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"VIII. Wood, water, provisions, coal, and goods 

 required shall only be procured through the agency 

 of Japanese officers appointed for that purpose, and 

 in no other manner. 



" IX. It is agreed, that if, at any future day. the 

 Government of Japan shall grant to any other 

 nation or nations privileges which are not herein 

 granted to the United States and the citizens there- 

 of, that the same privileges and advantages shall be 

 granted likewise to the United States and to the 

 citizens thereof without any consultation or delay. 



"X. Ships of the United States shall be permitted 

 to resort to no other ports in Japan but Simoda and 

 Hakodadi, unless in distress or forced by stress of 

 weather. 



"XL There shall be appointed by the Govern- 

 ment of the United States consuls or agents to re- 

 side in Simoda at any time after the expiration of 

 eighteen months from the date of the signing of 

 this treaty ; provided that either of the two Govern- 

 ments deem such arrangement necessary. 



" XII. The present convention, having been con- 

 cluded and duly signed, shall be obligatory and 

 faithfully observed by the United States of America 

 and Japan, and by the citizens and subjects of each 

 respective power; and it is to be ratified and ap- 

 proved by the President of the United States, by 



