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666 CONVENTION WITH JAPAN. Ocroasn 22, 1864. option of the said foreign governments to accept the same, or insist on the payment of the indemnity in money, under the conditions above stipulated. When to be IV. This Convention to be formally ratified by the 'I`yooon’s government "°‘M°d‘ within fifteen days from the date thereof; 'Execution. In token of which, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Convention, in quintuplicate, with English, Dutch, and Japanese versions, whereof the English shall be considered the original. Done at Yokohama, this 22d day of October, 1864, corresponding to the 22d day of the ninth month of the first year of Gengi. ROBERT H. PRUYN, Jwnister Resident of the United States in Japan. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, H B Ms Envoy Extraordinary and Mntster Plenipotentiary in Japan. LEON ROCHES, dhnistro Plenipotentiaire de S MZ L’Emperear des Francais aa Japan. D. DE GRAEFF VAN POLSBROEK, H: N M’s Consul- General and Political Agent in Japan. (Signature of Sakai Hida no Kami.) gagmcmou, And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified by the respec tive governments: —— Proelaimsd. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United_ States of America, have caused the said Convention to be 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 thereoti In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, [L. s.] and of theilndependence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: W11.1.wu H. Snwum, Secretary of State.