EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 28, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, with
accompanying papers, on the subject of purchasing from the American Wood
Preserving Company the machinery which was erected by that company at
the navy-yard, Boston, under contract with the Navy Department, for the
purpose of fully testing the company's process of preserving timber for
use in the Navy.
The attention of Congress is invited to the subject.