Memorandum.

The Portuguese chargé d’affaires called to ask whether it would be agreeable to the Government of the United States if the Portuguese Government should deposit in the Bank of England or some other safe depository the full amount of the Delagoa Bay award.

I told him that we had not yet received the complete text of the award, and that I was not able to give him an official assurance of the Government of the United States that it would be accepted, but that I saw no objection to the Portuguese Government making such a deposit as he referred to, subject to any claims or reclamation which the parties in interest might choose to make hereafter. I impressed upon him that what I said was in no sense a waiver of any rights which the parties in interest might have.