EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 12, 1884.
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting a draft of a resolution providing for the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. E.L. Oxenham, British consul at Chin-Kiang, in acknowledgment of services rendered the United States.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 14, 1884.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State of the 14th instant, with accompanying papers, relative to the necessity of an appropriation by Congress to enable this Government to execute the provisions of the convention between the United States and Mexico of July 29, 1882, for the relocation of the monuments marking the boundary line between the two countries, and recommend that the amount asked, $224,556.75, immediately provided.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 15, 1884.
To the Senate: