Plans are being completed by the Central Mint forthe supervision of various mints in the country. Acting fon Instructions from the Ministry of Finance, the Mint authorities sent delegates to Hangchow, Wuchang, Chengiu, Chunking, Lanchow, Tien-{sin and Peiping where the "plants were inspected. It is understood that these mints will be put under the control of the Central Mint, 'Twene are over 19,000 Japanese civilians residing in North China, according to an estimate made by' the Shun Pao" Peiping correspondent. Of this number, 3,000 are in Peiping, but this figure is subject to frequent changes because there are many "tourists" who come and go to and from the old capital every day. Hundreds of these "tourists" are alleged to be merely renin who are active in Peiping. selling drugs, operating gambling dens and houses of ill-repute.
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