U.S. GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1874.

To the House of Representatives:

I have the honor to transmit herewith replies from the several Departments, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of January last, requesting a list of all expenses incurred by the various Departments for transportation of any matter which before the abolition of the franking privilege was carried in the mails.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 1874.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate and with a view to its ratification, a convention concluded between the United States and Belgium on the 19th March, 1874, concerning extradition.

U.S. GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 23, 1874.