Mr. Thieriot to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Lisbon, July 24,
1900.
No. 44.]Sir: I have the honor to state that I have
received from the minister of foreign affairs a note advising me that
payment has been made in London of the amount awarded by the Berne Court
of Arbitration in the Lourenço Marquez Railway affair, with the interest
thereon in addition.
I have inclosed herewith a translation of the note referred to, and I
have the honor to be, etc.,
T. H. Thieriot,
In Charge of the Affairs of the
Legation.
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Arroqo to
Mr. Thieriot.
[Translation.]
Foreign Office, Lisbon, July 23,
1900.
I beg to inform your excellency that His Majesty’s Government made a
deposit at the agency of the Comptoir National d’Escompte, in
London, on the morning of the 21st instant, pursuant to the final
award of the court of arbitration at Berne, payable to the order of
the Government of the United States of North America, and to that of
Her Britannic Majesty, and as a complete discharge from all
responsibility on the part of Portugal, a sum equal to the indemnity
by the aforesaid court, with the additional amount of interest at 5
per cent from the 25th June, 1889, to the 21st of the present month,
the date of payment.
I embrace this opportunity to renew, etc.,
