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Show nroms o;i PAi;i:;c ;surriK;G in japah TOKIO. March n.Tha latest statistics procurable from the three prefectures most heavily affected by the famine are aa follows: ' j Fukushlma A - complete failure of the crops over two-thirds of the whole cultl- Vated, area. The sufferers, number.' 483,5SI." out of a total population ot 1.170, 531. , Mlyagl A complete crop failure affects nearly the whole cultivated area. The sufi ferera number 2S4.86S. out of a oooulatlon of 889,78. . r I Iwa'te A total failure of the crops over I nearly two-third of the whole cultivated I area. The sufferers number 130,422, out of a population of 748,827. . 1 The aufferer here mentioned are only those requiring Immediate relief In the matter of food and clothing. , The other prefecture are also more or less affected, especially Gumma, The total number of sufferers calling for aid exceed 1,000,000, Assistance both private and 'official M active but entirely Inadequate to the necessities ne-cessities of the occasion, , J |