Mr. Hay to Mr. de Margerie.

No. 429.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th ultimo, complaining of the nonobservance by certain officials at San Francisco, Oakland, and Portland of the provisions of the consular convention of February 23, 1853, and to inform you in reply that I have brought the matter to the attention of the governors of California and Oregon and of the Secretary of the Treasury, asking them to take such steps as will avoid similar complaints for the future.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.