No. 271.
Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Fish.
Legation of
the United States,
London, August 28, 1875.
(Received September 9.)
No. 25.]
Sir: Referring to your dispatch No. 766, in
reference to the assistance and courtesies extended to the American
transit-of-Yen us party in New Zealand, I have the honor to inclose to you
herewith copies of the correspondence which has passed between Lord Derby
and myself upon this subject.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 25.]
Mr. Hoffman to Lord
Derby.
Legation of the United States,
London, August 24,
1875.
My Lord: I have the honor to transmit to you,
herewith, a copy of a letter from the Navy Department of the United
States, and of its inclosures, to Mr. Fish, expressing the feeling with
which that Department regards the courteous and hospitable reception
given the expedition sent to New Zealand to observe the transit of
Venus.
I am instructed by Mr. Fish to convey to Her Majesty’s government the
thanks of the Government of the United States for the courtesies and aid
extended by the authorities and people of New Zealand to the American
expedition, and to express the high appreciation entertained of the
valuable services rendered.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, my lord, your
most obedient, humble servant,
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, &c., &c.
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[Inclosure 2 in No. 25.]
Lord Derby to Mr.
Hoffman.
Foreign
Office, August 26,
1875.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 24th instant, together with its inclosures,
conveying the thanks of your Government, through that of Her Majesty, to
the authorities and people of New Zealand, for the courteous and
hospitable reception accorded by them to the American expedition sent to
that colony to observe the transit of Venus, and I have to state to you,
in reply, that I have referred your note to the proper department of Her
Majesty’s government.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient,
humble servant,
Colonel Hoffman, &c.,
&c.
