Sir M. H. Herbert to Mr. Loomis.

No. 59.]

Sir: In accordance with instructions which I have received from the Marquis of Lansdowne, I have the honor to inform you that the lord chief justice of England, His Honor Sir Louis Aimable Jetté, K.C.M.G., retired judge of the supreme court of Quebec, and the Hon. John Douglas Armour, judge of the supreme court of Canada, have been selected as the British members of the Alaska boundary tribunal.

I have the honor to be, with highest consideration, sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

Michael H. Herbert.