Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant transmitting the decision of the Treasury Department in regard to the case of John Gibbons.

I should be very much obliged if you would convey my best thanks to the Acting Secretary of the Treasury for the courteous attention which has been paid to my request, and at the same time inform him that I have forwarded a copy of his letter to my Government.

I have, etc.

Julian Pauncefote.