Mr. Miyaoka to Mr. Gresham.
Washington, August 23, 1894. (Received August 24.)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication dated the 20th instant and having reference to the regulations for the preservation of the fur-seal species agreed to by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain in conformity with the award of the Tribunal of Arbitration between those two powers held at Paris. I have also the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the copies of the award and of the acts of Congress passed to give effect to the regulations embodied in it, which you have been good enough to transmit with your communication.
With reference to the invitation which you convey to the Imperial Government to give its adhesion to these regulations for the protection and preservation of fur seal, I beg to say that I shall hasten to take advantage of the earliest opportunity to inform my Government of the contents of your communication, in order that a formal reply may be given as soon as possible.
Be pleased to accept, etc.,