115
6
7
1939-40. Thousands
of yen.
(d) Ministry of the Army-
**Manchurian incident" expenditure
369,123
Military air force reorganisation
149,969
C
Payment to new Emergency War Materials Fund
Special Account(*)
10,000
(e) Ministry of the Navy-
Naval air force
69,867
(f) Ministry of Justice-
Prevention of "dangerous thought
offences
1,171
Prevention of offences against economic legislation
365
Expenses in connexion with new law for the arbitra-
tion of family disputes
216
(g) Ministry of Education-
Social education
5,338
"National spiritual mobilisation
700
1939-40. Thousands
(k) Ministry of Overseas Affairs—
of yen.
Colonisation in Manchuria
28,231
Colonisation in South America and the South Seas
2,268
Development of supplies of raw cotton and wool "National spiritual mobilisation"
830
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(7) Ministry of Welfare-
Military relief
88,534
Unemployment relief
3,397
Labour exchanges .......
6,093
Development of preventive measures against tuber-
culosis
1,385
Promotion of physical culture
1,970
Research into population problems
121
Leprosy treatment and research
1,095
8.
Special Accounts.
Guidance of thought
170
Establishment of an Imperial University at Nagoya
119
The budgets of the principal special accounts are as follows (in thousands of yen; 1938-39 figures are given for comparison) :-
Air raid precautions
607
Preservation of national treasures
351
Physical training reorganisation in schools
176
J5
Encouragement of the study of Japanese in "neigh-
bouring countries'
56
Thousands of Yen.
Revenue.
Expenditure.
1939-40.
1938-39.
1989-40.
1988 39.
Meteorological surveys to assist air routes
469
Subsidies to Maisons Franco-Japonaises, German- Japanese cultural association, and German- Italian society
Ministry of Railways (three accounts)
1,970,338
1,489,376
1,771,181 1,354,611
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(h) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries-
Ministry of
Communications (three
569,360
565,308
535,238
534,338
accounts)
Assistance for export and marketing of agricultural
and marine products
Korea (Government-General railways,
777,856
586,348
767,602
578,897
7,742
insurance)
Encouragement of manufacture of fertilisers
1,951
Formosa (Government-General railways,
282,673
191,015
280,733
191,015
Encouragement of the use of charcoal as a substitute
rice control)
for petrol
Government of Kwantung Leased Terri-
34,340
24,057
34,191
24,057
259
tory
Encouragement of sheep-raising
1,318
Government of Saghalien...
48,784
38,689
48,784
38,689
Horse-breeding and investigation
25,025
(2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry-
Promotion of foreign trade
Government of South Seas Mandated
Territory
10,944
9,675
10,839
9,675
10.367
Development of self-sufficiency in liquid fuel
38,068
Encouragement of the use of substitute materials
1,464
The following loans are authorised in the special accounts:-
Control of prices of commodities
637
Assistance to unemployed by changes of employment
7,438
Expenditure in connexion with the
increase
of
industrial productive capacity
20,066
Encouragement to the mining industry
1,255
Encouragement of steel production
2,741
Encouragement of gold production
4,577
Tokyo International Exhibition, 1940
31
Participation in exhibitions at San Francisco and
Special account-
Railways
Communications
Korea
Formosa
Total
Thousands
of yen.
80,000
22,500
164,768
6,400
273,668
New York
975
Encouragement of nickel production
230
Encouragement of research into the manufacture of
light metals
350
Investment in Imperial Mining Development Company
3,378
() Ministry of Communications-
Grants and subsidies to shipping
24,640
Development of civil aviation
42,128
Supply of electric power to gold-mines...
(") This account has been set up to enable the Japanese military authorities in China to
buy raw materials in occupied areas. there. The account is self-balancing.
Materials bought are to be shipped to Japan and sold
1,695
This brings the total of authorised loans in all the 1939-40 budgets to 5,925,470,000 yen.
The following receipts from, and payments to, the general account are included in the budgets of the principal special accounts :-
Special account—
Communications
Korea
Kwantung Leased Territory South Seas Mandated Territory
Thousands of yen. Receipt from Payment to general account. general account.
81,695
12,904 16
700
116