Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-10-25

post q manifest, as required IN regulation
first.
The word ship, wherever it occurs in these
regulations, or in the treaty to which they are
attached, is to be held as meaning ship, bar
que, brig, schooner, sloop, or steamer.
REGULATION FIPTH.
Any person signing a false declaration or
certificate with the intent to defraud the rev.
enue of Japan shall pay fine Of (Sl25) one
hundred and twenty five dollars for each Of
fence.
REGULATION SIXTH.
No tonnage duties shall be levied on Amer
ican ships in the ports Of Japan, but the fol.
lowing fees shall be paid to the japanese Gus
tom house authorities: For the entry of ship
(Sl5) fifteen dollars. For the clearance of q
ship $50 seven dullars. For each permit
(sl5) one dollar and half. For each bill of
health SID one dollar and half. For any
other document (l ID one dollar and half
REGULAsios SEVENTH.
Duties shall be paid to the Japanese gov.
ernment on all goods landed in the country
according to the following tariff
Class One ALI articles in this cl ass shall
be free of duty
Gold and silver, coined or uncoined.
Wearing appeared in actual use.
Household furniture and printed books not
who come to reside in Japan.
Class Tro.-A duty Of (5) five per cent.
shall be paid on the following articles:
All articles used for the purpose Of building
rigging, repairing, or fitting out of ships.
Whaling gear of all kinds.
Salted provisions of all kinds.
Bread and breadstufs.
Living animals OF all kidns.
Coals.
Timber for building houses.
Rice
Paddy.
Steam machinery.
Zinc.
Lead.
Tin.
Raw silk.
Class Taree.-A duty Of (35) thirty-ive per
cent. shall be paid on all intoxicating liquors
whether prepared by distillation, fermenta-
tion, or in any other manner.
Class Four.-All goods not included in any
of the preceding classes shall pay duty Of
(2O) twenty per cent.
All articles Of Japanese production, which
are exported as cargo, shall pay duty of (5)
hive per cent, with the exception Of gold and
silver coin and copper in bars. (5) Five
years after the opening Of Kanagawa the i'm
port and export duties shall be subject to re-
vision if the japanese government desires it.
And whereas the said treaty has been du.
ly ratified on both parts, and the respective
ratihcations of the same were exchanged at
Washington on the 22d inst. by Lewis Cass,
Secretary of State of the United States, and
Simme BooZen no Kami, Muragaki Awsdsi
no kami, and Ogure Bungo no Kami, ENJOYS
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentisry
his Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, on the part
Of their respective governments:
Now thnra hai / kVnt hat T
BUCHANAN, President ofthe United States
OF America; have caused the said treaty to be
made public, to the enl that the same, and
every clause and -ticle thereof, may be OBJ
served and fulfilled with good faith by the
United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal ofthe United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
twenty third day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
[sEALl dred and sixty, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States of Amer
lea the eighty fourth.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President:
LEWIS CAss, Secretary of STATE.
and the Republic of Paraguay, relating 10 CLAIMS
ofhe "Uuitod States and Paraguay Navigation
Company" Concluded at Asuneion, february
4,lc59. Ratified by the President Of the United
Status, March Z, 1860. Exchanged at Washing
ton, March, 7, 1860. Proclaimed by President
ofthe United States, March IL, 1860.
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a convention relating to the
claims of the Omitted States and Paraguay
Navigation Company" against the Para
guayan Government, was concluded between
the United States of America and the Repub
lie Of Paraguay, and was signed by their re-
spective plenpotentiaries at Asuncion on the
fourth day OF February, one Thousand eight
hundred and fifty mine, the original of which
convention being in the English and Spanish
languages is, word for word as follows:
Special convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Para
quay, relating to the claim of the sUnited
States and Paraguayan Navigation Company"
against the Parsguayan government.
His Excelency the Pre- sident of the United
States of America aud his Excelency the
President of the Republic OF Paraguay, desir-
ing to remove every cause that might inter-
fere with the good understanding and harmo-
mony, Tor time so unhsppily interrupted,
between the two nations, and now so happily
restored, and which il is SO much for their
interest to maintain; and desiring for this
purpose to come TO definite understanding,
equally just and honorable te both nations,
as to the mode of settling pending question
of the said claims of the ''United States and
Paraguay Navigation Compsny'-a compa-
ny composed OF the citizens of the United
States-against the government ofParaguay,
have agreed to refer the same to special and
respectable commissioner, to be organized and
regulated by the convention hereby establish
ed between the two high contracting partiesi
and for this purpose they have appointed
and conferred full powers, respectively to-
wit:
His Excellency the President of the United
States of America upon James B. Bowlin, .
special commissioner ofthe said United States
Of America, specifically charged and en-
powered for this purpose; and his Excellency
the President of the Republic of Paraguay up
on Senior Nicolas Vasquez, Secretary Of State
and Minister OF Foreign Affairs Of the said
Republic of Paraguay; who, after exchanging
their full powers, which were found in good
and proper form, agreed upon the following
articles;
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