Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

No. 580.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 1077, of August 29 last, and to inform you that an item for $8,000, for the erection of a suitable building for the accommodation of the ten student interpreters, and another for $1,000 for the payment of the yearly cost of their tuition, have been inserted in the estimates for the next fiscal year.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.