Economic News No. 37

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Bank of Japan's Note Issue Reaches ¥183,352 Million as on Dec. 10; Power Situation Slightly Better, Heaters May be Used for 3 or 4 Days; Mackerel Catch for 0 Days in Chiba Totals 1.8 Million Kan; Agricultural Census Shows More Farmers This Year Than 1946, 36,599,458 Farm Population; ¥20,000 Dynamo Offered for Sale, Instead of Candles and Oil Lamps, 100 Sold in No Time; Tokyo Citizen's Poll Tax to be Raised from ¥390 to ¥600; 35 Freighters, Used by Navy in War, To be Sold to Private Business; Over Million Kan of Fish Caught in Kyushu During November; Takamatsu Planning Fair Next April; Blackmarkets Attracted by Lucrative School Bazaars; Sound Money Policy Breaking Down, Reconstruction Financing Difficult; Introducing Economic Journals of Japan