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LIST OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT LOANS ISSUED SINCE THE SINO-

JAPANESE HOSTILITIES STARTED August 1937.

Date

Name

Amount (Millions)

Interest

Security

1.9.37 Liberty Loan of 1937

$500

4%

National Revenues

1.5.38 N'nl Defence Loan 1938

8500

6%

Income Tax

(CGU 100)

1.5.38 Gold Loan of 1938

£10

5%%

Salt Surplus

(U.S.850

Cent.Reserve

1.7.38 Relief Loan of 1938

8100

4%

Relief Fund & N'nl Revenues

1.4.38 Reconstruction Ln 1939

8300

6%) Profits from State Enterprises &

1.8.38 Ditto. (2nd Issue)

$300

6%

1.6.39 Military Supplies Loan

of 1939

$300)

Surcharge on Salt Revenues.

Consolidated

6%

Taxes & Wine & Tobacco Taxes

1.10.39 Ditto. (2nd Issue)

$300

6+%

9.39 Thrift & N'l Sav.Bonds. Unlimited

81%

Bonus

Guaranteed by Government

In addition there have been various Pro-

vincial Loans for Kwangsi (twice, totall-

ing $25 million), Anhui, Fukien, Chekiang,

Szechuan, Honan and Kansu.

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