Mr. Wharton to Señor Lazcano.

Sir: In compliance with the request contained in your note of the 18th instant, I have the honor to inclose certified copies of your note of the 4th instant and of the telegram of May 8 last from our consul at Valparaiso, both relating to the ownership of the Itata.

Accept, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.