Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington, November 14, 1898.

No. 1255.]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, explaining the tax of 4 pence a ton levied on vessels arriving at or leaving the ports of Trinidad, British West Indies, and to inform you, in reply, that a copy thereof has been sent to the Secretary of the Treasury for his information.

I have, etc.,

John Hay.