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Show JAPANESE PLANS FOR RAISING WAR REVENUE - Will Extend Tobacco Monopoly, Mo-nopoly, Create Salt Mo-nopoly, Mo-nopoly, Increase Taxes ; and Issue Bonds. TOKID, March 16. The Cabinet, afar af-ar ft conference with the elder statesmen states-men and other political leaders, has lecided to submit proposals' for the ex-s ex-s :ension of the tobacco monopoly to ln- :lude manufactured tobacco and the rreation of a salt monopoly to a special Diet convening on Friday next. This a ill Involve a heavy outlay for the pur-:hae pur-:hae of private tobacco manufactur-ngf manufactur-ngf concerns and the salt Interests, but :he advisers of the Government retard re-tard the expenditure at this time as Alse. I The Cabinet has decided also to subtest sub-test increases in land Income, business, .vine, sugar, stock exchange, miners, rastoms or duty and stamp taxes, and n addition the creation of new taxes lpon silk piece goods, kerosene and a-oolens, an estimated total Increase imountlng to 68,000,000 yen. The war expenses from the commencement com-mencement of hostilities to the end of March are estimated at 156,000,000 yen, iivlded as follows: 108,000,000 yen for :he army and 47,000,000 yen for the aavy. Of this sum only 50,000,000 yen las actually been disbursed. Including :he payment for the cruisers Nisshln ind Kasuga, purchased abroad. The Government plans to meet the jxpendltures to the end of March with 100,000,000 yen from exchequer bonds lust sold; 25.000,000 yen from the special spe-cial funds and 31,000,000 yen to be raised by a temporary loan. The expenditure ex-penditure on account of the war from April next to December inclusive Is estimated es-timated at i 380.000,000 yen, besides a "pecial war reserve of 40,000,000 yen. The Government plans to meet" these ixpendltures bv the Issuance of 28.000,-)00 28.000,-)00 yen exchequer bonds; 68,000,000 yen In war taxes; 7,000,000 yen balance on ordinary annual receipts, and 25,000, yen from special fund. . |