Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume IV

Record of the proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration at the seventeenth conference, held at Geneva, in Switzerland, on the 5th of August, 1872.

[Geneva, Switzerland, August 5, 1872.]

Oral argument of Mr. Evarts. The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. All the arbitrators and the agents of the two governments were present. The protocol of the last conference was read and approved, and was signed by the president and secretary of the tribunal and the agents of the two governments.

The tribunal proceeded with the hearing of the oral argument by Mr. Evarts, counsel of the United States, in reply to the argument presented by Sir Roundell Palmer, counsel of Her Britannic Majesty, at the fifteenth conference.

The tribunal then adjourned until Tuesday, the 6th instant, at half past 12 o’clock.

• FREDERICK SCLOPIS.
• J. C. BANCROFT DAYIS.
• TENTERDEN.
• ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary.