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Message from the President-Accompanying papers-Continued.
Mr. Conkling to Mr. Everett, (extract,) November 23, 1852.
Same to same, (extract.) February 2, 1853....
Same to same, (extract,) same date.

Mr. Gadsden to Mr. Marcy, (extract-enclosure,) April 5, 1856.
Mr. Hargous to same, April 21, 1856....

Mr. Marcy to Mr. Forsyth, (extract,) August 16, 1856..
Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Marcy, (enclosure,) November 15, 1856.
Mr. Cass to Mr. Forsyth, (enclosure,) July 17, 1856...
Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Cass, (extracts-enclosures, ) September
15, 1856....

Calling the attention of Congress to the condition of the Treasury,
and recommending a postponement of the day of adjournment.

Reports from the Secretary of State, viz:

Showing the disbursements of the State Department during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1857, including disbursements for con-
tingent expenses of foreign intercourse

Communicating an abstract of returns of American seamen....
Transmitting the annual report of passengers arriving in the United
States.....

On commercial relations (in quarto)..
Communicating correspondence with Governors Walker and Denver,
and Secretary Stanton, of Kansas Territory, in relation to the
affairs of that Territory..
Communicating correspondence on the subject of losses claimed to
have been sustained by British and French subjects at the
bombardment of Greytown......
Communicating correspondence with the minister of Bremen in rela-
tion to alleged losses sustained by subjects of the Hanse
Towns at the bombardment of Greytown ...

Communicating correspondence with the commander of the United
States steamer Water Witch" and the authorities of the
republic of Paraguay, in relation to the ratification of the
treaty with that republic

Communicating correspondence with American ministers at the
courts of England, France, Switzerland, and other powers, on
the subject of dangers to emigrants from the practice of con-
tracting with irresponsible persons in Europe for American
inland passage tickets....

Communicating a copy of instructions to Mr. Reed, commissioner of
the United States to China .
Communicating correspondence with the British authorities in rela-
tion to the African slave trade....

Accompanying papers.

Mr. Crampton to Mr. Marcy, with an accompaniment, May
24, 1856....

Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, with an accompaniment, August 2,

1857....

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Same to same, with accompaniments, September 16, 1857...
Captain Conover to Mr. Toucey, with accompaniments, Octo-

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ber 19, 1857

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Subject.

Reports from the Secretary of State-Accompanying papers--Cont'd.
Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, with accompaniments, December

24, 1857...

Same to same, with an accompaniment, December 26, 1857..
Same to same,
with accompaniments, January 7, 1858..
Same to same, with accompaniments, January 17, 1858

Same to same, February 28, 1858...

Mr. Cass to Mr. Hatch, March 8, 1858.

Mr. Hatch to Mr. Cass, March 18, 1858.

Mr. Cass to Lord Napier, April 10, 1858...
Mr. Mason to Mr. Cass, with an accompaniment, February 19,
1858.

Communicating the correspondence with the Peruvian minister in
relation to the boarding and detention of the American ves-
sel the "Dorcas C. Yeaton," by the Peruvian armed steamer
the "Tumbes," and the capture of two other American ves-
sels, the "Georgiana" and Lizzie Thompson
Communicating information as to whether any efforts have been
made by the authority of the Executive department to in-
duce the Mexican government to annul or impair the grant
of February 5, 1853, for the construction of a plank road or
railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, as recognized in
the treaty of June 30, 1854, and to obtain a new grant of
like character for other parties...

Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury, viz:

On the state of the finances...

Accompanying documents, viz:

Statement of the receipts and expenditures for the year end-
ing the 30th June, 1857....

Statement of the receipts and expenditures for the quarter
of the fiscal year ending 30th September, 1857....
Statement of the exportations from and importations into the
United States of certain articles during the quarter
ending September 30, 1857...

Statement of the amount of importations annually, from
July 1, 1849, to 1857; the amount of customs each
year, and the expenses of collection during the same
period...

