WASHINGTON, _December 17, 1867_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate, an agreement between
the diplomatic representatives of certain foreign powers in Japan,
including the minister of the United States, on the one part, and
plenipotentiaries on the part of the Japanese Government, relative
to the settlement of Yokohama.
This instrument can not be legally binding upon the United States unless
sanctioned by the Senate. There appears to be no objection to its
approval.
A copy of General Van Valkenburgh's dispatch to the Secretary of State,
by which the agreement was accompanied, and of the map to which it
refers, are also herewith transmitted.