No. 305.
Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish.

No. 504.]

Sir: For the future use of the Department I have the honor to send herewith a copy of the London Gazette of last evening, May 29, 1874, containing an official notice that the blockade of the Gold Coast, established December 15, 1873, was raised on the 17th of April, 1874.

I am, &c.,

BENJAMIN MORAN.
[Inclosure.]

[From the London Gazette of May 29, 1874.]

The board of trade have received through the secretary of state for the colonies a dispatch from the officer administering the government of the Gold Coast, inclosing an official notice announcing that the blockade of the Gold Coast, established December 15, 1873, was raised on the 17th of April, 1874.