TO THE

EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,

1877-'78.

IN 22 VOLUMES.

VOLUME XIV.-Nos. 34 to 72, except Nos. 34, 39, 51, and 61.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1878.

INDEX TO HOUSE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS.

CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES.

VOL. 12.. Nos. 3 and 4.

VOL. 13..Nos. 5, 6, 61, and 73.

VOL. 14..Nos. 34 to 72, except Nos. 34, 39, 51, and 6L.

VOL. 15..Nos. 35 and 39.

VOL. 16..No. 51.

VOL. 17..Nos. 74 to 101, inclusive, except Nos. 89

and 90.

VOL. 18..No. 89, FISHERY AWARDS, v. 1.
VOL. 19.. No. 89, FISHERY AWARDS, V. 2.
VOL. 20..No. 89, FISHERY AWARDS, V. 3.
VOL. 21..No. 90, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
VOL. 22. No. 102, COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.

INDEX TO THE DOCUMENTS.

Subject.

A.

Adjutant-General, report of the freedmen's branch of office of..
Agriculture, message of the President, transmitting a special
report on forestry by the Commissioner of
Appointment of cadets by the President, letter from the Attor
ney-General, in response to a resolution of the House in re-
gard to .....

Appropriations, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury,

transmitting estimates of......

Appropriations, deficiency in, for the Army, letter from the

Secretary of War, transmitting estimates

for

deficiency in, for 1878 and prior years, letter

from Secretary of Treasury, transmitting

estimates for.......

Arid regions of the United States, report of Maj. J. W. Powell

on...

estimates of, for payment of claims due prior

to July 1, 1875, letter from the Secretary of

the Treasury, transmitting

Arizona, military roads in, letter from the Secretary of War

in relation thereto......

10

Arkansas River, report of Chief of Engineers upon the neces-

sity of the improvement of

Army appropriations, for certain deficiencies in.

Arms, George R., letter from the Secretary of War, transmit-
ting report of Adjutant-General in the case of...

Army, report of the General of the (vol. 1).

supplemental report of the (vol. 1)

report of the Judge-Advocate-General of the (vol. 1)

report of the Quartermaster-General of the (vol. 1)

report of the Commissary-General of the Subsistence of

the (vol. 1).......

report of the Surgeon-General of the (vol. 1)

report of the Paymaster-General of the (vol. 1)

Subject.

Army, report of the Chief of Engineers of the (being vol. 2,
parts 1 and 2)

report of the Chief of Ordnance of the (being vol. 3)...
report of the Chief Signal Officer of the (being vol. 4)...
letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting esti-
mates of appropriations for certain deficiencies in ap-
propriations for the.....

letter from the Secretary of War, showing the distribu-
tion of United States troops..
Attorney-General, annual report of the.....

letter from the, in response to a resolution of
the House in reference to the appointment
of cadets to the Naval and Military Acad-
emies, by the President.....
letter from the, in response to a resolution
of the House in relation to suits against
the Kansas Pacific Railroad.....

letter from the, in response to a resolution
of the House, transmitting a list of par-
dons by the President between March 4,
1877, and May 20, 1878......

Award of the Fishery Commission, documents and proceed-
ings of the Halifax (3 vols.) ...

B.

Barracks, letter from the Secretary of War, recommending appropriations for new, at Fort Monroe, Va...

Bath, Me., letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of engineer upon the improvement of the "gut" opposite....

Blackwater River, in Virginia, letter from the Secretary of War,

transmitting report of engineer upon the improvement of... Board of Health of District of Columbia, annual report of...... Board of Visitors of Military Academy, report of (vol. 1)....... Board of Visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, report of (vol. 1)

Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, report of (vol. 1).
Bonds, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to
a resolution of the House, in reference to the sale of United
States, for outstanding legal-tender notes
Bridge, letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report
of engineer upon bridging the Saginaw River at East Sagi-
naw, Mich.

Bureau of Statistics, annual report of Chief of, on the commerce and navigation of the United States...

C.

Cadets, letter from the Attorney-General, in response to a reso-
Jution of the House, in reference to the appointment of, to
the Naval and Military Academies, by the President.....
Canal, Dismal Swamp, letter from the Secretary of the Treas-

ury in reference to the interest of the government in..
ship, Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan, letter from the
Secretary of War, transmitting the report of engineer
on the improvements of

Certificate of citizenship, to seamen during year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1877, letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting
an abstract of returns made by collectors of customs of the
number of seamen who had received..
Chickahominy River, report of the engineer upon the improve-
ment of..

Chief of Bureau of Statistics, annual report of, on the com-
merce and navigation of the United States...
Chief of Ordnance, annual report of the (vol. 3).
Cincinnati, harbor of, report of the engineer concerning the
best method of protecting, from ice