File No. 5748.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Beaupré .

No. 118.]

Sir: I inclose a copy of a letter from A. A. Lisman & Co., of New York, inquiring what has become of the issues of certain bonds of the Entre Rios Eastern Railway Company described therein.

You will endeavor to secure the information desired and transmit it to the department for communication to Messrs. Lisman & Co.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.
[Inclosure.]

Mr. Lisman to the Secretary of State .

Sir: Clients of ours are holders of the Entre Rios Eastern Railway Company 6 per cent gold-coin bonds, which bear the following indorsement:

“This bond is secured by a guarantee made by the Argentine Republic of an income to the company of 7 per cent per annum upon the entire issue of its first-mortgage bonds for twenty years, which is pledged to the holder hereof for the payment of its interest and sinking fund.”

Would it be possible for your department to ascertain what has become of the issues of the security above named?

The company issuing these bonds was a Massachusetts corporation formed in 1881.

Very respectfully, yours,

A. A. Lisman & Co.