It is agreed that nothing herein contained shall in any way affect or modify the stipulations of the treaty of Kanagawa, should that be found to be contrary to these regulations.
In witness whereof, copies of these additional regulations have been signed and sealed in the English and Japanese languages by the respective parties, and a certified translation in the Dutch language, and exchanged by the commissioners of the United States and Japan.
Simoda, Japan, June 17, 1854.
M. C. PERRY,
Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Naval Forces, East India,
China, and Japan Seas, and Special Envoy to Japan.
The question of port regulations and pilotage was also mooted and a paper prepared and agreed to certifying:—
That Yohatsi, Hikoyemon, and Dshirobe, had been appointed Pilots for American vessels entering or departing from the port of Simoda, and,
That the following rates for pilotage had been established by the proper authorities, viz.:—
| For vessels drawing over eighteen American feet | $15 00 |
| For vessels drawing over thirteen and less than eighteen feet | $10 00 |
| For vessels drawing under thirteen feet | $5 00 |
These rates shall be paid in gold or silver coin, or its equivalent in goods; and the same shall be paid for piloting vessels out, as well as into port.
When vessels anchor in the outer roads and do not enter the inner harbor, only half the above rates of compensation shall be paid to the pilots.