South coast of Long Island, N. Y., from Jones Inlet to Rockaway Inlet. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of shore front from Jones Inlet to Rockaway inlet, N. Y., with a view to obtaining data as to tide, current, drift, and depth of water with a view to determining whether or not the interests of navigation are being endangered by the erosion thereof.