Mr. Buck to Mr. Hay.
Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 1898.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instruction No. 161, of date the 8th ultimo, informing me of the Department’s concurrence in my deeming justified the refusal of the customs authorities at Nagasaki to allow Mr. Lake, of Lake & Co., of that city, to use his vessel, the Adventure, as a storeship, contrary to customs and warehouse regulations, as set forth in my dispatch No. 189, of date the 6th September, and its inclosure.
To enable him to meet possible future protests from Mr. Lake, I shall communicate this ruling of the Department’s to our consul at Nagasaki.
I have, etc.,