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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
REGULATIONS FOR THE TRADE AND RESIDENCE OF FOREIGNERS AT OSAKA.
Art. I.-As Osaka is not an open port no foreign merchant vessel can anchor there. Until arrangements shall be made for the establishment of a Custom-house at Osaka, foreigners wishing to import goods into that city must enter them at the Castom-house at Hiogo, according to the regulations of trade attached to the treaties, and must pay duty there unless duty has already been paid on the same at some other open port of Japan. In the same way, all goods exported from Osaka by foreigners must all be cleared from, and pay duty at, fliogo, before they can be shipped on board any foreign vessel at that port.
Art. II.-Lighters, towboats, and passage boats, propelled by steam or sails, and belonging to foreigners, may ply between Hiogo and Osaka for the conveyance of cargo and passengers under the regulations hereto annexed, and subject to the provisions of the regulations of trade attached to the treaties.
Art. III.-Foreigners living at Osaka shall be free to go where they please within the following boundaries, namely:-On the south the Yamatogawa from its mouth as far as Funabashimura; and a line drawn from that place through Kiôkôjimura to Sada. The town of Sakai is outside the limits, but foreigners will be at liberty to visit it. The road between Osaka and Hiogo lies outside the limit of ten ri from Kioto. No obstruction shall be opposed to the free circulation of foreigners either by land or water in every part of the city of Osaka open to the Japanese public.
Osaka, January 1st, 1868.
The following notification has also been issued:
It being necessary on the opening of Hiogo and Osaka to British trade, that due provision should simultaneously be made for the peace, order, and good government of Her Britannic Majesty's subjects resorting to, or becoming resident in that port or city, the undersigned hereby notifies for the information of all subjects of Her Ma- jesty, that in the exercise of the powers vested in him by the 85th clause of the Order f Her Majesty in Council of the ninth day of March, 1865, he has this day made and -established and caused to be printed and to be exhibited in the British Consular offices at Hiogo and Osaka, the following regulations, which will have effect in the manner provided by the said order in Council, throughout the Consular District of Hiogo and Osaka, until the pleasure of Her Majesty thereon shall be made known.
Any breach of these regulations may be punished by any of the following pe nalties, as provided by the 26th clause of the said order in Council, namely,--for each offence, imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour, and with or without a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or a fiue not exceeding 500 dollars, without imprisonment, and with or without further fines for continuing offences not exceeding in any case 25 dollars for each day during which the offence
ontinues after the original fine is incurred.
(Signed)
HARRY S. PARKES.
Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan.
H.B.M.'s Legation, Osaka, January 1st, 1868.
REGULATIONS.
L-Every British vessel on entering the port must show her colours, and keep them hoisted until the master shall have reported her arrival and deposited her papers at the Consulate-office.
II.-Masters of ships on depositing their ships' papers at the Consulate-office must also deliver a copy of the import manifest, together with a list of all passengers and persons not forming part of the registered crew on board.
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