Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, Appendix I, Chinese-Japanese War, Enforcement of Regulation Respective to Fur Seals, Mosquito Territory, Affairs at Bluefields, Claim of Antonio Maximo Mora, Import Duties on Certain Products of Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela, Affairs in the Samoan Islands

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Gresham.

Washington, October 20, 1893.

Sir: I transmitted to the Earl of Rosebery a copy of your note of the 6th ultimo respecting the custody of Mataafa and 11 other Samoan chiefs by the German Government on the Marshall Islands.

With reference to the last paragraph of your note I have the honor to inform you that I have now received instructions from Lord Rosebery to acquaint you that Her Majesty’s ambassador at Berlin has ascertained from the German Government that, so far as can be calculated at present, the cost of maintaining Mataafa and his chiefs on the Marshall Islands will amount to about 60 marks per month for each person.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.