"Out of the 130 towns and villages situated in my district, the Japanese occupy only seven, while their in-
Municipal Advocate's Report For March The Municipal Advocate states in his report that a total number of 7,721 cases were prosecuted in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Kiangsu High Court Second Branch, during the month of March, as compared with 6,347 cases in February. Out of the total number of Cases prosecuted during March, 6,002 were administrative cases and 1,629
Were criminal cases, Out of the total number of administratives cases brought to trial, 3,278 persons failed to appear and their bail was confiscated and 18 were withdrawn, as compared with 2476 cases in which bail was confiscated and 15 cases withdrawn in February. 2,796 i ive cases wage prosecuted to completion, out of which number 2,704 persons were convicted and two acquitted. 103 criminal cases were withdrawn and 1,526 were prosecuted to completion, out of which number 1,408 persons were convicted and 118 acquitted. The total number of administrative and criminal cases pro-secured to completion was 4322, as compared with 3,780 cases in February. 4,202 persons were convicted and i20 persons were acquitted, as compared with 3,652 persons convicted and 128 persons acquitted in February. summarily shot; yet people had refused to handle the Japanese paper money.
"Some time ago," the magistrate asserted, "several Japanese appeared along the railway doing business as money changers, They Offered t" give 90 cents Chinese money for one Yen. This was done in order to establish a black market rate' in an attempt to convince the Chinese people that the Japanese money was of some value, for the Chinese treated it as worthless. This device has now been dropped. If a Chinese wished to have change for Japanese money he was given, for every National Government dollar, $1.10 to $1.20 in new. Chinese notes, which were counterfeits."
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