Dairen, May 3.
Sixty-four companies are nov" operating under the South Manchurta Railway Ca. Their authorised capital] is divided into the following. thres monetary categories: _¥.451,020,000 (Japanese currency); $5,850,000 (la Manchoukuo yuan); and' £2,000,0C0} sterling.
"the actual amounts of capital invested by the S. M. R. Ca, in these enterprises total' as follows: "¥.144,- 71921250 Gapanese currency); $138, 000° (in Manchoukuo yuan); 098 (British currency). There amounts represent paid-up share] money.
Figures have just been released) by the Invested Enterprises Office the General Management Departmen: of the Head Offices of the SMR. Ca. here, The S. M. R. also operates hotels, including a chain' known as the Yamato hotels in the principal cities of Manchuria, the Ryoto Hotel in Dairen and the Hot-spring Hotel Tangkangtsu.
Four newspapers are also finance? by the SMR. Ca. The leading Chinese restaurant in Dairen, called the Toyeikaku, is also financed by the same railway company—Reuter.
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