No. 374.
Mr. Hoppin to Mr. Evarts.

No. 163.]

Sir: Referring to my dispatch, No. 150, of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the delay of the British Government to reply to your note on the subject of the Fortune Bay claims, I have now the honor to inclose a copy of a note of Lord Salisbury, in which it is stated that the report of the law officers of the Crown upon the case has now been received.

I have, &c.

W. J. HOPPIN.
[Inclosure in No. 163.]

The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Hoppin.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 27th ultimo, informing me that you had on the evening of the preceding day received a further telegram from Mr. Evarts in relation to the delay of Her Majesty’s Government in replying to the claim put forward by the United States Government in connection with the occurrences at Fortune Bay in January, 1878, and I have to state to you with reference thereto that the report of the law officers of the Crown upon the case has now been received, and that therefore the reply of Her Majesty’s Government will be sent with the least possible delay, having regard to the question under consideration.

I have, &c.,

SALISBURY.