File No. 819.55/14.

The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

Sir: The Department has received your No. 493, of the 4th instant, reporting on the subject of the recent Panaman legislation affecting the immigration and residence of Chinese in Panama.

A copy of your despatch has been forwarded to the American Legation at Peking for its information in connection with previous [Page 1119] telegraphic correspondence between the Department and the Legation on the subject.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
J. B. Moore.