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and the convequent claim my second enclosure.

As you are aware from Mr Tower's last Despatch

abovo referred to, the Company formally reserved their

right to present a clain for the damage thay had incurred

against the Ms. Joan Governant, and they proceeded to en-

deavour to procure an adjustment of the case by means of a

friendly settlement, as it shown by the latter which they

addressed to President Disz on October 22nd 1908, copy of

which is en)cused,here...ith, as well as of the reply retur-

ned to this communication by Fenor Corral, Pinister of the

Interior, in which he invites the representative of the

Company to meet him in order to give to in certain expla-

ratione

The result of this interview was the presen-

tation of the case to the Ministry of Co munications ( my

enclosure hu 1) by whom it was transferred to the Ministry

of the Interior see Inclosure No 5.

No progrebb was, however, made in the matter, aJÉ

despite a renewed application by the Company to the Secre-

tury of the Interior on December 27th 1909 ( Inclosure No

SA ) and on April 28th of last year the Company addressed

a further reminder to the Ministry of Communications ( In-

closure No 6 ) cxplaining that they wished to a rive at a

friendly