TERASHIMA MUNENORI, His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs to To His Excellency J. A. Bingham , Envoy Extraordinary and, July 31, 1875
Mr. Terashima to Mr. Bingham.
No. 41.]
Your Excellency: With reference to illegal fishing by foreign vessels in the waters adjacent to the Hokkaido and to the other neigh boring islands under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Empire, I had the honor to inform your excellency, in my letter dated 17th of the 5th month of last year, that it was proposed to take measures for the sustaining Of the exclusive rights of Japan to and for the protection of those fisheries.
The rules and regulations ordering these fisheries have been determined upon as you will find them in the accompanying document, and I beg leave to request your excellency to promulgate them to your countrymen.
With respect and consideration,
His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
To His Excellency J. A. Bingham, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.