Tokyo, Jan, 30, Of Japan's total national indebtedness of Y,9(72,124,000, the general public to-day holds bonds of the face value of Y.1,899,584,000; the Government holds Y.2,293,714,000 worth of bonds, and banks hold the remainder.
The general public also has ¥,814,- 461,000 worth of foreign securities out of Japan's foreign indebtedness of ¥.1,328,081,000, while the Goyernment's holdings total Y¥.197,959,000.
These figures were released yesterday by a representative of the Finance Ministry: in the course of a budgetary debate in the House of Representatives, Gold valued at Y¥.39,000,000 has been smuggled out of Japan and her colonies during the past three- years, the Treasury official further announced.
(Cases of smuggling numbered 154, while the weight of gold involved totalled 10260 klgms., he said, During the current financial year, ending on March 31, the Government will have received Y.28,958,000 in dividends from seven _semi-official concerns, including the South Manchuria Railway Company, the Japan Iron Manufacturing Company, and the Japan Wireless Telegraphy Com-the parliamentarians were also
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