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.

British Embassy,
Washington, May 28, 1894.

Sir: With reference to your note of the 3d of April last, I have now the honor to inform you, in accordance with instructions received from the Earl of Kimberley, that Her Majesty’s Government accede to Mr. Ide’s application for an additional allowance of $1,000 to cover his removal and traveling expenses to Samoa, upon the understanding that each of the three treaty powers will defray one-third of the sum in question.

As soon as I receive an intimation from you that an arrangement in the above sense has been effected, I shall have the honor to transmit to you the sum of $333.34, being the share due from Her Majesty’s Government.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.