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, 26TH AUGUST, 1858
Ratifications Exchanged at Tokio, 11th July, 1859
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, being desirous 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 named 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 Peer of the United Kingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle :-
And His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, Midzuo Tisikfogono Kami; Nagai Gemlanc Kami; Inouwye Sinano no Kami; Kori Oribeno Kami; Iwase Higono Kami; aud Isuda Hanzabro.
Art. I.-There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, her heirs and successors, and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, and between their respective dominions and subjects.
Art. II. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdon of Great Britain and Ireland may appoint a Diplomatic Agent to reside at the city of Tokio, and Consuls or Consular Agents to reside at any or all the ports of Japan which are opened 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 may appoint a Diplomatic Agent to reside in London, and Consuls or Consular Agents at any or all the ports of Great Britain.
The Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General of Japan shall have the right to travel freely to any part of Great Britain.
Art. III.-The ports and towns of Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki shall be opened to British subjects on the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. In addition to which, the following ports and towns shall be opened to them at the dates hereinafter specified :-
Niigata, or, if Niigata be found to le unsuitable as a harbour, another convenient port on the west coast of Nipon, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Hiogo on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. In all the foregoing ports and towns British subjects may permanently reside. They shall have the right to lease ground and purchase the buildings thereon, and
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