Mr. Hill to Mr. Russell.

No. 432.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 643, of the 14th instant, inclosing copy of your note to the Venezuelan foreign office explaining the visit of the Mayflower to Margarita Island, and a copy of the foreign office’s reply.

The incident appears thus to have been satisfactorily closed.

I am, etc.,

David J. Hill,
Acting Secretary.