WASHINGTON, _February 14, 1852_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I communicate to the House of Representatives herewith a report to me,
dated the 13th instant, from the Secretary of the Interior, respecting
the delay and difficulty in making the apportionment among the several
States of the Representatives in the Thirty-third Congress, as required
by the act of 23d May, 1850, in consequence of the want of full returns
of the population of the State of California, and suggesting the
necessity for remedial legislation.
The subject is one of much importance, and I earnestly commend it to
the early consideration of Congress.