Minister Jackson to the Secretary of State.

No. 78. Servian series.]

Sir: I have the honor to report the receipt to-day of a note from Mr. Zujovic, the Servian minister of foreign affairs, requesting the transmission to my government of the expression of the sincere regrets of the Royal Servian Government at the loss suffered by the people of the United States in the person of that very distinguished citizen and eminent statesman Hon. John Hay.

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I have, etc.,

John B. Jackson.