Lord Gough to Mr. Adee.
Newport, R. I., September 19, 1895.
Sir: With reference to my note of the 2d instant on the subject of the tax levied on United States vessels entering and clearing from Canadian ports, I have the honor to inform you that in a dispatch dated the 30th ultimo, which I have just received, the Marquis of Salisbury states that Her Majesty’s Government had already sent to Canada for a report on the matter.
You will notice that Lord Salisbury, writing on the 30th, had not then been informed of the substance of your note of August 31 relative to the same question, but, as I have already stated in my reply of the 2d instant, your request that the matter should be expedited was immediately transmitted to Her Majesty’s Government.
I have, etc.,