During the trip, Kuroda met with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Horace CAPRON, who agreed to go to Japan as adviser, and he also invited many other foreigners to work in Japan.
旅行中、米国の農務長官ホーレス・ケプロンが黒田に会って顧問に赴くことを承諾し、他多数のお雇い外国人の招請の道を開いた。