Memorial of Perry McD. Collins, representing that he has obtained from the government of Russia a grant of the privilege to construct a telegraph from the mouth of the Amoor River to the Russian possessions in America, and a similar grant from the British government in British Columbia, and praying the co-operation of the government of the United States to enable him to complete his enterprise. April 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. [electronic resource]