File No. 4001/2.

The British Chargé to the Secretary of State .

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have been instructed by His Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs to express the high appreciation of His Majesty’s Government at the prompt assistance rendered by the United States Government in the dispatch of their ships to Jamaica to afford aid to the stricken population of Kingston.

I have, etc.,

Esme Howard.