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material damage was enormous. A very large proportion of the buildings in the capital and the chief port were reduced to dust and ashes by the earthquake and the fires which followed. The official returns gave a total of 6,962 factories destroyed, and assessed the damage at yen $380,000,000. Great progress has been made in Tokyo and Yokohama with re-construction work on the most modern lines.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Prime Minister-Baron Giichi Tanaka

Minister for Foreign Affairs-Baron Giichi Tanaka Minister for Railways-Heikichi Ogawa

Minister for Navy-Admiral Keisuke Okada

Minister for Army-General Yoshinori Shirakawa

Minister for Commerce and Industry-Tokugoro Nakahashi Minister for Home Affairs-Keisuke Mochizuki

Minister for Finance-Chuuzo Mitsuchi

Minister for Agriculture and Forestry-Teijiro Yamamoto Minister for Communications-Fusanosuke Kuhara

Minister for Justice-Yoshimichi Hara Minister for Education-Kazuye Shoda

PRIVY COUNCIL (Tokyo)

President-Baron Yusaburo Kuratomi Vice do. Kiichiro Hiranuma

IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT (Tokyo)

OFFICE OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRIVY SEAL

(Tokyo)

Keeper-Count Nobuaki Makino

HOUSE OF PEERS (Tokyo)

President-Prince Iyesato Tokugawa

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Minister-Kitokuro Ichiki

(Tokyo)

President-Hajime Motoda

EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS

ARGENTINE (LEGATION) - 10, 7-chome,

7-chome, | CHINA (LEGATION)-Nagata-cho, 2-chome,

Minamicho, Aoyama, Tokyo

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenip.-Mario Ruiz de los Llanos Secretary--Dr. Octavio Pinto

BELGIUM (EMBASSY)-3, Sennencho, Ko- jimachi-ku, Tokyo; Teleph. Ginza 3736

Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenip.

-H.E. Albert de Bassompierre First Secy.-Viscount Joseph Berryer

BRAZIL (EMBASSY)-2, Omote-cho, 3-chome,

Akasaka, Tokyo

Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-

potentiary-H.E. A. de Feitosa Second Secy.-C. E. de Latorre Lisboa

CHILE (LEGATION)-Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary-Enrique Gallardo

Nieto

Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo

Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plenipoteniaire-S. Ex. M. Yongpao

Quang

Conseiller-Chiang Hung-geh 3rd Secretaire-H. L. Yang Attaché-Houang Ke Louen

Attaché Militaire-Général de Divison

Yo Kai Hsien

CZECHOSLOVAKIA (LEGATION)-Residence: 22, Kasumicho, Azabu-ku, Tokyo;Teleph. Aoyama 7004. Office: 67, Tansumachi, Azabu-ku, Tokyo; Teleph. Aoyama 7960. Tel. Ad: Zamini, Tokyo

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister

Plenip.-Joseph Svagrovsky Chancellor-Jan Fierlinger