[Translation.], this 12th day of the 1st month of the 3d year of Kaion, (February 16, 1867.)

[Translation.]

Messrs. Ono Tomogoro and Matsmoto Judayu :

You, or either of you, are hereby appointed to proceed to the United States as the commissioners of the Japanese government, and there settle with the honorable R. H. Pruyn, late United States minister to Japan, and to receive from him the balance due to the Japanese government for account of moneys paid to him for the construction of ships of war and other purposes, giving receipts therefor. And we hereby give you full power and authority in the premises.