untries named,
I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with
proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition, and
permitting such further prohibitions in other future cases of a like
character as safety and prudence may require.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, April 2, 1888_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its
inclosures, in response to the resolution of the House of
Representatives of the 8th ultimo, in relation to affairs in Samoa.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

[A similar message was sent to the Senate in answer to a resolution of
that body of December 21, 1887.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 5, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the 3d instant from the Secretary
of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill
to provide for the revocation of the withdrawal of lands made for the
benefit of certain railroads, and for other purposes.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 9, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the 6th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft
of proposed legislation, prepared in the Office of Indian Affairs, to
authorize the use of certain funds therein specified in the purchase of
lands in the State of Florida upon which to locate the Seminole Indians
in that State.

The matter is presented for the favorable consideration of Congress.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 12, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith and commend to your favorable consideration a letter
from the Secretary of State, outlining a plan for publishing the
important collections of historical manuscripts now deposited in the
Department of State.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 12, 1888_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In response to the resolution of the Senate dated March 8, calling for
the correspondence respecting the seizure of the American steamships
_Hero_, _San Fernando_, and _Nutrias_, the property of the Venezuela
Steam Transportation Company of New York, and the imprisonment of their
officers by the authorities in Venezuela, I transmit herewith the report
of the Secretary of State on the subject, togeth