No. 521.
Mr. Bell
to Mr. Bayard.
The Hague, February 3, 1887. (Received February 18.)
Sir: I have the honor to report that the Staats Courant, the official journal, publishes the following announcement of the minister of foreign affairs, defining the jurisdiction of consular officers in the United States:
The consul-general at New York will have jurisdiction over the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with a vice-consul at New York.
The consul at Boston will have jurisdiction over the States of Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
The consul at Philadelphia will have jurisdiction over the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware.
The consul at Baltimore will have jurisdiction over the States of Maryland and West Virginia.
The vice-consul at Washington will have jurisdiction over the District of Columbia.
The vice-consul at Norfolk will have jurisdiction over the State of Virginia.
The consul at Charleston will have jurisdiction over the States of North and South Carolina.
The consul at Savannah will have jurisdiction over the State of Georgia.
The consul at Galveston will have jurisdiction over the State of Texas.
The consul at Cincinnati will have jurisdiction over the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
The consul at Chicago will have jurisdiction over the States of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska; also over the Territories of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Dakota, with vice-consuls at Grand Rapids and at Saint Paul.
The consul at Saint Louis will have jurisdiction over the States of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, and Colorado, and also over the Territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The consul at San Francisco will have jurisdiction over the States of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and also over Washington Territory, with a vice-consul at San Francisco.
The consul at Mobile will have jurisdiction over the State of Alabama. The consul at New Orleans will have jurisdiction over the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, with a vice-consul at Pensacola.
I have, etc.,