Minister Finch to the Secretary of State.
Montevideo, Uruguay , May 15, 1905 .
Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your No. 277, dated the 14th ultimo, in relation to the seizure and detention by the Uruguayan authorities of the Canadian schooner Agnes G. Donahoe, charged with killing seals in territorial waters.
This afternoon I called at the foreign office and was assured the case will be decided to-morrow. The minister said that he wrote a note to the magistrate having jurisdiction of the case on Saturday last in which he stated there must be no further delay as to its definite “determination,” and that the judge in reply said his decision would be given on Tuesday, the 16th instant.
I am, etc.,