These estimates and the views of the Secretary in regard to this emergency meet with my full concurrence, and I recommend that the appropriations asked for be made at the earliest day practicable.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 3, 1876.

To the House of Representatives: 

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers,[101] together with a report from the Secretary of the Treasury.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 101:  Correspondence relative to the mode of transferring to the United States the Alabama indemnity of $15,500,000, and correspondence and papers showing the payment of the indemnity, the form of receipt given therefor, and the disposition of the indemnity.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 6, 1876.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 7th of January last, requesting a “statement of the number of military arrests made in the Territory of Alaska during the past five years, together with the date of each, the charge on which made in each case, the names of the persons arrested, and the period and character of the imprisonment of each in that Territory before trial or surrender to the civil authorities for trial,” I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the Acting Secretary of War.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 10, 1876.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a metric convention between the United States and certain foreign governments, signed at Paris on the 20th of May, 1875, by Mr. E.B.  Washburne, the minister of the United States at that capital, acting on behalf of this Government, and by the representatives acting on behalf of the foreign powers therein mentioned.

A copy of certain papers on the subject, mentioned in the subjoined list, is also transmitted for the information of the Senate.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 22, 1876.

To the House of Representatives: 

In answer to a resolution[102] of the House of Representatives of the 23d of February ultimo, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State and the papers which accompany it.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 102:  Calling for information or facts relative to the charges against George F. Seward, United States minister to China.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 23, 1876.

To the House of Representatives: