_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a communication of the 4th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of a bill to accept and ratify an agreement made with Chief Moses and other Indians for the relinquishment of certain lands in Washington Territory, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying the same into effect, with accompanying papers. The subject is presented for the consideration of the Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 19, 1883_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from the Secretary of War, dated the 15th instant, inclosing one from the Quartermaster-General setting forth the necessity for the construction of a fireproof building in this city for the storage of the public records. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 19, 1883_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs setting forth the necessity of a deficiency appropriation of $78,110 for the purchase of supplies for the balance of the present fiscal year for the Crow Indians. CHESTER A ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 19, 1883_. _To the Senate of the United States:_ I transmit herewith, in response to the Senate resolution of the 18th instant, a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers, relating to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed April 19, 1850. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 19, 1883_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of War, dated December 14, 1883, upon the subject of abandoned military reservations, and renewing his former recommendation for such legislation as will provide for the disposal of military sites that are no longer needed for military purposes. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 19, 1883_. _To the Senate of the United States of America:_ I transmit herewith to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of extradition between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, concluded at Berlin on the 29th of October, A.D. 1883. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 24, 1883_. _To the House of Representatives:_ The House of Representatives having adopted on the 19th instant a resolution in the following words--