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1939-40. Thousands

of yen.

(d) Ministry of the Army-

**Manchurian incident" expenditure

369,123

Military air force reorganisation

149,969

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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

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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

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