Office of the Historian

Mr. Planten to Mr. Gresham.

Consulate-General of the Netherlands,
New York, September 17, 1894. (Received September 19.)

Sir: In reply to your letter of August 20 last, on the subject of the regulations established on the eastern side of the North Pacific Ocean from the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude to the Bering Straits for the proper protection and preservation of the fur-seal species, I am instructed to inform your excellency that Her Majesty’s Government is taking the matter in consideration and will inform your Government as soon as possible of the result of its consideration.

Accept, etc.,

J. R. Planten.