Mr. Bayard to Mr. Straus.

No.186.]

Sir: In connection with my No. 183 of the 31st ultimo concerning the Ottoman Government’s regulations respecting foreign medical diplomas, I have now to apprise you of the receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, dated the 9th instant, inclosing one to him from the Commissioner of Education, in which he expresses his thanks for the important information reported in your dispatch No. 156 of January 10, 1889.

I am, etc.,

T. F. Bayard.