DECEMBER 16, 1809. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit to both Houses of Congress a report from the Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the progress made on them during the last season and of other explanations relative thereto. JAMES MADISON. JANUARY 5, 1810. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: The Director of the Mint having made to me his report of the operations of the Mint for the year 1809, I lay the same before you for your information. JAMES MADISON. JANUARY 12, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I communicate to the House of Representatives the report[42] of the Secretary of State on the subject of their resolution of the 3d instant. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 42: Transmitting translations of a ukase of Russia relating to neutral commerce and regulations of Denmark for vessels commissioned as privateers.] JANUARY 12, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I communicate to the House of Representatives the report[43] of the Secretary of State on the subject of their resolution of the 6th of December last. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 43: Relating to seizures, captures, and condemnations of ships and merchandise of citizens of the United States under authority of Denmark, Great Britain, and France.] JANUARY 22, 1810. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I now transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1809. JAMES MADISON. FEBRUARY 1, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I lay before the House a report[44] of the Secretary of the Treasury, conformably to their resolution of 18th January, 1810. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 44: Transmitting copies of instructions issued relative to foreign armed ships within the waters of the United States.] FEBRUARY 1, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I lay before the House a report[45] of the Secretary of War, conformably to their resolution of January 22. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 45: Relating to the military force and its disposition in 1810.] FEBRUARY 9, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit to the House a report[46] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 22d of January. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 46: Relating to the free navigation of the Mobile River to its confluence with the ocean.] FEBRUARY 17, 1810. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit reports[47] of the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 5th instant. JAMES MADISON. [Footnote 47: Transmitting communications relative to certain orders and decrees of France and Great Britain violating the lawful commerce and neutral rights of the United States, etc.] FEBRUARY 17, 1810. _To the Senate of the United States_: