CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, April 21, 1882.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a communication addressed to me by the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, in which an appropriation is asked for the purpose of observing the transit of Venus in 1882.
The matter is commended to the favorable action of Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 25, 1882.
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, presented in compliance with the request of the House of Representatives in a resolution of the 10th instant, asking for information touching the existing restrictions on the importation of American neat cattle into Great Britain.