Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lincoln.

No. 677.]

Sir: Your dispatch No. 594 of the 9th instant relative to the denial of copyright in Canada to American citizens has been received. Your treatment of the matter in your communication to Lord Salisbury is fully approved by the Department.

Adding that no reply has as yet been received from Sir Julian Pauncefote,

I am, etc.,

James G. Blaine.