a right under the Treaty of 1851, to claim unconditionally from The Hawaiian Government equal privileges to those conceded to the United States, but before doing so, His Lordship would be glad to know whether the Lords of the Committee would wish any further observations to be submitted to that officer.
I am,
James Harry
Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade
30 January 1888
I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd instant, with reference to the correspondence which has taken place on the subject of the Reciprocity Treaty recently concluded between the United States and the Sandwich Islands, and to the offer of the latter Government to conclude a similar Treaty with this Country, in which you state that Lord Stanley is of opinion that in view of the somewhat conflicting engagements,
The Under Secretary of State
Foreign Office