Mr. Day to Mr. Allen.

No. 84.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 111, of the 3d ultimo, reporting that the Korean Government has allotted 900,000 square meters on Deer Island, in Fusan Harbor, for a general foreign settlement.

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The Department would be pleased to know what portion, if any, of the allotment has been reserved for Americans.

Respectfully, yours,

William R. Day.