Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Manuscripts/MS Parkes contains:
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11	Hong Kong: Papers re government and trade
12	Straits Settlements: Financial reports
13	Japan: Papers re business and government
14	Japan: Correspondence
15	Japan: Pamphlets and newspapers
16	Japan: Papers re loans and finance
17	Japan: Papers re George Hodges' illness
18	Japan: Letter from Earl Granville
19	Japan: Report on naval and military capacity
20	Bonin Islands: Papers re settlers
21	Korea: Miscellaneous papers
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Japan: Papers re loans and finance
Reference	MS Parkes 16
Covering Dates	1869–1882
Extent and Medium	3 bundles

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 16 contains:

Memorandum on the government mint. A press copy of a memorandum by John Robertson, on behalf of the Oriental Bank Corporation, submitted to the Japanese government, proposing alterations to the intended mode of operating the government mint, dated Yokohama, 2 June 1869.
12 folios.

1869

Letters and papers re Horatio Lay. A letter from Joseph Russell, Yokohama, to Parkes, 12 December 1870, 1 bifolio, enclosing press copies of a protest made by Horatio Nelson Lay against an edict of the Japanese government of 29 June 1870, dated 8 October 1870, 4 folios; a letter from Lay, London, to the Directors of the Oriental Bank Corporation, 8 October 1870, 6 folios; a letter from Charles James Fife Stuart, London, to Lay, 21 October 1870, 5 folios; and a letter from Russell, Yokohama, to Date [Munenari], Okuma [Shigenobu] and Ito [Hirobumi], 12 December 1870, 2 folios. There is also an envelope addressed to Parkes, labelled 'Mr Lay's manifesto'.
17 folios, 1 bifolio + 1 envelope.

1870

Letter from Charles J.F. Stuart. A letter from Charles James Fife Stuart, London, to Parkes.
4 bifolios.

7 Jan. 1871

Papers re Japanese government loan. A letter from Charles James Fife Stuart, London, to Parkes, 16 January 1873, 1 bifolio, including the envelope, enclosing copies, prepared by Murray & Hutchins, solicitors, of documents concerning a seven per cent sterling loan to the Japanese government for £2,400,000:. Imperial decree from Sanjo Sanetomi to Yoshida Kiyonari, 23 March 1872, 3 folios (tied together): an English translation by S. Shioda and G. Foukoutsi [Fukuchi Genichiro], London, 14 December 1872, certified by Hirobumi Ito. Imperial decree from Sanjo to Yoshida, 22 September 1872, 3 folios (tied together): an English translation by Shioda and Foukoutsi, London, 14 December 1872, certified by Ito. Order of the Chamber of Privy Councillors of the Japanese government, Tokei, 22 September 1872, 5 folios (tied together) (a copy of the proceedings of the Chamber): an English translation by Shioda and Foukoutsi, London, 14 December 1872, certified by Ito. Order of the Chamber of Privy Councillors of the Japanese government, Tokei, 29 September 1872, 3 folios (tied together) (a copy of the proceedings of the Chamber): an English translation by Shioda and Foukoutsi, certified by Ito. Certificate by Okubo Toshimichi concerning powers granted to Yoshida, dated London, 12 December 1872, with a certificate by John Newton concerning the signature of Okubo's certificate, London, 19 December 1872, 3 folios (tied together). General bond of the loan, issued by Yoshida, 13 January 1873, 2 bifolios (sewn together). Certificate by Terashima Munenori concerning the powers granted to Yoshida and the validity of the general bond, 13 January 1873, 1 bifolio. Certificate by William Duff concerning the execution of the general bond, London, 13 January 1873, 1 bifolio. Memorandum by Yoshida concerning the financial effect of the redemption of Japanese rice revenues by the loan, London, 13 January 1873, 1 bifolio. Memorandum by J. Macnab concerning the working of the two per cent sinking fund applicable to the loan, London, 13 January 1873, 1 bifolio.
1 bundle.

1873

Statement on Japanese government loan. 'Proposed Japanese Loan': a printed statement by Horatio Nelson Lay concerning his dealings with the Japanese government, undated, but labelled 'Jan. 1873'.
1 bifolio.

circa 1873

Terms of Japanese government loan. An undated manuscript draft of the terms of a Japanese government loan for the redemption of paper currency, with gaps left for dates, comprised of 1 folio and 1 small label glued to a backing sheet.
1 folio.

circa 1873

National Bank Act. 'National Bank Act. Copy Furnished to H.M. Minister by His Excellency The Minister of Finance', a copy of the Act in Parkes' hand, 15 bifolios + 1 folio, with a covering letter from Baron Henry [Heinrich] von Siebold, Tokyo, to Parkes, 13 February 1879, 1 bifolio.
16 bifolios + 1 folio.

1879

Extract from a 'Treatise on the Science of Finance'. Two copies of 'Translation of an Extract from a Treatise on the Science of Finance by Paul Leroy Beaulieu': an undated English translation of an extract from Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, 'Traité de la Science des Finances' (first published Paris, 1877). The extract is taken from vol. 2, p. 322 et seq., presumably from a subsequent edition of the work (1879 or later). The copies, 6 bifolios (tied together) and 7 bifolios (sewn together), are in different hands, one of which is identical to that of Parkes 16/6).
2 documents.

circa 1879

Memorandum on currency and loan plans. A manuscript memorandum [by John Robertson] concerning currency and loan plans for consideration by the Japanese government.
1 bifolio.

Feb. 1882

Envelope to Parkes. An envelope addressed to Parkes in Yedo, undated.
1 envelope.

O.H.M.S. envelope. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 16/1-10, undated, labelled on the reverse 'Loans & Finance'.
1 envelope.