At the time the notes of the Central Bank were surcharged under the scheme to restore them to pari ty, it Was announced that the Government would only accept these surcharged notes in payment of taxes, ete. This ruling was observed for a wh'le, but the Depart gent of Finance has since had to jesus a reminder, due, it is said, to. laxity. on the part of the tax collectors in the matter of accepting unsurcharged notes. It will be recalled that the surcharging of the notes of the Central Bank was undertaken as part of the program-roe for their stabilization. At that
jow par, but the Government ruled these notes were very much In connection with the royal wed dung o€ H. I. H. Prince Chichibu and Miss Seteuko Matsudaira, an international swimming contest has been decided to be held at the Tamagaw Swimming Pool about the middle of next_month under the auspices of the Tokyo "Asahi," to which crack swimmers of the world who per-armed at the Inst Olympic Games, including Mr. Weismuller of the United States, Mr. Arne Borg of Sweden, Mr, Lademacher of Ger-Mr. Mdefonso of the that the surcharged notes were to be accepted at face value, and to! show its sincerity it was declared that all payments to the Government were to be made in these) notes.
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