Office of the Historian

Mr. Dudley to Mr. Hay.

American Legation,
Lima, Peru, February 3, 1904.
No. 856.]

Sir: Referring to Mr. Neill’s No. 831, of December 19, 1903, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy and translation of a law promulgated on the 30th ultimo, which makes provision for the payment, in annual installments of £4,200, of the claim of Messrs. W. R. Grace & Co. The adjustment thus effected is understood to be satisfactory to the claimants.

I have, etc.,

Irving B. Dudley.
[Inclosure 1.—Translation.]

payment of an account.

Lima, January 20, 1904.

Your Excellency: Congress has resolved that in the general budget of the Republic, from the present year of 1904 until the total extinction of the debt, there be set aside the sum of £4,200 Peruvian, intended for the payment of the house of Messrs. W. R. Grace & Co., of New York, the amount of $99,726.86 American gold, or £19,945 3 sols 72 cents, for capital and interest owing by the State to that firm up to the 31st of August, 1901, in accordance with the sentence of the supreme court of justice, and in conformity with the liquidation made by the upper court of accounts, the Executive being hereby authorized to make payment of the interest subsequent to the above-mentioned date, but to render account thereof to the next legislature.

Which we communicate to your Excellency for your knowledge and other purposes.

God preserve your Excelleny.

  • Antero Aspillaga,
    President of the Senate.
  • Nicanor Alvarez Calderón,
    President of the Chamber of Deputies.
  • Severiano Bezada,
    Secretary of the Senate.
  • Santiago Montesinos,
    Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies.

Lima, January 30, 1904.

Let it be complied with, communicated, and published.

[The rubric of His Excellency.]

Leguía.