I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, the report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the year 1881, accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, dated the 9th instant, suggesting legislation regarding reports from said board. The report is sent with the message to the House of Representatives. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 15, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, dated the 8th instant, and accompanying copies of letters from Rear-Admiral John Rodgers, Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, Professor J. E. Nourse, United States Navy, and Hon. John Eaton, Commissioner of Education, suggesting the publication of a second edition of the Second Arctic Expedition made by Captain C. F. Hall. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 15, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a letter from the Commissioner of Education, in which the recommendation is made that an appropriation of $50,000 be made for the purpose of education in Alaska. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 15, 1882_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith the response of the Secretary of State to your resolution of the 30th ultimo, calling for certain information relative to the amount of fees collected by consuls of the United States from American vessels. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 17, 1882_. _To the House of Representatives_: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, requesting a further compliance with its call for correspondence respecting the war on the Pacific, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State and its accompanying papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 17, 1882_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 12th of December, 1881, respecting the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, I transmit herewith a further report by the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of papers on the subject. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 17, 1882_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 31st of January last, calling for the correspondence touching the relations of the United States with Guatemala and Mexico and their relations with each other, I transmit a report of the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by a copy of the papers called for by the resolution. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: