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Sir,
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Inclosure 1 in No. 2.
General van Valkenburgh to Sir H. Parkes.
Legation of the United States, Yokohama,
June 2, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to inform you with reference to a recent shipment of Japanese coolies from this port to the Hawaiian Islands, that I have, under the power vested in me, and on the 26th ultimo, established a regulation for the Courts of the United States in this country, making the law of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade in American vessels in China equally applicable in Japan.
I have, &c.
(Signed) R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH.
Inclosure 2 in No. 2.
Proclamation by General van Valkenburgh.
Legation of the United States of America, Yokohama, May 26, 1868.
IN pursuance of the 4th section of the Act of Congress giving certain judicial powers, &c., approved June 22, 1860, I, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan, do hereby decree the following regulation, which shall have the force of law in the Courts of the United States in Japan.
The Act of Congress to prohibit the coolie trade, &c., approved February 19, 1862, and which was framed with regard to China, is hereby made applicable to Japan.
(Signed)
R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan.
Inclosure 3 in No. 2.
Sir H. Parkes to the Japanese Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
Yokohama, June 10, 1868. THE Undersigned has twice had the honour to converse with their Excellencies on the subject of the proposed emigration of Japanese labourers to the Hawaiian Islands, and on each occasion he took the liberty of pointing out that if the emigration should be sanctioned by the Japanese Government, care should be taken by the latter to protect the interests of the emigrants by careful supervision of the contracts made with the emigrants, and of the mode of conducting the emigration.
As it may be interesting to their Excellencies to know how the same subject is regulated in China, he incloses a copy of a Convention concluded in March 1866 between the Ministers of England and France on the one part, and the Chinese Government on the other, by which it will be seen how carefully, in the case of emigration from that country, the interests of the emigrants have been watched over by the Governments of the three countries above named.
The Undersigned has learned that 180 Japanese labouring emigrants have recently left Yokohama for the Hawaiian Islands, and he would feel obliged to their Excellencies if they would kindly inform him at their convenience of the terms on which these labourers have been engaged.
The Undersigned, &c.
(Signed)
HARRY S. PARKES.
Inclosure 4 in No. 2.
Sir,
Sir H. Parkes to General van Valkenburgh.
Yokohama, June 10, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd instant, informing me that you had established a regulation for the Courts of the United States in this country under which the law of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade in American vessels in China is made applicable to Japan.
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J.
421
Sir,
5
Inclosure 1 in No. 2.
General van Valkenburgh to Sir H. Parkes.
Legation of the United States, Yokohama,
June 2, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to inform you with reference to a recent shipment of Japanese coolies from this port to the Hawaiian Islands, that I have, under the power vested in me, and on the 26th ultimo, established a regulation for the Courts of the United States in this country, making the law of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade in American vessels in China equally applicable in Japan.
I have, &c.
(Signed) R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH.
Inclosure 2 in No. 2.
Proclamation by General van Valkenburgh.
Legation of the United States of America, Yokohama, May 26, 1868.
IN pursuance of the 4th section of the Act of Congress giving certain judicial powers, &c., approved June 22, 1868, I, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan, do hereby decree the following regulation, which shall have the force of law in the Courts of the United States in Japan.
The Act of Congress to prohibit the coolie trade, &c., approved February 19, 1862, and which was framed with regard to China, is hereby made applicable to Japan.
(Signed)
R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan.
Inclosure 3 in No. 2.
Sir H. Parkes to the Japanese Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
Yokohama, June 10, 1868. THE Undersigned has twice had the honour to converse with their Excellencies on the subject of the proposed emigration of Japanese labourers to the Hawaiian Islands, and on cach occasion he took the liberty of pointing out that if the emigration should be sanctioned by the Japanese Government, care should be taken by the latter to protect the interests of the emigrants by careful supervision of the contracts made with the emigrants, and of the mode of conducting the emigration.
As it may be interesting to their Excellencies to know how the same subject is regulated in China, he incloses a copy of a Convention concluded in March 1866 between the Ministers of England and France on the one part, and the Chinese Government on the other, by which it will be seen how carefully, in the case of emigration from that country, the interests of the emigrants have been watched over by the Governments of the three countries above named.
The Undersigned has learned that 180 Japanese labouring emigrants have recently left Yokohama for the Hawaiian Islands, and he would feel obliged to their Excellencies if they would kindly inform him at their convenience of the terms on which these labourers have been engaged.
The Undersigned, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure 4 in No. 2.
HARRY S. PARKES.
Sir,
Sir H. Parkes to General van Valkenburgh.
Yokohama, June 10, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd instant, informing me that you had established a regulation for the Courts of the United States in this country under which the law of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade in American vessels in China is made applicable to Japan.
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