SPECIAL MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, December 2, 1872.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a report, dated the 2d instant, received from the Secretary of State, supplementary to the report submitted by him under date of the 8th of November, 1871, with reference to the expenditures authorized by the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the act of March 3, 1871, and by the act of May 18, 1872, making appropriations for the increased expenses and compensation for extraordinary services of certain diplomatic and consular officers of the United States by reason of the late war between France and Prussia. These expenditures have been made on my approval.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, December 3, 1872.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith to Congress a report, dated the 2d instant, with the accompanying papers,[69] received from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the requirements of the eighteenth section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, December 3, 1872.