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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

$500

6

Income Tax

(CGU 100)

1.5.38 Gold Loan of 1938

£10)

5%

Salt Surplus

(U.9.850

Cent.Reserve

1.7.38 Relief Loan of 1938

$100

4

Relief Fund & N'nl Revenues

1.4.38 Reconstruction Ln 1939

$300

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

9.39 Thrift & N'l Sav.Bonds. Unlimited

64%

8% Guaranteed by Bonus Government

In addition there have been various Fro-

vincial Loans for Kwangsi (twice, totall-

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

Szechuan, Honan and Kansu.

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