Statement of the expenses of collection in the Pacific ports,
from July 1, 1850, to June 30, 1857....
Statement of the amount of the public debt on the 1st July,
1857; the amount paid and redeemed since, and the
amount outstanding November 17, 1857.
Statement of the amount of the public debt on the 3d March,
1857; the amount redeemed and paid to July 1,
1857; the amount since, and the total amount re-
deemed and paid, and the amount outstanding No-
vember 17, 1857...

Statement of periods when the United States stock is redeem-
able; the amount redeemed, and Texas debt paid
since the 3d March last; the amount of interest to
maturity, and the amount saved by anticipating the
day of payment

Statement of the capital paid in; the amount of debt due;
the net income; annual interest on debt, and avail-
able income of the railroads of the United States for
the year 1857...

Subject.

Reports from Secretary of the Treasury--Continued.
Statement of the deposits and coinage at the Mint of the

United States, branches, and assay office during the
first six months of 1857; report of the director of the
Mint, and explanatory tables...
Circular instructions to the Treasurer of the United States,

the assistant treasurers of the United States, the
treasurers of the Mint and the branch mints, charged
by law with the duties of assistant treasurers and the
public depositaries, designated under the 15th section
of the act of August 6, 1846......
Circular instructions to the disbursing officers and disbursing
agents employed under the direction of the Treasury
Department...

Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the First Auditor,
respecting the contingent fund of the House of Repre
sentatives.

Report of the engineer in charge on construction of custom-
houses, court-houses, post offices, marine hospitals,
and other public buildings, confided to the charge of
the Treasury Department....

Statement of the receipts and expenditures of the marine hos-
pital fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen in
the ports of the United States for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1857...

Report on the condition of the Louisville and Portland canal.
Report of the First Auditor on the operations of his office....
Report of the Second Auditor on the operations of his office..
Report of the Third Auditor on the operations of his office...
Report of the Fourth Auditor on the operations of his office..
Report of the Fifth Auditor on the operations of his office...
Report of the Sixth Auditor on the operations of his office...
Report of the First Comptroller on the operations of his office.
Report of the Second Comptroller on the operations of his office.
Report of the Commissioner of Customs on the operations of

bis office

Report of the Treasurer on the operations of his office..
Report of the Solicitor on the operations of his office..

Statement of amount of stock held in trust by the United
States for several of the Indian tribes, and Smithsonian
Institution...

Statement of balance of various other trust funds.
Statement of the gold and silver coinage at the Mint of the
Uuited States annually, from its establishment in
1792, and including the coinage of the branch mints
and the assay office (New York) from their organiza-
tion to September 30, 1857

Statement of the amount of coin and bullion imported and

exported annually from 1821 to 1857, inclusive; also
the amount of importation over exportation, and of
exportation over importation, during the same years.
Statement of the gross value of exports and imports from the
beginning of the government to June 30, 1857................
Statement of the amount of the tonnage of the United States,
annually, from 1789 to June 30, 1857; also the regis-
tered and enrolled and licensed tonnage employed
in steam navigation each year...

Subject.

Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury--Continued.
Statement of the revenue collected from the beginning of the
government to June 30, 1857, under the several heads
of customs, public lands, and miscellaneous sources,
including loans and treasury notes; also the expendi-
tures during the same period, and the particular tariff,
and price of lands under which the revenue from those
sources was collected...

Statement of the value of manufactured articles of domestic
produce exported to foreign countries from June 30,
1845, to June 30, 1857....
Statement of the value of foreign merchandise imported, re-
exported, and consumed annually, from 1821 to 1857,
inclusive; and also the estimated population and rate
of consumption per capita during the same period....
Statement of the total value of imports, and the imports con-
sumed in the United States, exclusive of specie, during
each fiscal year from 1821 to 1857; showing also the
value of foreign and domestic exports, exclusive of
specie, and the tonnage employed during the same
periods....

