REGULATIONS, &c. MADE BY H.B.M.'s MINISTER IN JAPAN.
Notification.
Whereas it seems fit for the peace, order, and good government of British sub- jects resident in, or resorting to Japan-and for the observance of the stipulatious of Treaties between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Mikado of Japan, and for the maintenance of friendly relations between British subjects and Japanese- subjects and authorities, that British subjects in or resorting to Japan, should observe and comply with the Pilotage Regulations for vessels of Foreign form of con- struction issued by the Imperial Japanese Government on the 9th day of December, 1878; and whereas by the 14th Section of such regulations it is provided that if a Licensed Pilot offers his services verbally, or by signal, to any vessel in charge of ar Unlicensed Pilot within the districts as fixed in Section 3 of those Regulations, the Unlicensed Pilot shall give up his charge to the Licensed Pilot, but if he refuses to give up his charge or makes use of a License which he is not entitled to use, for the purpose of making himself appear to be a qualified Pilot, he shall incur a fine not exceeding Fifty yen for each offence; and whereas it seems fit that a penalty should be imposed upon and be leviable from any British subject who shall wilfully infringe the provisions of such Section of the said Regulations, the undersigned, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Japan, under and by virtue of the powers vested in him by Sections 85, 86, and 90 of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, and of any other power enabling him on that behalf, has made the following Regulation, which having been approved by Her Majesty, and such approval having been signified to the undersigned through the most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is hereby published for the informa- tion of Her Majesty's subjects in Japan, and will have effect as to the penalties enforceable thereunder in each Consular district in Japan one month from the date of publication and exhibition therein in the manner provided for by the order în: council aforesaid.
Regulation.
Any British subject who shall knowingly and wilfully contravene or infringe the provisions of the 14th Section of the Pilotage Regulations for vessels of Foreign form of construction, issued by the Japanese Government on the 9th day of Decem- ber, 1878, whilst the same shall remain in force and form a part of the municipal Law of Japan, shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this Regulation, and on conviction thereof by or before any of Her Majesty's Courts in Japan sball be liable to a penalty or fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars for each offence.
H.B.M's Legation, Yedo,
1882:
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Novem! 27th, 1879.
J. G. KENNEDY.
H. B. M's. Chargé d'Affaires in Japan.
The follow, regulation was made by Sir Harry Parkes on the 27th June
Regulation.
Any British subject who shall wrongfully and wilfully contravene or infringe or interfere with the execution of the provisions of the following Regulations issued by the Japanese Government on the twenty-third day of June, 1882, so long as and wherever such Regulations shall from time to time be in force, and form a part of the municipal law of Japan shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this Regulation, which is a Regulation of urgency, and on conviction thereof by er