No. 64.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Garland.

Sir: Referring to the letter of your Department of September 26 last, respecting the sale of four British vessels condemned for taking seals illicitly in Behring Sea, in 1887, I have the honor to inclose a copy of a note of the British chargé ad interim, by which it appears that the owners of the Ada do not object to the original appraisement.

I have, etc.,

T. F. Bayard.