INTER-OCEANIC CANAL SURVEYS

April 18, 1879

Washington, D.C.

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15^th instant, I transmit herewith a copy of the report of the commission appointed by the President on the 15^th of March 1872, relating to the different inter-oceanic canal surveys and the practicability of the construction of a ship canal across this continent.

R.B. HAYES.