Washington, _January 11, 1831_. _The Speaker of the House of Representatives_: I transmit to Congress a report of the Secretary of State, with the report to him from the Patent Office which accompanied it, in relation to the concerns of that office, and recommend the whole subject to early and favorable consideration. ANDREW JACKSON. (The same message was sent to the Senate.) _January 15, 1831_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d ultimo, requesting to be informed of the quantity of live-oak timber in the United States, where it is, and what means are employed to preserve it, I present herewith a report of the Secretary of the Navy, containing the information required, ANDREW JACKSON. _January 15, 1831_. _To the House of Representatives_: I submit to the consideration of Congress the accompanying report and documents from the Navy Department, in relation to the capture of the Spanish slave vessel called _The Fenix_, and recommend that suitable legislative provision be made for the maintenance of the unfortunate captives pending the legislation which has grown out of the case. ANDREW JACKSON. _January 24, 1831_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, containing the information requested by the resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant, in relation to "the state of the British establishments in the valley of the Columbia and the state of the fur trade as carried on by the citizens of the United States and the Hudsons Bay Company." ANDREW JACKSON. _January 25, 1831_. _To the House of Representatives_: I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the inclosed communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the pay and other allowances of the officers of the Marine Corps, and to recommend the adoption of the legislative provisions suggested in it. ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, D.C., _January 26, 1831_. _To the Senate of the United States_: