EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 10, 1884_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
With reference to the recommendations on the subject in my recent annual
message, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State of the
9th instant, showing the necessity for immediate legislation for the
purpose of bringing the statutes of the United States into conformity
with the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea,
which have now been adopted by all the leading maritime powers of the
world except this country.