Summary view of the exports of domestic produce, &c., of
the United States annually from 1847 to 1857, inclu-
sive.
Statement of the value of certain articles imported annually
from June 30, 1844, to June 30, 1857, (after deducting
re-exportations,) and the amount of duty which ac-
crued on each during the same periods, respectively...
Statement of the value of foreign merchandise and domestic
produce, &c., exported annually from 1821 to 1857,
inclusive

Statement of the quantity of wine, spirits, &c., imported an-
nually from 1843 to 1857, inclusive

Statement of the value of imports annually from 1821 to
1857...

Statement of the value of dutiable merchandise re-exported
annually from 1821 to 1857, inclusive; and showing
also the value re-exported from warehouse, under act
of August 6, 1846...

Statement of the aggregate value of breadstuffs and provisions
exported annually from 1821 to 1857....
Statement of the quantity and value of cotton exported an-
nually from 1821 to 1857, inclusive, and the average
price per pound

Statement of the quantity and value of tobacco and rice ex-
ported annually from 1821 to 1857, inclusive....
Statement of the values of iron and manufactures of iron, and
iron and steel, steel, wool and manufactures of wool,
manufactures of cotton, silk and manufactures of silk,
flax, linen and linen fabrics, hemp and manufactures
of hemp, manila, sun and other hemps of India, and
silk and worsted goods, imported from and exported
to foreign countries from 1840 to 1857, inclusive; and
also showing the domestic exports of like articles for
the same periods

Statement of the value of iron, manufactures of iron and iron
and steel. steel, sugar, wines, and all fabrics of which
wool, cotton, silk, flax, or hemp is a component part,
imported annually from 1847 to 1857, inclusive, with
the duties which accrued thereon during each year,
respectively, and brandies for the years 1856 and 1857..

Subject.

Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury--Continued.
Statement of the exports to and imports from Canada and
other British possessions in North America from the
1st July, 1851, to the 30th June, 1857.....
Statement of the amount of goods in warehouse on July 1,
1856, and on the first of each succeeding month, until
July 1, 1857...

Synopsis of the returns of the banks in the different States at
the dates annexed..
Comparative view of the condition of the banks in different
sections of the Union in 1853-'54, 1854-'55, 1855-'56,
and 1856-57 ....

General statement of the condition of the banks, according
to returns dated nearest to January 1, 1857...
Comparative view of the condition of the banks of the United
States, according to returns nearest to January 1,
1837, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848,
1849, 1850, 1851, 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857.
Statement of the amount of moneys in the United States
treasury, amount of drafts outstanding, amount sub-
ject to draft, amount of receipts, and amount of drafts
paid, as shown by the Treasurer's weekly exhibits,
rendered during the year ending June 30, 1857.....
Statement of the quantity and value, value per bushel, pound,
&c., of certain articles imported in 1856 and 1857,
with the increase or decrease in quantity and value of
1857 as compared with 1856

Statement of the quantity and value of pig iron produced in
the United States from 1820 to 1855, inclusive, to-
gether with the foreign imports and exports; domestic
exports; consumption of foreign imports; consump-
tion of foreign imports, less domestic exports of iron
and iron and steel, and the manufactures thereof, and
the total consumption of domestic iron and imports of
iron and steel, and the manufactures thereof, in the
United States, annually, for the last 35 years..
Statement of the values of home production and importations

of iron in the United States, with the increase or de-
crease compared with the preceding year, from 1824 to
1857, inclusive; the different tariffs under which the
aforesaid production and importations were made;
aggregate values of production and importations
during the operation of each tariff; increase, less de-
crease, of the same, and the annual average of the
same exhibits

Statement of the quantity and value of anthracite coal sent
to market from the different regions in Pennsylvania
from the commencement of the trade, in 1820, to
1856, inclusive, together with the foreign imports and
exports; consumption of foreign imports; consump-
tion of foreign imports, less domestic exports, and the
total consumption of domestic coal, (reaching market,)
and foreign imports thereof, for the last 32 years.....
Comparative statement of the United States tariffs of 1846
and 1857...

Comparative statement of the import duty on United States
domestic exports to Great Britain, France, Spain, Hol-
land, Belgium, and Brazil; also the duty on like arti-
cles imported into the United States