724 TREATY WITH JAPAN. JUNE 17, 1857. Purehztses for ARTICLE VII. Purchases for his excellency the consul-general, or his §g’:j‘;‘§§;"°"“l» family, may be made by him only, or by some member of his family, and ` payment made to the seller, for the same, without the intervention of any Japanese official, and for this purpose Japanese silver and copper coin shall be supplied to his excellency the consul-general. Th., Dutch vm, ARTICLE VIII. As his excellency the consul-general of the United sion of these States of America has no knowledge of the Japanese language, nor their
- _ffQg;°fD°°.b° excellencies the governors of Simoda, a knowledge of the English lan-
. give the . . . . . ° time meiiiiiiig, guage, it is agreed that the true meaning shall be found in the Dutch version of the articles. u·h€,,,wmk,, ARTICLE IX. All the foregoing articles shall go into effect from the meet. date hereof, except article two, which shall go into effect on the date indicated in it. signature Done in quintuplicate, (each copy being in English, Japanese, and mm Ul 1857- Dutch,) at the Goyosso of Simoda, on the seventeenth day of June, in the year of the Christian era eighteen hundred fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-first, corresponding to the fourth Japanese year of Ansei, Mi, the fifth month, the twenty-sixth day, the English version being signed by his excelleney the consul-general of the United States of America, and the Japanese version by their excellencies the governors of Simoda. TOWNSEND HARRIS, [L. s.] I;ai;iic,,i;,,n_ And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified : Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President Proclaimed June of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be B0- 1g5S' made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof In witness whereof; I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [L. eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-second. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: LEWIS Cass, Secretary of State.
