12 FINAL REPORT OF THE AGENT OP THE UNITED STATES. 



I take i)Ieasui-e, in recoouizino- the hearty mariner iu whicli I have 

 been seconch^d by the counsel for the United States and all other per- 

 sons associated with nie in the i^reparation of the case and in my labors 

 before the Tribunal. 



It only remains for me to make acknowledgment of the cordial recep- 

 tion and great hospitality extended by the French Government to the 

 Tribunal of Arbitration and to all the representatives and officials of 

 the United States connected with it. Commodious and elegant apart- 

 ments in tlie Ministry of Foreign Affaii's were set apart for the use of 

 tlie Tribunal, and every provision freely afforded for the dispatch of its 

 business and for the comfort of all persons associated with it. Our 

 Government has, thereby, been placed under a new debt of gratitude 

 for French hospitality and friendship. 



I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



John W. Foster. 



