460 AVES ISLAND. 



[Translation.] 



Bepublic of Venezuela. 



Department oe Foreign Relations, 



Valencia, February 4, 1859. 

 Sir : I liave the honor to inform you that the national convention 

 has approved, on the first of this month, the agreement respecting the 

 Island of Aves concluded with you, suppressing, in the third article, the 

 second part, running thus : "abandoning to the republic of Venezuela 

 whatever rights might pertain to them," together with the notice that 

 the interest stipulated in the second article shall be always simple, and 

 shall be only paid successively upon the capital unpaid. 



Will you be pleased to state to this department whether, notwith- 

 standing the said suppression, you will consent to the agreement? 

 I avail myself, &c., 



LUIS SANOJO. 

 Hon. E. A. TuRPiN, 



Minister Besident of United States. 



Legation of the United States, 



Garaccas, February 8, 1859. 



Sir: The undersigned, minister resident of the United States^, has 

 the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the honorable min- 

 ister of foreign relations, under date of 4th instant, in which the hon- 

 orable minister informs the undersigned that the national convention 

 had approved, on the 1st instant, the agreement respecting the Island 

 of Aves concluded between the honorable minister of foreign relations 

 and the undersigned, in Valencia, on the 14th of January last, sup- 

 pressing, in the third article, the second part, reading thus : ''aban- 

 doning to the republic of Venezuela whatever rights that might pertain 

 to them," together with the notification '' that the interest stipulated 

 in the second article should always be simple, and be only paid succes- 

 sively upon the unpaid capital," and desiring the undersigned to state 

 whether, notwithstanding such suppression, he still consented to the 

 same ; to which the undersigned briefly replies that he does. 



The undersigned avails himself of this occasion of expressing to the 

 Hon. Mr. Sanojo his sentiments of distinguished consideration. 



E. A. TURPIN. 



Hon. Luis Sanojo, 



Minister of Foreign Belations. 



