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roads and drains will be provided, and the trees will 



. iil'miied site for Itiiililinu' purpose! 

 : in .1 southerly direction an far as 

 swiry, whenever it shall liuve been 

 foreigners above-niunud, and more 

 required tr tin ii 



6. The Japanese Government will prepare the said 



.a in the manner above htatcd, 



in tiiin- f"i- thf occupation of foreigners on the 1st 



6. The Japanese Government will be reimbursed 

 the cost ni' preparim: the said sites for the use of the 



Mined hv the sale of the leases of 



imtl. The haul will bo divided into lots, and 



! upon tin' <iiiferent lots, which will vary 



with thi- eligibility of the situation, but will amount 



in the aggregate to the total outlay incurred by the 



Japanese Government. This outlay will form the 



i '..r calculating the upset prices at which the 

 l"ts will he offered to foreigners at auction. The 



iers of all nations having treaties with Japan 

 may l>id at these auctions, and each bidder may at- 

 tain as much land as he requires. The money 



i I above the upset prices will bo retained by 

 the Japanese Government as compensation for de- 

 privation of interest on cupitulj and for the risk that 

 may be incurred of not recovering their outlay. 



7. All the ground leased to foreigners at Osaka and 

 Hiogo will bo subject to the payment of an annual 

 rent, calculated at a rate that will be considered suf- 



to meet the expenses of keeping in repair the 

 roads and drains, the cleansing and lighting of and 

 maintaining order in the settlements, and the ordi- 

 nary land-tax payable at the present date to the Jap- 

 anese Government. 



8. The Japanese Government will not grant or 

 dispose of any of the ground set aside by the preced- 

 ing articles tor the establishment of foreign settle- 

 ments at Hiogo and Osaka, to any foreign govern- 

 ment, company, or individual, for" building or other 

 purposes, except at public auction, in the manner 

 laul clown in the preceding articles. The foreign 

 consuls will not be provided with separate grants of 

 land by the Japanese Government, either within or 

 with'Hit the l'i>reii_'n settlements. 



9. In determining the upset price of all the land to 

 be thus leased to foreigners at Hiogo and Osaka, the 

 amount of annual rent, the number and size of the 

 streets, lots and drains, the quantity of ground to be 

 put up to auction at pne time, the conditions and 

 date of sale, and the formation of the cemeteries 

 hereinafter mentioned, the Japanese Government 

 will consult the foreign representatives. 



10. Insurablo warehouses, in which the goods of 

 foreigners may be stored in bond, will be provided 

 by the Japanese Government, both at Hiogo and 

 Osaka, in the same manner as is stipulated in the 



it ion at Yedo. At the former place the space 

 colored blue on the annexed plan will be reserved 

 by the Japanese Government lor this and other offi- 

 cial purposes, and the dock now commenced will be 

 removed. 



11. The Japanese Government will form a cemetery 

 tor the use ot all nations at Hiogo, on the hill in the 

 r.'iir of the foreign settlement, and another at Osaka, 

 at Zuikenzan. The Japanese Government will lay 

 out the cemeteries and surround them with fences ; 



ucnses of maintaining and repairing the ceme- 

 teries will be borne by the foreign communities. 



12. The Japanese Government will select, at Ye- 

 do, ir concert with the foreign representatives, a port 

 on the west coast at which a foreign settlement may 

 be formed, as well as the place within which houses 

 may be rented by foreigners at Yedo. These will 

 be made in accordance with the treaty and conven- 

 tion above mentioned, and on the basis of the present 

 arrangements. 



A copy of the arrangement was furnished to 

 the ambassadors on May 16th, and on July 7th 

 VOL. vii. 27 



they were informed ty the Gorojio that the 

 following |>n>rl:im:ition hod been issued to the 



whole nation : 



In consequence of the intended opening of Hiogo 

 on the 1st of January next, from which date for* 

 will also reside in the towns .of Yedo and Oraka for 

 the purpose of trade, it in hereby notified that the 

 produce of all parts of the country may freely be 

 brought to those places and freely disposed of. This 

 is to oe notified throughout the Government territory, 

 the Daimios' territories, and the temple territories. 



On tin- internal affairs of Japan during the 

 year but little trustworthy information was ob- 

 tained. It was known, however, that many of 

 the most powerful Daimios were opponents of 

 the Tycoon. In the month of October rumors 

 were rife of the resignation of Stotsbashi, the 

 Tycoon, and his subsequent assassination. These 

 reports at the time proved to be untrue, or 

 rather premature as to his resignation. This 

 event, however, took place en the 15th of Ntf- 

 vember. A dispatch from the minister of the 

 United States at Yedo, dated December 5th, 

 announces it as follows: "The Tycoon has re- 

 signed his power to the Mikado. A council of 

 Daimios is convened to consider the state of the 

 country. Some excitement prevails. The Ty- 

 coon, in the interval, by direction of the Mikado, 

 carries on the government in concert with the 

 ministers of the- Mikado's court." 



This change in the Government did not 

 affect the relations of Japan with foreign 

 countries. Osaka and Iliogo were opened on 

 January 1, 1868, and the opening of Yedo and 

 the port on the western coast was again prom- 

 ised for April 1, 1868, the necessary prepara- 

 tions not having been completed. The new port 

 to be opened on the west coast of the empire 

 is Neagata, as named in the original treaty ; but 

 the harbor at that place being unsafe for foreign 

 ships coming in, that of Ebisunito, on the Island 

 of Sado, thirty miles distant, is to be made the 

 port of entry in its stead. 



The murder of two seamen of the British 

 steamer Icarus, at Nagasaki, led to new diffi- 

 culties between England aud Japan. It was 

 believed that the murders had been com- 

 mitted by two men belonging to Prince Tosa's 

 people, and this impression seemed to oe'shared 

 by the British minister, Sir Harry Parkes. 

 The Tycoon expressed his grief at the unhappy 

 occurrence, but pointed out that Tosa was 

 the proper person to apply to for redress, and, 

 some confidential retainers of his being daily 

 expected at Osaka, advised the minister to open 

 negotiations with them. Tosa's men, however, 

 liad irot intelligence of Sir Harry Parkes's press- 

 ing wish to seo them, and immediately on their 

 arrival took ship and went home. The British 

 minister followed them in the Basilisk, and 

 after five interviews returned with very little 

 satisfaction. Tosa had heard nothing of the 

 murder, and denied that his people committed 

 it, but professed his readiness to do justice if 

 sufficient proof could be adduced to prove to 

 him that such wns the fact, and if he could 

 catch the men. Letters from members of the 



