Señor Peralta to Mr. Gresham.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d instant, transmitting, at my request, a copy of that Department’s instruction to the United States minister to Costa Rica expressing the hope of your Government that the boundary question between Costa Rica and Colombia will be brought to an amicable understanding. With my best thanks for this kind communication,

I beg you, sir, to accept, etc.,

Manuel M. Peralta.