Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Rockhill to Mr. Patenôtre.

Department of State,
Washington, August 12, 1896.

No. 71.]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 8th instant, informing the Department of the action your Government has taken with regard to the establishment of French courts at Madagascar, and inquiring, with reference to the Department’s note to you of the 2d of May last, whether this Government considers it necessary to give further instructions to the United States consulate at Tamatave on the subject of the jurisdiction of the French courts at Madagascar.

In reply I beg to inform you that the instructions already given to the United States consulate at Tamatave on the subject in question are deemed sufficient by the Department.

Accept, etc.,

W. W. Rockhill,
Acting Secretary.