In answer to the resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1884, requesting to be furnished with a copy of correspondence between this Government and that of China respecting the Ward claims and the claim of Charles E. Hill, I herewith submit a letter of the Secretary of State, together with its accompanying papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 6, 1884_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a copy of the report of the Utah Commission. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 6, 1884_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a copy of the preliminary report of the board of management of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, showing their operations and containing observations upon other matters concerning the project deemed of importance. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 6, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ In answer to that part of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of January last respecting the question of boundaries between the Republics of Mexico and Guatemala, I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State and its accompanying papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 12, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of February last, a communication from the Secretary of State, respecting the extradition of criminals under the treaty of 1842 with Great Britain. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 12, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting a draft of a resolution providing for the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. E.L. Oxenham, British consul at Chin-Kiang, in acknowledgment of services rendered the United States. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 14, 1884_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State of the 14th instant, with accompanying papers, relative to the necessity of an appropriation by Congress to enable this Government to execute the provisions of the convention between the United States and Mexico of July 29, 1882, for the relocation of the monuments marking the boundary line between the two countries, and recommend that the amount asked, $224,556.75, immediately provided. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 15, 1884_. _To the Senate:_