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Regulation II. 
The Japanese Government sball have the right to place custom-house offfcers on board of any ship in 
their ports (men-of-war excepted). All eustom-house officers shall be treäted with civility, and such reasonable 
accommodation shall be allotted to them as the ship affords. 
No goods shall be unladen from any ship between the hours of sunset and sunrise, except by special 
permission of the custom-house authorities; and the hatches, and all other places of entrance into that part of 
the ship where the cargo is stowed, may be secured by Japanese officers between the hours of sunset and sun- 
ries, by fixing seals, locks , or other fastenings; and if any person shall, without due permission, open any 
entrance that has been so secured , or shall break or remove any seal , lock or other fastening that has been 
affixed by the Japanese custom-house officers , every person so offending shall pay a fine of sixty dollars for 
each ofifence. 
Any goods that shall be discharged, or attempted to be discliarged, from any ship , without having been 
duly entered at the Japanese custom-house as herein after provided, shall be liable to seizure and confiscation. 
Packages of goods made up with an intent to defraud the revenue of Japan, by concealing therein articles of 
value which are not set forth in the invoice, shall be forfeited. If any British ship shall smuggle, or attempt 
to smuggle, goods in any of the non-opened harbors of Japan, all such goods shall be forfeited to the Japanese 
government, and the ship shall pay a fine of one thousand dollars for each offen ce. 
Yessels needing repairs may land their cargo for that purpose, without the payment of duty. All goods 
so landed shall remain in Charge of the Japanese authorities, and all just charges for storage, labor, and super- 
vision shall be paid thereon. Bul if any portion of such cargo be sold , the regulär duties shall be paid on 
the portion so disposed of. 
Cargo may be transhipped to another vessel in the same harbor without payment of duty, but all tran- 
shipments shall be made under the supervision of Japanese officers, and after satisfactory proof has been given 
to the custom-house authorities of the bona fide nature of the transaction, and also under a permit to be gran- 
ted for that purpose by such authorities. 
The importation of opium being prohibited, any British vessel coming to Japan for the purposes of trade 
and having more than three catties weight of opium on board, the surplus quantity may be seized and destroyed 
by the Japanese authorities; and any person or persons smuggling, or attempting to smuggle opium, shall be 
liabla to pay o fine of fifteen dollars for each catty of opium so smuggled, or attempted to be smuggled. 
Regulation III. 
The owner or consignee of any goods, who desires to land them, shall make an entry of the same at 
the Japanese custom-house. The entry shall be in writing , and shall set forth the name of the person making 
the entry, and the name of the ship, in which the goods were imported, and the marks, numbers, packages, and 
the contents there of, with the value of each package extended separately in one amount, and at the bottom of 
the entry shall be plaeed the aggregate value of all the goods contained in the entry. On each entry, the 
owner or consignee shall certify in writing that the entry presented exhibits the actual cost of the goods, 
and that nothing has been concealed whereby the Customs of Japan would be defrauded; and the owner or 
consignee shall sign bis name to such certificate. The original invoice or invoices of the goods so entered shall 
be presented to the custom-house authorities, and shall remain in their possession until they have examined the 
goods contained in the entry. 
The Japanese officers may examine any or all the packages so entered, and for this purpose may take 
them to the custom-house; but such examination shall be without expense to the importer or injury to the goods; 
and, after examination, the Japanese shall restore the goods to their original condition in the packages (so far 
as may be praeticable); and such examination shall be made without any unreasonable delay. 
If any owner or importer discovers that bis goods have been damaged on the voyage or importation 
before such goods have been delivered to him, he may notify the custom-house authorities of such damage, and 
may have the damaged goods appraised by two or more competent and disinterested persons, who, after the 
