Mr. Adee to Baron Saurma.

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 6th instant, and to inform you that, in accordance with your request, Mr. Ide, the chief justice of Samoa, has been requested to forward here for transmission to you, his receipt for $500, being the quota paid by the German Government on account of his traveling expenses from the United States to Samoa.

Accept, sir, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.