21 - What the Passport Requires, in Life in Japan, 1900, 24
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2022
Summary
THE BEARER OF this passport is expressly cautioned to observe in every particular the directions of the Japanese government printed in Japanese characters on the back of his passport, an English translation of which is given herewith, and he is expected to conduct himself in an orderly and conciliatory manner toward the Japanese authorities and people.
EDWIN DUN, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.
Name of Bearer: Miss Ella Gardner.
Period for which this passport is granted: 12 months.
This Passport must be returned to the U. S. Legation upon expiration.
Translation of the directions printed in Japanese on back of passport and to be borne in mind by citizens of the United States traveling in the interior.
I. The bearer of this passport must obey all local regulations while traveling in the interior.
II. The passport must be returned to the Foreign Office as soon as possible after its expiration.
III. The bearer while traveling in the interior must produce this passport for inspection upon the request of any local official or police officer, or of the landlord of the inn at which he may lodge. Refusal for any reason so to produce it renders the bearer liable to be sent back to the nearest open port.
IV. This passport is not transferable.
V. The bearer of this passport is not permitted to trade or make contracts while in the interior.
VI. The bearer is not permitted under this passport to rent houses or to reside in the interior.
VII. Even those who have licenses to hunt are not permitted to discharge firearms or hunt game outside of the treaty limits.
NOTE—The local regulations above referred to forbid the following and similar acts :
1. Traveling at night in a carriage without a light.
2. Attending a fire on horseback.
3. Disregarding notices of “No Thoroughfare.”
4. Rapid driving on narrow roads.
5. Neglecting to pay ferry and bridge tolls.
6. Injuring notice boards, house signs and mile posts.
7. Scribbling on temples, shrines or walls.
8. Injuring crops, shrubs, trees or plants on the roads or in the gardens.
9. Trespassing on fields, enclosures or game preserves.
10. Lighting fires in woods or on hills or moors.
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- Culture Power & Politics in Treaty Port Japan 1854-1899 Key Papers Press and Contemporary Writings , pp. 328 - 329Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2018