Office of the Historian

Mr. Neill to Mr. Hay.

American Legation,
Lima, Peru, December 19, 1903.
No. 831.]

Sir: I have the honor * * * to attach herewith a copy and translation of a note from Doctor Pardo, in which he states that according to an agreement between the minister of finance and the head of the house of Messrs. W. R. Grace & Co., an amount had been placed in the projected general budget of the Republic for 1904 in order to pay the sum claimed by the said house, and that diplomatic action was unnecessary.

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I have, etc.,

Richard R. Neill.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]

Doctor Pardo to Mr. Neill.

Ministry of Foreign Relations,
Lima, December 14, 1903.

Mr. Chargé d’affaires: Referring to the esteemed communications from your legation, dated November 19 last and the 12th instant, it affords me great pleasure to inform your honor that according to the agreement between the minister of finance and the head of the house of Grace & Co. an amount has been placed in the project for the general budget of the Republic for 1904 for a payment on account of the sum claimed by the aforesaid house.

This matter being therefore satisfactorily arranged by the acceptance of the interested party, the diplomatic action of your legation becomes unnecessary.

It is with pleasure, etc.,

José Pardo.