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Show JAPANESE BANKER , EXPLAINS LOAN GAIN TOKIO. Oct. 14. Considerable surprise sur-prise has been occasioned owing to the remarkable Increase during; the last few months In the amount of loan bonds held by the bank of Japan, which Is now put at more than 800,000.000 yen. The vice president of the bank In explanation of tha situation, has published a statement la which ha aays: "Although there are people who allege al-lege that the Bank of Japan has been burdened with a large amount of loan bonds, thereby causing an Inflation of currency, this is not eiaetly tha case, since the increase, of loan bonds In the pQSseaalon of the bank la mor due to that of foreign bonds than of domestic bonds. ' The increase In the amount of foreign for-eign bonds ts due to the fart that prior to 1V?0 the forelan bonds possessed pos-sessed by the bank abroad, were included in-cluded in the amount of apecle hel.l abroad, but since that time the bonds have been separated from the specie account and placed In the bond account. ac-count. This, however, hss not caused |