VISITORS TO JAPAN are not allowed to go beyond Treaty Limits without a Passport; but this is readily obtained in a few days, by application to their Consuls and the payment of a trilling fee. The Treaty Limits are:—

At Yokohama—to the river Tamagawa and ten ri in any other direction.

At Hiogo—in the direction of Kioto as far as ten ri from that city, and ten ri in any other direction.

At Osaka—on the South from the mouth of the Yamatogawato Funabashimura, and from the latter place within the limits of a line drawn from there through Kiokojemura to Sado. The town of Sakai lies outside these limits, but foreigners are allowed to visit it.

At Nagasaki—into any part of the Nagasaki district.

At Niigata and Hakodate—ten ri in any direction.

At Tokio—within the following boundaries; from the mouth of the Shin- tonegawa to Kanamahi, and from there along the high road to Mito as far as Senji; from there along the river Sumida as far as Furuyakamigo, and thence through Omura, Takakura, Koyata, Ogiwara, Miyudera, Mitsugi and Tanaka to the ferry of Hino on the river Tamagawa.

The distance of ten ri shall be measured by land from the Saibansho (Townhall) of each of the above mentioned places.

Shooting licenses can be obtained at the Kencho (Prefecture) for the sum or ten yen,which remain in force from the 15th of October until the 15th of April of the following year, and are only available within the Treaty Limits.

It is not easy to say, with precision, what fees should be paid for the hire of jinrikisha (man-eart-power), as the fares vary considerably in different localities; but the following estimate may be considered liberal:

A jinrikisha and one coolie during a day of 9 hours ﹜50 Sen.

with frequent and long rests…………………………..﹜

Ditto with two coolies ……1 Rio.

When the coolies have to run fast and stop but little, as in going from Yokohama to Odawura, at least double the above amount should be paid.

When a jinrikisha is engaged by distance, 10 sen to each coolie per ri, may be quoted as fair. In fine weather and over good roads, two men will run one ri in thirty minutes. In every case it is better to make a bargain before starting, to prevent after disputes.