Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his report on the petitions of sundry inhabitants of the town of Newport, in the state of Rhode-Island,--of the corporation of the Marine Society of the City of New-York,--of the corporation of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New-York,--of the president and directors of the United Insurance Company, and of the president and directors of the New-York Insurance Company

6th February, 1798, referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, with instruction to report thereon, by bill, or otherwise. : (Published by order of the House of Representatives.)