Tokyo, Oct. 8, Owing to the unusual number of natural disasters this year, the Min-{istry of Finance has been forced to change its original budget policy.
Tt is said that the Government will have to consolidate its financial postion by curtailing the additional budget for 1934 and the 1935-6 budget, to the smallest figures possi Under this new policy, the Finance Ministry is studying the budget esti mates for the next fiscal As a result of the first study, the Finance Ministry has decided to approve of Y.130,000,000 for the Army's demands which originally totally ¥.246,000,000. The Navy's budget estimate for fresh enterprises, which was ¥.294,000,000, will be cut to only 70,000,000, while the demand of the Ministry "of Agriculture and Forestry for ¥.113,000,000 will be euro tailed to ¥.20,000,000.
is learned that the Finance Ministry approved of ¥.260,000,000 for fresh enterprises out of ¥.1,200,000,- 000 originally demanded, wherefore the approved amount is only a little more than 27 per cent. of the sum originally requested.
The budget in the general account estimated to be around ¥.1,900,000,- 000,000, including "¥.1,659,000,000 for running expense of the state and '¥.80,000,000. for. interest on govern ment bonds—United Press.
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