EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 9, 1884_. _To the Senate of the United States:_ I transmit herewith, for consideration by the Senate and appropriate action thereon, a report of the Secretary of State, communicating the proposal of the King of Hawaii that the duration of the existing reciprocity treaty with the United States be extended for a further definite period of seven years. The treaty having been heretofore under consideration by your honorable body, I deem it fitting to consult the Senate in the matter before directing the negotiations to proceed. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 11, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, I return House bill No. 2344, entitled "An act for the relief of Melissa G. Polar." CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 11, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives, in response to a resolution of that body of the 21st of April last, a copy of the material correspondence on file in the Department of State relative to the claim of W.J. Hale against the Argentine Republic, and a list of the papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 12, 1884_. _To the Senate of the United States:_ I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate dated May 2, 1884, the following report of the Secretary of State, with an accompanying paper, relative to the latest law of the Mexican Republic creating or modifying the _zona libre_ in relation to importations of merchandise. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 13, 1884_. _To the Senate:_ I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention signed on the 11th instant, supplementary to the extradition convention concluded between the United States and Italy on the 23d of March, 1868. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 19, 1884_. _To the House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3ist of March last, a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning the rent of consular premises in China. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 21, 1884_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I have permitted House bill No. 4689, entitled "An act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson," to become a law by withholding action upon it for ten days after it was presented to me.