JANUARY 30, 1819.

_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:

In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of

the 18th instant, requesting me to cause any information not already

communicated to be laid before the House whether Amelia Island, St.

Marks, and Pensacola yet remain in the possession of the United States,

and, if so, by what laws the inhabitants are governed; whether articles

imported therein from foreign countries are subject to any, and what,

duties, and by what laws, and whether the said duties are collected and

how; whether vessels arriving in the United States from Pensacola and

Amelia Island, and in Pensacola and Amelia Island from the United

States, respectively, are considered and treated as vessels arriving

from foreign countries, I transmit a report from the Secretary of the

Treasury, and likewise one from the Secretary of War, which will afford

all the information requested by the House of Representatives.

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