In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of August last, calling for information in relation to certain internal improvements, I transmit reports[72] from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War. FRANKLIN PIERCE. [Footnote 72: Appropriations made by Congress within eleven years for light-houses, beacons, buoys, etc, on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, Erie, Ontario, and Champlain; duties collected and expenses of collection at each of the lake ports annually for eleven fiscal years, ending June 30, 1856; tonnage of the lake ports, etc.] WASHINGTON, _February 19, 1857_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification a consular convention between the United States and the Republic of Chili, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the parties at the city of Santiago on the 1st day of December last. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _February 23, 1857_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,[73] in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant. FRANKLIN PIERCE. [Footnote 73: Relating to the claim of F. Dainese for salary, expenses, etc., while acting consul at Constantinople.] _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith a report from the Attorney-General, in reply to the resolution[74] of the Senate in executive session of the 19th instant. FRANKLIN PIERCE. FEBRUARY 23, 1857. [Footnote 74: Asking whether Samuel D. Lecompte has been allowed to perform the functions of chief justice of the Territory of Kansas since the nomination of J.O. Harrison to that office.] _To the Senate of the United States_: I communicate herewith a report from the Attorney-General, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, asking for correspondence of Samuel D. Lecompte, chief justice of the Territory of Kansas.[75] FRANKLIN PIERCE. FEBRUARY 23, 1857. [Footnote 75: Explanatory of his judicial conduct in the Territory of Kansas.] WASHINGTON, _March 2, 1857_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I communicate herewith a letter[76] from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of the Senate of August 15, 1856. Concurring in the views presented in the documents to which the Secretary of the Navy refers, I am not prepared at this time to recommend any legislation on the subject. FRANKLIN PIERCE. [Footnote 76: Relating to the discontinuance or change of location of any navy-yard or naval station on the Atlantic Seaboard.] WASHINGTON, _March 2, 1857_. _To the Senate of the United States_: