1008　　Matsukata, Masayoshi　(1835-1924)
Report on the adoption of the gold standard in Japan.　1899.

REPORT ON THE ADOPTION OF THE GOLD STANDARD IN JAPAN, BY COUNT MATSUKATA MASAYOSHI, H. I. J. M's Minister of State for Finance.
TOKIO, Printed at the Government Press, Thirty Second Year of Meiji (1899).
[1], iii, xv, 389 p., [2] leaves of plates. 26 cm.

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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Successive steps in the development of the coinage system since the early years of Meiji.　1
Sect. 1. Promulgation of the New Coinage Regulations: circumstances that led to the change of the gold standard into a gold and silver bi-metallic system.　1
Sect. 2. Issue of inconvertible paper money and the circumstances that led to its over-issue.　17
Sect. 3. Adjustment of paper currency and the establishment of a de facto silver standard.　38
Sect. 4. The reserve fund and the adjustment of paper currency.　107
CHAPTER II. The state of affairs which necessitated the coinage reform of 1897.　145
Sect. 1. The depreciation of silver and the coinage reforms in foreign countries.　145
Sect. 2. Circumstances which called for the coinage reform of Japan, and the results of the investigations conducted by the Coinage-Investigation-Committee.　158
CHAPTER III. The Chinese indemnity and the creation of the gold reserve.　166
CHAPTER IV. The Coinage Law of 1897.　174
CHAPTER V. The laws and ordinances relating to the carrying into operation of the Coinage Law.　199
Sect. 1. Various regulations in connection with minting.　199
Sect. 2. Regulations concerning the forms of coins.　209
Sect. 3. Regulations concerning the coins inconvenient for circulation.　213
Sect. 4. Regulations concerning the exchange of 1-yen silver coins.　214
Sect. 5. Rules for the Special Comptabilite of the Coinage Adjustment Fund.　216
CHAPTER VI. Importation of a portion of the Chinese indemnity; measures which were taken to convert the imported bullion into coins to be reserved for the exchange of the silver yen.　219
CHAPTER VII. The minting of the new coins.　228
Sect. 1. The minting of the gold coins.　228
Sect. 2. The minting of subsidiary silver coins.　229
Sect. 3. The minting of subsidiary nickel and bronze coins.　235
CHAPTER VIII. Prospects of future supply for the gold reserve.　238
CHAPTER IX. The withdrawal from circulation of 1-yen silver coins.　243
Sect. 1. The preparations for exchanging 1-yen silver coins.　243
Sect. 2. Amount of 1-yen silver coins and of the promissory notes of the mint withdrawn from circulation.　247
Sect. 3. Circumstances attending the withdrawal from circulation of 1-yen silver coins.　248
CHAPTER X. Final disposal of the retired silver yen.　309
Sect. 1. Disposal by recoinage into subsidiary silver coins.　312
Sect. 2. Disposal by sale of the silver yen coins in Hongkong, Shanghai, &c.　316
Sect. 3. Disposal by being transferred to Formosa, Wei-hai-wei and Korea and disbursed.　326
Sect. 4. The loss sustained by the Government through the sale of retired silver yen, and the way in which that loss was made good; the circumstances under which the sale was conducted.　333
CHAPTER XI. The employment of funds in the Government Treasury in connection with the coinage reform.　342
CHAPTER XII. Effects of the coinage reform upon the economic condition of our country.　347
Sect. 1. The effect of the coinage reform on the commerce and industry at home.　347
Sect. 2. The effect of the coinage reform on the foreign trade of the country.　369
Sect. 3. The effect of the coinage reform on the financial condition of the country.　376
CHAPTER XIII. The monetary system of Formosa.　379
Sect. 1. The currency in use in Formosa about the time that island was ceded to Japan.　379
Sect. 2. The Coinage Law of 1897 and the currency system of Formosa.　382

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記載書誌
WENCKSTERN II, p. 207. TOYO BUNKO, p. 243.