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The town is one of considerable commercial im- 

 portance, and a large trade is carried on with it by 

 fleets of junks. The inhabitants number about 

 twenty thousand. Like Simoda, it is neatly and 

 regularly built, and is cleanly and prosperous. 



Here the commodore met the Japanese commis- 

 sioners who were to complete the settlement of the 

 remaining details of the treaty. The chief discussion 

 between them referred to the extent of country around 

 Hakodadi through which the Americans should be 

 permitted to travel. Some of the commissioners in- 

 sisted that they should be restricted to the limits of 

 the town ; but this point was abandoned. Another 

 subject of argument was the adjustment of the cur- 

 rency to be used between the two nations. A suc- 

 cession of daily conferences took place from the 8th 

 till the 17th of June, and all the disputed points 

 were arranged during that interval. The last official 

 act which took place between the commissioners 

 was the presentation by the Japanese of a block of 

 stone for the national monument at Washington ; 

 which was to be conveyed across the deep as a tri- 

 bute from the Empire of Japan to the memory and 

 glory of the immortal founder of the Republic. 



Commodore Perry having thus successfully ter- 

 minated all the duties of his mission to the im 



