It is officially announced that the casualties on board the torpedo destroyer Akatsuki, during the reconnaissance in force of Port Arthur on the 20th May include Lieut.- Commander Suyetsugu and four officers as well as fifteen petty officers and men. A sub-lieutenant.'and two men died from their wounds, Surgeons-General Hashimoto, Sato and Kinkudi have been attached to the Imperial Headquarters. The first-named is ordered to assume the supervision of the Tokio Reserve Hospital; the second that of the Hiroshima Reserve Hospital; and the third that of the military Hospital at Matsuyama, Shikoku. The Russian prisoners at the last-mentioned place total 460 of whom 19 are officers and 36 petty officers.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, The N.!¥. K.'s profit and loss account for the semi-annual term from October, 1903, to March, 1904, which was submitted to the company's general meeting to-day, was as follows Yen.
Brought from last account... 1,001,939.575 Net profit, 1,469,237.916
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