JAPAN’S FINANCE.
NOT SO BAD AS PAINTED. I f—w— — By telegraph. Press A’ss’n, Copyright I Received 8.46 a.m., Oot. 8. ' London, Oot 7. Mr Takahassa, a member of the Japa- [ nese Legation in London, being interviewed, stated that Baron Okuma’s statement put the financial situation in the worst light, doubtless with the view of urging his hearers to make still greater efforts. Japan’s total debt amounted to 192 millions, whereof only 40 millions bore 6 per cent interest. The total interest was a little over 10 millions. It was belieyed that a post helium finaooial scheme would so adjust the burden that it would not fall heavily on the population.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1579, 9 October 1905, Page 2
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