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be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. A copy 
of this report is herewith submitted. 
On April 30, 1864, the President received oral authority ~ 
from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy to appoint a Com- 
mittee to examine and report on the explosion of the United 
States steamer Chenango, which occurred in the harbor of 
New York on the 15th of April, 1864. 
The Committee appointed consisted of 
J. F. Frazer, Chairman. : 
Farrman Rogers, L. M. RurHerrurp. 
The Committee presented to the Academy, on the 5th of 
August, 1864, a very elaborate report accompanied by draw- 
ings, a copy of which had been previously transmitted to the 
Navy Department. The report and a drawing are herewith 
submitted. 
In addition to the above-mentioned reports, which belong 
to the year 1864, it is proper to mention in this place the 
report of the Committee on National Currency, appointed 
September 5, 1863, upon the application of the Honorable 
S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. The Committee 
reported progress on the 7th of January, 1864, when the 
following resolutions were adopted : — ‘ 
Resolved, That said Committee be empowered to communl- 
cate directly with the Secretary of the Treasury, and to take 
order in reference to the matters intrusted to them. : 
Resolved, That the President of the Academy communi- 
cate the foregoing resolution to the honorable Secretary of 
the Treasury. E 
On January 5, 1865, the chairman of the Committee re- 
ported that the Committee had made reports to the Secretary , 
of the Treasury, as directed by the Academy. From the 
nature of the subject intrusted to the consideration of the. 
