Mr. Gresham to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Excellency: I have the honor to say, in reply to your note of the 30th ultimo, that the list therewith submitted of the maritime powers proposed to be concurrently invited to adhere to the Bering Sea regulations meets with the approval of this Government.

In response to your further inquiry, I would suggest the 20th instant as a convenient date for the dispatch of the identic note to the enumerated powers.

I have, etc.

W. Q. Gresham.