Office of the Historian

Mr. Draper to Mr. Sherman.

Embassy of the United States,
Rome, September 10, 1897. (Received October 2.)
No. 42.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 33, of the 18th ultimo, relative to the regulation of the Italian Government requiring the Italian consular visé to be affixed to certificates accompanying our exports of meats, I now have the honor to inclose herein a copy, with translation, of a note received by me from the minister of foreign affairs, in which I am informed that the minister of agriculture and commerce submitted to the zootechnic council, as he had said he would, the request formulated by the Government of the United States to the end that the requirement of the consular visé should be abolished, and that the council had expressed an opinion favorable to such abolition. Also, that in consequence of this opinion the minister of agriculture and commerce had advised him (the minister of foreign affairs) that he would very shortly provide for a modification of article 3 of the decree of January 26, 1897, in conformity with the request of the United States.

I am highly gratified that this negotiation, which appeared very unpromising in view of Baron Fava’s note to the Department of State, has terminated so favorably.

I am, etc.,

William F. Draper.
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[Inclosure in No. 42.—Translation.]

Mr. Bonin to Mr. Draper.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Rome, September 7, 1897.

Mr. Ambassador: Pursuant to my note dated August 11, I have the honor to inform your excellency that the honorable minister of agriculture and commerce submitted, as he said he would, to the examination of the zootechnic council the request formulated by the Government of the United States to the end that the obligation for the consular authentication relative to certificates of origin for preserved meats imported from the United States should be abolished, and that the said council expressed an opinion favorable to such abolition.

In consequence of that opinion his excellency the above-mentioned minister has advised me that he will very shortly provide for a modification of article 3 of the ministerial decree of January, 1897, in conformity with the request of the Government of the United States.

I avail myself, etc.,

Bonin,
Under Secretary of State.