joint commission on the
subject of claims.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 3, 1872_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to
ratification, a treaty between the United States of America and the
Republic of Ecuador, providing for the mutual surrender of fugitive
criminals, signed at Quito on the 28th of June last.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 3, 1872_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to
ratification, a convention between the United States and His Majesty
the King of Denmark, relating to naturalization.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 9, 1872_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, I transmit
herewith a report[70] from the Secretary of State.

U.S. GRANT.

[Footnote 70: Stating that the correspondence relative to the existence
of slavery on the coast of Africa and to the action taken by Great
Britain and other countries for its suppression was transmitted with the
annual message of the President on the 2d instant.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 12, 1872_.

_To the House of Representatives:_

In compliance with section 2 of the act making appropriations for the
consular and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ended
June 30, 1871, and for other purposes, I herewith transmit a report
received from the Secretary of the Treasury, giving the name of, the
report made by, and the amount paid to the single consular agent of
the United States.[71]

U.S. GRANT.

[Footnote 71: De B. Randolph Keim.]

WASHINGTON, _December 16, 1872_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_

I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied
by that of the commissioners for inquiring into depredations upon the
frontier of the State of Texas, appointed pursuant to the joint
resolution of the 7th of May last.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _January 5, 1873_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to
ratification, a convention for the surrender of criminals between the
United States of America and the Republic of Honduras, which was signed
at Comayagua on the 4th day of June, 1873.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _January 13, 1873_.

_To the House of Representatives:_

In answer to resolu