Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs

Mr. de Stoeckl to Feb. 5-17 Relative to the purchase of certain build-
Mr. Seward.

ings upon property reserved by the United
States government at New Archangel.

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Feb. 8-20 Hostile demonstrations of a Russian armed

485

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April 20

Massacre of the crew of the bark Rover by
the inhabitants of Formosa.
Chinese indemnity fund..

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May 26

511

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June 8
July

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Contemplated revision of the tariff and
commercial articles of the treaty of 1858
between Great Britain and China.
Modification made in the duty on tea dust..
Chinese opinion concerning intercourse with
foreign powers. Opening up of inland
waters to commerce. Working of mines
by foreigners.

July 2 Rules agreed to between the Chinese gov-
ernment and the foreign ministers for the
conduct of the joint tribunal in cases of
confiscation and fines for breach of
revenue laws.

Mr. Browne to Mr. July 24 Scheme of the Lower California Company
Seward.

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528

Prial of F. H. B. Jenkins for setting on
foot an expedition to Corea having for
its object to exhume the remains of a
dead sovereign, and to hold the bones for
profit.
Objections of the Chinese government to
having a gold mine near Chifu worked.
Relative to the granting judicial powers to
all consular officers in China.
Scheme of the Lower California Company
in relation to the proposed colonization
by Chinese of the company's grants in
Sonora and Lower California.

Mr. Williams to Aug. 22 Closing of the Straw Shoe Channel in the
Mr. Seward.

3 Mr. Seward to Mr. Sept. 7 Browne.

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Yangtze River. Regulations adopted by
the foreign representatives concerning

the same.

Rules agreed to between the Chinese gov-
ernment and the foreign ministers for
the conduct of the joint tribunal in cases
of confiscation and fines for breach of the
revenue laws.

Sept. 7 Chinese views concerning intercourse with
foreign powers. Opening up of inland
waters to commerce. Working of mines
by foreigners.

.do....... Sept. 8 Contemplated revision of the tariff and

28 Mr. Williams to Sept. 14 Mr. Seward.

commercial articles of the treaty of 1858
between Great Britain and China.

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559

565

571

572

Subject.

Opinion of the French minister concerning
the relations of the foreign representa-
tives with the two contending parties in
Japan.

Neutrality to be observed by the foreign
representatives in the civil war.

Political changes which have taken place
in Japan.

Action of the foreign representatives con-
cerning the delivery of the Stonewall by
the government of the United States to
that of the Japanese. Return of the
French minister. Position of Japanese
affairs. Action of the Mikado's govern-
ment in relation to the punishment of the
officers who made the attack upon the
foreign settlement at Hiogo.
Interview between the French minister and
the Tycoon concerning the abdication of
the latter.

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679

Van Valkenburgh.

burgh to Mr.

Seward.

31 Mr. Van Valken- April 2 Postponement of the opening of Yedo and

Neegata, on account of the unsettled
condition of affairs.

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April 3 Arrangements made by the foreign repre-
sentatives to restrict the Japanese from
entering Yokohama.

706

April 30

Attack by the Japanese at Kioto upon
British minister and guard.

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April 8

711

Punishment of the Japanese who made the
attack upon the boat's crew of the French
ship Dupleix at Sakai.

April 8 Proclamation of the Mikado's government
declaring the Tycoon and his adherents
in rebellion and depriving them of their
rank, and another one respecting the
infliction of penalties on persons guilty
of violence towards foreigners.

April 10 Notice regarding circulation of Mexican
dollars at Hiogo, and also one conceding
to foreign merchants the privilege to
lease or erect buildings in Hiogo.