Our seine supplied us with fine salmon and a quantity of other fish, and the shores of the bay abound with excellent shellfish. During our stay in this harbor, from the 17th May to 3d June, the weather was generally pleasant until the 1st June, when the fog set in. It was usually calm in the morning, but toward the middle of the day a brisk breeze from S. W. sprung up. Latitude, mouth of Kamida creek 41° 49′ 22″ N. Longitude, ” ” ” 140° 47′ 45″ E. Variation 4° 30′ W. High Water, F. and C 5 hours. Extreme rise and fall of tide 3 feet. Our chronometers were rated at Napa Kiang, Loo-Choo, from the position of that place as given by Captain Beechy, R. N. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. [In the text is given an account of the negotiations relative to the comparative value of the American and Japanese coin. It is thought as well to give the report of the pursers appointed to arrange the question, which will be found below.] UNITED STATES STEAM-FRIGATE POWHATAN, SIMODA, _June 15, 1854_. SIR: The committee appointed by you, in your letter of the 12th instant, to confer with a committee from the Japanese commissioners in reference to the rate of exchange and currency between the two nations in the trade at the ports opened, and to settle the price of coal to be delivered at this port, beg leave to report:—