Total of $77,000,000 Pledged by Three Provinces Total subscriptions for the Liberty Bonds reported on Tuesday from the provincial committees in charge of the sale of the bonds in the provinees of Chekiang, Kwangtung and Szechuen amounted to over $77,000,- 000, according to an announcement by the National Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. T. V. Soong.
In a telegraphic report, Mr. Chu Chi-hua, chairman of the Chekiang Provincial Government, states that his committee had met with considerable success and that subscriptions from individuals and organ tions throughout the pouring in so that, estimated, the total amount to come irom Chekiang during the first period of the campaign would be well over 30,000,000, A similar report was received from Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, vice-chairman of the Kwangtung provincial committee, announcing that the enthusiastic response he had received from all quarters since the opening of the provincial office, had enabled him to timate the total subscription during the first period of the campaign to be over the 30 million dollar mark.
General Liu Hsiang, of the Szechuen provincial committee, reports that approximately $17,000,000 had been subscribed to date, adding that his committee determined committee reports that a campaign had been launched to secure a total subse tion of $1,000,000 towards the installment of the issue in the immediate future.
To facilitate subscription for the bonds by individuals, regardless of ihe amount, the committee has formulated a simple system. of small savings accounts which may be opened with any of the officially designated receiving banks. With such ds n account further deposits will be received by the banks until the conclusion of the campaign when all such deposit books may be surrendered by the individuals concerned in exchange for the equivalent value in Liberty Bonds. Such deposits will bear the same rate of interest as the bonds, namely, four per cent—Kuo Min,
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