the duty on tea and

coffee

Norfolk, Va., to the Atlantic Ocean south of Hatteras, survey of water-
routes from the harbor of. Report of Capt. Chas. B. Phillips
Northeast River, Maryland, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm, P. Craig-

hill
Northern Pacific Railroad. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
concerning the lines of location of the, lands withdrawn under the
several locations of the, &c......

0.

Officers of the Army retired from service since the passage of the act
of June 18, 1-78. Letter of the Secretary of War..
Officers of the Army, petition of commissioned, for such legislation as
will entitle all lieutenants of the Army of fourteen years' service in
the grade of lieutenant to rank and pay of captain
Additional petition....

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177

Ocers of the Army. Petition of, passage of an act for the retirement
from office at the age of sixty-two..

Officers in the Quartermaster's Department. Letter of the Secretary

of War transmitting letters from, against the passage of the bill
. 192) to correct the date of commissions of certain..
Orters quarters at Omaha, Nebr., plans for the construction of. Let-
ter of the Secretary of War..

Additional information..

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