Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1878

No. 213.
Mr. Evarts to Sir Edward Thornton.

Department of State,
Washington, July 31, 1878.

Sir: Having submitted for the consideration of the Secretary of the Treasury a copy of your note of the 11th instant relative to the rules and regulations governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise between the United States and Canada, I have now the honor to state that I have received a communication from my colleague, dated the 27th instant, stating that his Department concurs in your suggestion that a previous announcement should be made by each government to the other of the precise nature of any change in the regulations which may be contemplated, and that the action of the Treasury Department will be in accordance therewith.

The Secretary of the Treasury suggests that the amendments to the regulations referred to in the inclosed circulars, dated September 15, 1876, and November 27, 1876, may be submitted for the consideration of the Government of the Dominion of Canada.

I shall be happy to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of any action thereon which may be taken by that government when it shall have been made known to you.

I have, &c.,

WM. M. EVARTS.