Article XXII of the treaty provides that any sum of money which the commissioners may award shall be paid by the United States Government in a gross sum within twelve months after such award shall have been given. The commission announced the result of its deliberations on the 23d day of November last year, and an appropriation at the present session of Congress will be necessary to enable the Government to make the payment provided for in the treaty. I respectfully submit to the consideration of Congress the record of the transaction as presented upon the papers, and recommend an appropriation of the necessary sum, with such discretion to the executive government in regard to its payment as in the wisdom of Congress the public interests may seem to require. R.B. HAYES. WASHINGTON, _May 25, 1878_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to its ratification, a consular convention between the United States and the Netherlands, signed on the 23d instant. R.B. HAYES. WASHINGTON, _June 11, 1878_. _To the House of Representatives_: In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th May ultimo, I transmit the response of the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of the papers[18] called for by the resolution. R.B. HAYES. [Footnote 18: Relating to the convention of May 20, 1875, for the establishment of an international bureau of weights and measures.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 12, 1878_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: In transmitting herewith to Congress a communication from the Secretary of State on the subject of the conference provided for in the act of February 28, 1878, entitled "An act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal-tender character," I respectfully recommend that an adequate appropriation be made for certain expenses of the conference and of the commissioners attending the same on behalf of the United States, as suggested in the communication of the Secretary of State. R.B. HAYES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 15, 1878_. _To the House of Representatives_: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the board for testing iron, steel, and other metals, as requested in the resolution of the House of Representatives dated April 27, 1878. R.B. HAYES. WASHINGTON, _June,7, 1878_. _To the Senate_: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 27th of May ultimo, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.[19] R.B. HAYES. [Footnote 19: Correspondence, etc., relative to the selection of M. Maurice Delfosse as one of the commissioners under the treaty with Great Britain of May 8, 1871, on the fisheries question.] VETO MESSAGES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 28, 1878_. _To the House of Representatives_: