Mr. Tower to Mr. Hay.

Sir: In communicating to my Government the contents of your note No. 1552, of the 6th instant, I called the attention of the Marquis of Salisbury to the statement contained therein of your inability, from any maps or data at your command, to ascertain the significance of the phrase “the high bank” of the Klehini River, which was employed in formulating the modification of your second alternative proposed for a provisional boundary line in that part of Alaska circumjacent to the Lynn Canal.

I have now received a reply by telegraph stating that, according to explanations furnished by the Canadian Government, the right, or southern bank, is meant.

I have accordingly the honor, by direction of Lord Salisbury, to inform you of the above, without delay, in order to remove any possible cause of future misunderstanding in the settlement of this question, which is so earnestly desired by Her Majesty’s Government.

I have, etc.,

Reginald Tower.