Mr. Tsui to Mr. Wharton.

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 17th instant, with which you inclose a copy of a letter from the honorable Secretary of the Treasury, containing the gratifying information that his Department has decided that collectors of customs may accept the certificates of identity of Chinese subjects in foreign countries.

I take pleasure in acknowledging this equitable action of your Government, and shall communicate it without delay to the Imperial Government, which on its part will also receive it with much gratification.

I repeat, etc.,

Tsui Kwo Yin.