SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND JAPAN,
SIGNED AT PARIS ON THE 20TH JUNE, 186 k.
His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, desiring to consolidate by marks of mutual confidence the relations of friendship and of commerce which exist between the two countries, have resolved to settle by common accord and by special arrangement the difficulties which have arisen between their Governments since the year 1862.
In consequence, His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Minister, Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs of His Majesty the Emperor of the French; and their Excellencies Ikeda Tdekougo no Kami, Kawatson Idzoou no Kami, Kawada Sagami no Kami, Ambassadors of His Majesty the Tycoon, duly authorised to that effect, have agreed upon the following articles:-
Art. I.-In reparation of the act of hostility committed in the mouth of July, 1863, against the ship King Cheng of the Imperial navy, upon which shots were fired in the province of Nagato, the Japanese government undertakes to pay into the hands of the Minister of the Emperor of the French at Yedo, three months after the return of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of the Tycoon to Japan, an indemnity of 140,000 Mexi- can piastres, of which 100,000 piastres will be paid by the government itself, and 40,009. piastres by the authorities of the province of Nagato.
Art. II. The Japanese government also undertakes to put an end, within thres months after the return to Japan of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of the Tycoon, to the hindrances which French ships that wish to pass the Straits of Simonosaki meet with at present, and to keep that passage free at all times by recurring, if necessary, to the employment of force, and by acting, if need be, in concert with the comman-lant of the French naval division.
Art. III-It is agreed between the two Governments that in order to promote the regular development of commercial exchange between France and Japan, the tariff reductions recently accorded by the government of His Majesty the Tycoon to foreign commerce, shall be maintained in favor of the articles imported by French merchants, or under the French flag, during the entire duration of the treaty concluded at Yedo between the two countries on the 9th October, 1858. In consequence, while that treaty remains in force, the Japanese Customs shall admit free the following articles, intended for the preparation and package of tea-tin foil, solder, matting, rattans; oils for painting, indigo, gypsum, pans, and baskets. It will simply impose a duty of five per cent. ad valorem upon wines and spirits, white sugar, iron and tin, machinery and de- tached pieces of machinery, linen tissues, clocks, watches, watch chains, glass, medicines; and a duty of six per cent. upon plate glass, mirrors, porcelain, jewellery, perfumery, soaps, arms, cutlery, books, papers, engravings, and drawings.
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