TREATIES WITH JAPAN.
GREAT BRITAIN.
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND COMMERCE, BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE TYCOON OF JAPAN.
SIGNED, IN THE ENGLISH, JAPANESE, AND DUTCH LANGUAGES, AT TOKIO, August 26th, 1858.
Ratifications Erchanged at Tokio, July 11th, 1859.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, beings rous to place the relations between the two countries on a permanent and friendly footing, and to facilitate commercial intercourse between their respective subjects, and having for that purpose resolved to enter into a Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce, have ramed as their Pleni- potentiaries, that is to say :-
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, The Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, a Pear of the United Kingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most N ble Order of t. e Thistl
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And His Majesty the Tyco n of Japan, Madzuo Ts kfogono Kami; Nagai Gem- bano Kami; Inonwye Siuano no Kami; Kori Oribeno Kami; Iwase Higono Kami; and Isuda Hauzabro.
Art. I.-There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the Unit d Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, her heirs and successors, and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, and between their respective dominions and subjects.
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Art. II.-Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may appoint a Diplo atic Agent to reside at the city of Tokio, and Consu's or Consular Agents to reside at any or all the ports of Japan which are opene! for British commerce by this Treaty.
The Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General of Great Britain shall have the right to travel freely to any part of the Empire of Japan.
His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan way appoint a Diplomatic Agent to reside iu London, and Consuls or Consular Agents at any or all the ports of Great Britain.
The Diplomatic Ag. nt and Consul-General of Japan shall bave the night to travel freely to any part of Great Britain.
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Art. III.-T e ports and towns of H kodate, Kanagawa, and Nawasaki, shall be opened to British subjects on the 1st of July, one ti ousand eigh hundred and fifty-nine. In addition to which, the following ports and towns shall be opened to them at th・ date hereinafter specified :-
Niigata, or, if Niigata be found to be unsuitable as a harbour, another convenient port on the west coast of Nipor, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
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Hiogo on the first day of January, one thousand eight hun lred and sixty-three. In all the foregoing ports and towns British ubj c ́s may ermanently reside. They shall have the right to leise ground, and purchase the buildings thereon, and..
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