Chargé Hutchinson to the Secretary of State.

No. 329.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s No. 219 of September 13, 1904, addressed to Mr. Bowen, and inclosing a letter from the vice-president of the New York and Bermudez Company, and a copy of an affidavit of one of the said company’s attorneys in Philadelphia relative to the failure of the Venezuelan consul in the said city to authenticate certain legal documents.

In reply I beg to state that I will mention the facts in the case informally to Señor Sanabria, minister of foreign relations, so that he may take whatever steps he thinks necessary for the proper discharge, in future, of the duties of the Venezuelan consul in Philadelphia.

I have, etc.,

Norman Hutchinson.