Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1886

No. 387.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Curry.

Department of State,
Washington, July 12, 1886.

No. 93.]

Sir: I have read with peculiar satisfaction your No. 69, of the 23d ultimo, announcing the prohibition of the differential flag duties which have been applied in the ports of the Antilles, to the prejudice of our vessels carrying foreign transshipped products, and the order equalizing navigation dues in the ports of Cuba, &c.

A copy will be sent to our consul-general at Havana.

I am, &c.,

T. F. BAYARD.