Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanying
reports by consular officers of the United States on the extent and
character of the emigration from and immigration into their respective
districts.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 14, 1887_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty of amity,
commerce, and navigation, concluded October 2, 1886, in the harbor of
Nukualofa, Tongatabu, between the United States of America and the King
of Tonga.

I also transmit, for your information, a report from the Secretary of
State, inclosing copies of the treaties of friendship concluded between
the Kingdom of Tonga and Germany and Great Britain.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 14, 1887_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith a report furnished by the Secretary of State in
response to a resolution of the Senate of January 31 ultimo, calling for
particulars of the investment and distribution of the indemnity received
in 1875 from Spain, and known as the "_Virginius_ fund."

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 15, 1887_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant
(the House of Representatives concurring), I return herewith the bill
(H.R. 5652) for the relief of James W. Goodrich.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 16, 1887_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanying
the annual reports of the consuls of the United States on the trade and
industries of foreign countries.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 19, 1887_.

_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:

I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the
Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of that body of the 16th
instant, inquiring as to the action of this Department to protect the
interests of American citizens whose property was destroyed by fire
caused by insurgents at Aspinwall in 1885.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 23, 1887_.

_To the Senate_:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, relating
to the arrest, trial, and discharge of A.K. Cutting, a citizen of the
United States, by the authori