Mr. Mendonca to Mr. Gresham.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note and inclosures of the 20th instant, on the subject of the regulations established for the protection and preservation of the fur-seal species and inviting the adhesion of my Government to said regulations.

I will transmit to my Government the aforesaid documents for its action.

Accept, etc.,

Salvadoro Mendonca.