Mr. Day to Mr. Toru Hoshi.

No. 95.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 26th ultimo, informing me that the bill repealing the law granting a bounty on raw silk exported from Japan has received the Imperial sanction and was promulgated on that date, to take effect immediately. Thanking you for this information, I beg to renew, etc.,

William R. Day.