Conformably with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of this month, I now lay before that House a report received from the Secretary of State, with the copy of the correspondence[142] referred to and requested by that resolution. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 142: Relating to a blockade of the Spanish coast in South America by Spanish forces.] WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1818_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In compliance with a resolution of the 28th of January last, I now transmit to the Senate a statement of the expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress for the year 1818. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _February 18, 1818_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: Conformably with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, I lay before that House a report which I have received from the Department of State, with a copy of the letter communicated with it.[143] JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 143: Relative to the claims of the heirs of Caron de Beaumarchais.] MARCH 5, 1818. _To the Senate of the United States_: I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and the exercise of their constitutional power of advice and consent respecting the ratification thereof, a treaty concluded on the 22d of January last with the Creek Nation of Indians. This treaty is accompanied by certain documents having relation to it. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _March 24, 1818_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: In pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, I now transmit the report of the Secretary of State, with a statement of the expenses incurred under the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the treaty of Ghent, specifying the items of expenditure in relation to each. JAMES MONROE. NOVEMBER 26, 1818. _To the Senate of the United States_: I lay before the Senate a report from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in compliance with a resolution of the 28th of January last, requiring a statement of the expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress to be annually exhibited to Congress. JAMES MONROE. [The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.] NOVEMBER 30, 1818. _To the Senate of the United States_: In compliance with the resolution of the 17th of April, I transmit to the Senate a report[144] from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, which, with the documents accompanying it, will be found to contain all the information required. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 144: Relating to the navy pension fund.] DECEMBER 15, 1818. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I lay before the House of Representatives copies of the remainder of the documents[145] referred to in the message of the 17th of last month. JAMES MONROE. [The same message was sent to the Senate.]