No. 48.
Mr. Bayard to Sir L. S. Sackville
West.
Washington, August 8, 1888.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your note, dated at Beverly, Mass., on the 6th instant, by which I am informed that in the case of four British sealing vessels condemned last year for killing fur seal in Alaskan waters in violation of the laws of the United States, you are instructed to ask for a postponement of the time for the sale of the vessels referred to, in execution of the decree.
I have already transmitted a copy of your note to my colleague, the Attorney-General, and will communicate his reply as soon as it shall have been received.
Accept, etc.,