Letter
Reynolds to A Bingham, June 22, 1877
[Inclosure No. 2 in No. 737.]
Rear-Admiral Reynolds to Mr. Bingham.
Flagship Tennessee, Yokohama, Japan, June 22, 1877.
Sir: Captain Young informs me that he has heard from good authority that the depth of water at this anchorage is diminishing from the throwing overboard of ashes by steamships frequenting Yokohama.
This is another matter for harbor regulations to take cognizance of and for a harbor-master to enforce attention to. Ashes, as well as other débris, are not allowed to be thrown overboard in harbors, but scows are provided in which they are to be dumped and taken away for discharge at the place indicated by the authorities.
I am, &c.,
WM. REYNOLDS.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.