Mr. Adee to Mr. de Margerie.

No. 497.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 3d instant and to inform you that I have brought the complaint of the French consul-general at San Francisco of two further violations of the Franco-American consular convention of 1853 to the attention of the governor of California and the Attorney-General.

Accept, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.