Minister Furniss to the Secretary of State.

No. 111.]

Sir: I have to inform the department that to-day the British consul and the Haitian Government exchanged ratifications of a treaty which has recently been made relative to naturalization.

I am unable to furnish copy of the text of the treaty at this writing, but hope to do so by next mail. However, I understand that the chief feature of the treaty is the surrender of Great Britain of the right to consider as British subjects children born in Haiti of British parents either one of whom has negro blood.

I have, etc.,

H. W. Furniss.