EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, March 2, 1887_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, with
accompanying papers, furnished in response to the resolution of the
Senate of the 26th ultimo, calling for information touching the
conditions under which certain transatlantic telegraph companies have
been permitted to land their cables in the United States, and touching
contracts of such companies with each other or with other cable or
telegraph companies.