Rutherford B. Hayes: “In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 11th of March instant, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary…”

The accompanying documents, received from the Commissioner of Agriculture, are transmitted to the Senate in reply to the resolution of the 7th instant, relating to contagious diseases of cattle.

The imperative necessity for prompt action and the pressure of public duties in this closing week of my term of office compel me to refrain from any attempt to make a full and satisfactory presentation of the objections to the bill.

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, with reference to the dispatch of a vessel for the relief of the Jeannette polar expedition, and commend the recommendations of the Secretary to the prompt and favorable…

Whereas objects of interest to the United States require that the Senate should be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th of March next to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive