The negotiations conducted by Mr. Gotoh and Mr. Toshy in Japan, and the
success with which these negotiations were attended, will be apparent from the follow-
ing: —

As has been stated, the Canadian Nippon Supply Company was formed on Decem-
ber 17, 1906. Mr. Gotoh sailed for Japan in January, reaching there about the close
of the month. ' When you were in Japan,' Mr. Gotoh was asked, ' did you interest
yourself in any way in trying to further the objects of your company? ' ' Well, natur-
ally,' he replied, 'I have such business in view, you see, and so I try to find it out;
but at the time I found that the policy of the Japanese government would not allow
any labourers to come out to the country, both to the United States and Canada.'
'Q. That was when you arrived in Japan in January? — A. In January, yes.'
On the 30th of January Mr. Gotoh sent the following letter from Yokohama to
Vancouver; it was addressed to Mr. Kodama, his secretary, and a member of the firm
of the Canadian, Nippon Supply Company: —

'Yokohama, January 30, 1907.
'M. Kodama,

' Vancouver, B.C.
