Economic News No. 49

News excerpts from the Economic News issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Rice Delivery Progressing Smoothly, 52% Completed as on Dec. 20, Reported; Note Issue Tops ¥202,446 Million, Highest Figure in Bank's History; Applications and Registrations of Patents, Trade Marks, Etc; Yawata Steel Output Still Poor, Pig Iron Better for Middle Days; Salt-Rock Phosphate, Sugar, Coming Soon from Africa, USA; Hokkaido Produces 105% of Coal in Month, Result of 'More Coal' Drive Noticed; Coal Output for Middle 10 Days of December Reaches 105.9% of Goal; Blackmarket Price Indices of 53 Cities; Osaka Highest, Saga Lowest, as on Dec. 15; Price of Land in Urban Districts Rise, Average 16 Times 1936 Figure; Fishing Materials to be Distributed, Control System to be Abandoned; Private Railway Firms, Tramoars Boost Traffic Fares; Omi Rice for Tokyo-Yokohama Area, Reverse Flow from West to East