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The Hongkong Government Gazette.

Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be sold by Auction on Friday October last, with H. E. The Rear-Admiral Commanding

the 16th November, 1855.

BOUNDARY MEASURE-CONTENT

in Chief.

By Order,

ORDER

MENTS.

IN

OF

LOCALITY.

SALE.

N.

S.

TIT. E.

SQUARE FEET.

FIXED ANNUAL RENT.

W. WOODGATE.

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria,

Comr

Hongkong, 25th October, 1855.

Inland.

1

South of Caine Road

2

110 110 235 235 110 110 235 235

Marine.

3

N. of Court-house

87

£ s. d. 25,850 11,14. 0 25,850 11.14. 0

87 170 170 14,700 32.12. 0

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a herewit

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4

N. of Post-office

87

5

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6

7

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34

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COPY OF THE ENGLISH ACT OF RATIFICATION AS DELIVERED TO

THE JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS.

Whereas a Convention for regulating the admission of Britka

87 170 170 14,790 32.12. 0Ships into the Ports of the Empire of Japan, was concluded a

signed, in the English and Japanese languages, at Nagasaki, on the Fourteenth day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-four, by SIR JAMES STIRLING, Knight, Rear-Admiral ar Commander-in-Chief of the Ships and Vessels of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the NOTE.—TI East Indies and Seas adjacent, acting on behalf of Her said Majhe Japan and by the High and Illustrious Officers MвZI-NO-CHEKFU NO KAM Obunyo of Nagasaki, and NAGAI EVAN OCHO, Omedski of Nagasao

80 225 135 14,400 30. 0. 0 100 100 225 225 22,500 50. 0. 0 100 100 225 2:25 22,500 50. 0. 0 125 125 225 225 28,12562.10. 0

50

50 100 100

5,000 15,17. 6

115 115 100 100 11,500 36.10. 0 acting on behalf of Ilis Imperial Highness The Emperor of Japan the English original of which Convention is, word for word, as follows:-

Inland.

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N. of Hospital Hill

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50 50 100 100 115 115 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 501 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

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CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY,

Surveyor General.

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CONVENTION FOR REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF BRITISH SHIPS INTO THE PORTS OF JAPAN.

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It is agreed between Sir James Stirling, Knight, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Ships and Vessels of Her Britannic The artic Majesty in the East Indies and Seas adjacent, and Mezi-no-cheb ́n th the of The Eig no Kami, Obunyo of Nagasaki, and Nagai Evan Ocho, Omedski of Nagasaki, ordered by His Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japas to act herein; That,-

1st.

Between

there

The Ports of Nagasaki (Fisen) and Hakodadi (Matsmai) shall be open to British Ships for the purposes of effecting Repairs, and obtaining Fresh Water, Provisions, and other Supplies of any sort they may absolutely want for the use of the Ships.

2nd.

Nagasaki shall be open for the purposes aforesaid from and after the present date; and Hakodadi from and after the end of Fifty days from the Admiral's departure from this Port. The Rules and Regulations of each of these Ports are to be complied with.

3rd.

Only Ships in distress from weather, or unmanageable, will be permitted to enter other Ports than those specified in the foregoing articles, without permission from the Imperial Government.

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4th.

"The Pi

British Ships in Japanese Ports shall conform to the Laws of Japan.

and Hal

If High Officers or Commanders of Ships shall break any such

Should inferior Pr➡ Laws, it will lead to the Ports being closed. sons break them, they are to be delivered over to the Commanders of their Ships for punishment.

5th.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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In the Ports of Japan, either now open, or which may bereafter be opened, to the Ships or subjects of any foreign Nation, British Ships and subjects shall be entitled to admission and to the enjoy ment of an equality of advantages with those of the most favorid Enation, always excepting the advantages accruing to the Dutch and

Chinese from their existing relations with Japan.

Diplomatic Department.

His Excellency Sir JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Ma- jesty's Plenipotentiary, Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., has directed to be published for

Copy of the English Act of Rati general information a fication" of a "Convention for legalizing the admission of British Ships into the Ports of Japan," together with an Exposition of the Articles of the said Convention agreed to by the Japanese Commissioners on the Eighteenth

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6th.

This Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at Nagasaki on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen oli Great Britain, and on behalf of His Highness the Emperor of Japau, within twelve months from the present date.

7th.

When this Convention shall be ratified, no High Officer coming

to Japan shall alter it.

In Witness whereof, we have signed the same, and have affixed our Seals thereunto, at Nagasaki, this Fourteenth day of October, 1855.

(L.8)

JAMES STIRLING.

Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has commanded and authorized the undersigned, The Right Honorable George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendan, Peer of Her United Kingdom, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to declare, and he does accordingly hereby declare, that "Her Majesty approves and ratifies the said Convention, and will cause it to br faithfully executed, as far as it lies in Her power.

In Witness whereof, he has signed the present Act, and has affixed

thereto the Seal of his Office.

Done at London, the Twenty-third day of January, One Thousand

Eight Hundred and Fifty-five.

(LSP)

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