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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.

subject hoist the British Ensign or any other flag not distinguishable from it over any place or residence on shore, without special authority from the Consul.

IX.-All cases of death, occurring either afloat or on shore, must be immediately reported at the Consulate-office.

X.-No British subject may establish a boarding-house, eating-house, or other place of entertainment, or a butcher's shop, or may keep or slaughter pigs, sheep, or cattle without the sanction of the Consul, under such condition as he may require.

XI.-Gunpowder or other explosive substances can only be stored, on shore or afloat, at such places as may be indicated by the Consul.

XII.-No British subject may ride or drive in any street, road, or public thoroughfare in a furious or careless manner.

XIII.-No dog belonging to a British subject shall be allowed to go about the streets or public thoroughfares unmuzzled between the 15th of June and the 15th of November of each year.

XIV.-At Hiogo, British subjects may not go beyond the limits laid down in the Treaty of Yedo, namely "ten ri in any direction, that of Kioto excepted, which city shall not be approached nearer than ten ri," and at Osaka, they may not go beyond the limits laid down in the regulations on the subject which is published in a notification by Her Majesty's Minister of this date.