Tokio, Oct. 26.
The amount of money spent on earthquake relief up to the present is said to be Y.40,000,000 but this excludes the amount spent by charitable societies, companies and individuals, which it is impossible to estimate.
The money spent so far has been taken from the Y.10,000,000 donated by the Imperial Family, ¥.26,000,000 assigned to relief work and money subscribed at home and abroad.
In the middle of this month about 500,000 people were in receipt of relief. On October 1, the number was over 700,000.
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