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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-Yuko Hamaguchi

Minister for Foreign Affairs--Baron Kijiuro Shidehara

Minister for Railways-Jasuku Egi

Minister for Navy-Admiral Takeshi Takarabe

Minister for Army-General Issei Ugaki

Minister for Commerce and Industry-Magoichi Tawara

Minister for Home Affairs-Kenzo Adachi

Minister for Finance-Junnosuke Inoue

Minister for Agriculture and Forestry-Chuji Machida Minister for Communication-Matajiro Koizumi Minister for Justice-Viscount Chifuyn Watanabe Minister for Education-Ryuzo Tanaka Minister for Oversea's Affairs-Geuji Matsuda

PRIVY COUNCIL (Tokyo)

President-Baron Yusaburo Kuratomi Vice do. Kiichiro Hiranuma

IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT (Tokyo)

Minister-Kitokuro Ichiki

OFFICE OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRIVY SEAL (Tokyo)

Keeper Count Nobuaki Makino

HOUSE OF PEERS (Tokyo)

President-Prince Iyesato Tokugawa

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

(Tokyo)

President-Zénbei Horikisi

EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS

ARGENTINE (LEGATION) 10, 7-chome,

Minamicho, Aoyama, Tokyo

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

BELGIUM (EMBASSY)-33, Shimonibancho, Kojimachi-ku; Tokyo Office: Teleph. Kudan 3556

Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary-H.E. Baron Albert de Rassompierre (Private Teleph. Ku- dan 2904)

First Secretary Viscount Joseph

Berryer (Private Teleph. 3930)

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

Akasaka, Tokyo

Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary-H.E. Alves de Araujo First Secy.-C. E. de Latorre Lisboa Naval Attaché-Commander C. A. G.

Lavigne

CHILEAN (LEGATION)-2, Hiroocho, Azabu-

ku, Tokyo

Minister-Enrique Gallardo Nieto Counsellor Santiago Ossa

Militar Attaché-Lte.-Colonel Arturo

Espinosa

As these pages go to press a general election is impending (February 1930) which may result in Cabinet changes.