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The Hongkong Government Gazette.
ARAWO TWAMINO KAMI,
KAWAMOERA TSOESIMANO KAMI,
NAGAI EVAN Ocuo,
AŞANO IKKAKOE,
Commissioners of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
CERTIFICATE.
reby certify that the Articles set forth in the Act of Ratifica rewith delivered by me, correspond exactly with the Articles: thin the Treaty I executed last year; and that I accept the Ratification, now delivered to me, on the assurance that it with the English version for which it is given in exchange, believe that the Japanese and English versions do agree.-J.S.
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JAMES STIRLING.
mission from the Imperial Go- sion from the Imperial Govern
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4th.
"British Ships in Japanese "Ports shall conform to the Laws « of Japan. If High Officers or "Commanders of Ships shall break any such Laws, it will
-Tho Eleven words added at the conclusion were at the request lead to the Ports being closed. Japanese Commissioners.
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JAMES STIRLING, Knight, Rear-Admiral, Commander-in. Chief of the Ships and l'essels of Her Britannic Majesty in the East Indies and Seas adjacent.
CERTIFICATE.
ween the Act of Ratification of the Treaty that accompanies there is no difference with that of the preceding year.
articles of the Ratification which are now exchanged the one
the other, do agree with each other.
• Eighth Month of the Second Year Ansei.
ARAWO TWAMINO KAMI,
KAWAMOERA TSOESIMANO KAMI. NAGAI EVAN OCHO.
ASANO IKKAKOE.
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EXPOSITION OF THE ARTICLES
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Convention of Nagasaki of the 14th of October 1854, agreed to the 18th of October 1855, by their Excellencies the Japanese Emmissioners and the Rear-Admiral Commanding in Chief.
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- Ports of Nagasaki (Fisen) Jane Hakodadi (Matsmai) shall en to British Ships for the ses of effecting Repairs, obtaining Fresh Water, fisious, and other Supplies ་ sort they may absolutely rester for the use of the Ships."
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gasaki shall be open for rposes aforesaid from and The present date, and Ha- from and after the end 7 days from the Admiral's ere from this Port. The and Regulations of each e Ports are to be com- with."
3rd. Ships in distress from ter, or unmanageable, will
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enter other than those specified in the ng Articles, without per-
Exposition.
The First Article of the Con-
vention opens the Ports of Na- gasaki and Hakodadi to British Ships for Repairs and Supplies. It opens the whole and every part of those Ports, but Ships must be guided in anchoring by the Directions of the Local Go- vernment. Safe and convenient Places will be assigned where Ships may be repaired. Work- men, Materials, and Supplies, will be provided by the Local Government according to a Tariff to be agreed upon, by which also the modes of Payment will be regulated. All Official Commu- nications will hereafter, when Japanese shall have time to learn English, be made in that lau- guage. A British Burial-ground shall be set apart on Medsume Sima, fenced in by a Stone. Wall and properly protected.
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Should Inferior Persons break "them, they are to be delivered "over to the Commanders of their * Ships for punishment.”
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5th.
"In the Ports of Japan either "now open, or which may here "after be opened, to the Ships or Subjects of any Foreign Nation, British Ships and Subjects shall "be entitled to admission and to "the enjoyment of an equality of advantages with those of the "most favored Nation, always ex- cepting the advantages accruing "to the Dutch and Chinese from "their existing Relations with
Japan."
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6th.
"This Convention shall be ra- "tified, and the Ratifications shall "be exchanged at Nagasaki on «behalf of Her Majesty the Queen "of Great Britain, and on behalf "of His Highness the Emperor "of Japan, within twelve months
from the present date."
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7th.
« When this Convention shall "bo ratified, no High Officer "coming to Japan shall alter it."
ment; but Ships of War have a general right to enter the Ports of Friendly Powers in the un- avoidable performance of Public Duties, which right can neither be waived nor restricted; but Her Majesty's Ships will not enter any other than Open Ports with- out necessity, nor without offer- ing proper explanations to the Imperial Authorities.
The Fourth Article provides that British Ships and Subjects in Japanese Ports shall conform to the Laws of Japan; and that if
commit offences against the Laws, any subordinate British Subjects
they shall be handed over to their own Officers for punishment; and that if High Officers or Com- manders of Ships shall break the Laws, it will lead to the closing of the Ports specified. All this is as it should be, but it is not in tended by this Article that any acts of individuals, whether high or low, previously unauthorised or subsequently disapproved of by Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, can set aside the Convention entered into with Her Majesty alone by His Impe- rial Highness the Emperor of Japan.
The Fifth Article secures in the fullest sense to British Ships and Subjects in every Port of Japan, either now open, or here- after to be opened, an Equality in point of advantage and accommo- dation with the Ships and Sub- jects or Citizens of any other Foreign Nation, excepting any peculiar Privilege hitherto con- ceded to the Dutch and Chinese in the Port of Nagasaki, If therefore any other Nation or People be now or hereafter per- mmitted to enter other Ports than Nagasaki or Hakodadi, or to ap- point Consuls, or to open Trade, or to enjoy any advantage or Privilege whatever, British Ships and Subjects shall, as of right, enter upon the enjoyment of the
same.
Arrangement regarding Stamps.
The Second Article provides that at each of the Ports of Na- gasaki and Hakodadi the. Port
An arrangement made subsequently to the Convention requires Regulations shall be obeyed ; but that British Ships intending to visit Japan, shall be provided with a the Japanese Government will Document in proof of their Nationality, and as a check upon the take care that they shall not be conduct of Vessels in Japanese Ports; and Her Majesty's Govern- of a nature to create embarrassment has directed a Form of Certificate of Registration to be adopt-
ed, which has been accepted as satisfactory by the Japanese Autho rities; and Merchant Ships arriving in Japanese Ports are to submit their Certificate of Registration to the Officers to be appointed by the Japanese Authorities, and to permit them to make such extracts from it as may seem good to them before such Ships can be admitted to obtain repairs or supplies. Her Majesty's Ships-of-War will not be provided with such Documents, but the Officers in Com- mand upon proper application will afford all reasonable Information regarding their Ships.
ment, nor to contradict in any other way the general tenor and intent of the Treaty, the main object of which is to promote a friendly intercourse between Great Britain and Japan.
The Third Article declares that only Ships in distress from weather or unmanageable shall enter other Ports than Nagasaki and Hakodadi without permis-
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