Mr. White to Mr. Hay.

No. 567.]

Sir: I have the honor to receive Mr. Adee’s instruction No. 587, of September 21, 1898, regarding the importation of American unpeeled dried fruit into Germany, with inclosure of a copy of an instruction to the American minister at Berne, and desire to express my satisfaction at having so thorough a statement of the case at hand ready for use here on the first occasion which may arise.

I am, etc.,

And. D. White.