EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 19, 1870.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit herewith a report[37] of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with section 2 of the act approved July n, 1870, “making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1871, and for other purposes.”

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 37:  Transmitting reports of consular agents.]

WASHINGTON, December 19, 1870.

To the House of Representatives:

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of State and the papers[38] by which it was accompanied, in answer to its resolution of the 7th instant.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 38:  Relating to the seizure at Port Hood, Nova Scotia, by a Canadian revenue cutter, of the schooner Granada, of Provincetown, Mass.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 4, 1871.

To the House of Representatives:

I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 12th of December, 1870, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.[39]

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 39:  Correspondence relative to public documents or libraries in the care of legations of the United States.]

WASHINGTON, January 9, 1871.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 5th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.[40]

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 40:  The last correspondence with Mr. Motley, including telegraphic dispatches, etc., relative to his recall as minister to the Court of St. James.]

WASHINGTON, January 9, 1871.

To the House of Representatives:

I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 5th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents.[41]

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 41:  Correspondence, etc., in 1844 and 1845 relative to the resources and condition of the Dominican Republic.]

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 9, 1871.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit, for consideration with a view to its ratification, a treaty of amity, commerce, and consular privileges between the United States and the Republic of Salvador, signed at the city of San Salvador on the 6th of December last.

A copy of the official correspondence relating to the instrument is also herewith transmitted.

U.S.  GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 11, 1871.

To the Senate of the United States: