U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 16, 1872.

To the House of Representatives:

I transmit herewith a report,[57] dated the 16th instant, received from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 19, 1872.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, a "general convention of friendship, commerce, and extradition" between the United States and the Orange Free State, signed at Bloemfontein on the 22d of December last by W.W. Edgcomb, consul of the United States at Cape Town, acting on behalf of this Government, and by Mr. F.K. Höhne on behalf of the Orange Free State.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 1872.