EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1877.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of a board of inquiry appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to examine into the causes of the fire which destroyed a part of the Interior Department building on the 24th of last month.
R.B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1877.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of the Navy, setting forth the particulars with reference to the existing deficiencies in the Navy Department.
R.B. HAYES.
WASHINGTON, November 12, 1877.
To the House of Representatives: