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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Jainiary 10th, 1865.—Re- 
 icrred to the Coinmfttee ou Naval Aifairs and ordered to l)c printed. 
 
 [By the Cuau:: | 
 
 ^lESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 RICHMOND, Ya., Jan. 1, 18G5. 
 
 To the House of RcprcHtiitaticcs : 
 
 111 response to your rcsohition of tli.^ 'J3d ult., I licrewith transmit, 
 lor your inlbrniation, a convniunication from tlie Secretary of tlie Navy, 
 relative t(» -'a flour and grist mill and bakery," established by the 
 Department, at Albany, Georgia. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 COMMUNICATION rilOM THE SECRET All V OF THE NAVY. 
 
 CONKEUEKATE SxATES Ol' AmEKICA, ) 
 
 Navij Department., \ 
 
 Richmond, Dec. 21st, 1864. ) 
 The President : 
 
 Sir — In reply to the following resolution of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives : 
 
 ^^ lieso/ved. That the President of the Confederate States be re- 
 ([uested to inform this House under and by what authority the Secre- 
 tary of the Navy has contracted with Nelson Tii't and others for the 
 erection of a tlouring mill in the city of Albany, Georgia ; the termB 
 of the contract, if any, under which said mill has been erected and 
 put in operation; also, what estate, if any, the Government has ac- 
 • [uired in the land on which said mill has been located, the extent of 
 the same, and the amount contracted to be paid therefor" — I have the 
 honor to state tiiat this Department has not contracted with Nelson 
 Tift, or others, for the erection of a flouring mill in the city of Albany, 
 Georgia. 
 
 To supply the Navy at Mobile, Selina, Savannah and Charleston, 
 this Department has i»iirchased machinery and estaldished a lionr and 
 grist mill and bakery at Albany, which is in operation under the 
 charge of Nelson Tift, Assistant Paymaster in the Navy. 
 
 The land occupied by the mill and bakery consists of one lot, one 
 himdred by two hundred feet ; one lot, two hundred by two hundred 
 and ten feet; one lot, one hundred by two hundred feet. 
 
 The lease, under Avhich this property is held for the Confederate 
 States, stipulates that no rent is to be paid for it during the Avar, and 
 that after the war the properly may be Iield, at the pleasure of the 
 Confederate States, at a reutto be fixed by thi« Secretary of the Navv, 
 or his siuccessor in office. 
 
 I am, respectfully, your ob't servant, 
 
 S. R. MALLORY, ^"co'y J^Tanj. 
 

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