Contemporary Manchuria

Table of Contents Index, 1937–1940
Published by the South Manchuria Railway Company, Dairen, Manchuria
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Volume I (1937)

April, 1937 (No. 1)

  • Why a New Magazine?
  • The South Manchuria Railway Company: Its Great Mission and Work (Yosuke Matsuoka)1
  • Bean Oil Industry in Manchuria15
  • Prevention of Cattle Diseases in Manchuria43
  • Manchouli Conference and Its Background53
  • The Present Situation of the Red Activities in China and Manchuria74
  • Electricity in Manchuria97
  • Improvement of Agricultural Products in Manchuria
  • Part 1. Soya Beans109
  • Milestone of Progress119

July, 1937 (No. 2)

  • Manchoukuo, Precursor of Asiatic Renaissance and the Government by Wang-tao (Kingly Way) Based on Theocracy (Prince Fumimaro Konoye)1
  • An Outline of the Manchoukuo-Soviet Border Controversy18
  • A Chronology of the North Manchuria Railway Transfer Negotiations42
  • Financial Condition of the Agricultural Population of North Manchuria in 193571
  • The S. M. R. Hygienic Institute82
  • Currency and Financial Situation in Manchuria92
  • Milestones of Progress126

September, 1937 (No. 3)

  • An Outline of Manchoukuo's Second-Stage Construction Program1
  • The White Russians in Manchoukuo16
  • The Manchoukuo-German Trade Agreement33
  • Distribution of Megalithic Vestiges in Manchuria48
  • Educational Activities of the South Manchuria Railway Company56
  • Improvement of Agricultural Products in Manchuria Part II. Improvement of Miscellaneous Agricultural Products70
  • Studies on the Alcoholic Extraction of Soya Bean Oil83
  • Milestones of Progress102

November, 1937 (No. 4)

  • The Various Stages of Russian Influence and Activities in Manchuria1
  • The Judicial System of Manchoukuo29
  • A Pointillistic Description of a Niang-niang Festival (Ikuya Kato)48
  • Ryuho Coal Mine—Additional Pride of Fushun55
  • A Survey of the Coal Mining Industry in Manchuria66
  • The Rural Credit Associations in Manchoukuo77
  • The Immigration of Japanese Farmers to Manchoukuo: Its Necessity and Chances of Success96
  • Milestones of Progress104

Volume II (1938)

January, 1938 (No. 1)

  • First Five Years of Capital Construction1
  • Abolition of Extraterritoriality in Manchoukuo, and the Transfer of Administrative Rights in South Manchuria Railway Zone8
  • The Various Stages of Russian Influence and Activities in Manchuria
  • Chapter II. Since the Russo-Japanese War to the Great Revolution22
  • Manchuria's Super-Express "Asia"45
  • Special Concentration Process at Showa Steel Works, Anshan61
  • The Mining Industry of Manchoukuo71
  • The Live-Stock Industry of Manchoukuo97
  • A Frenchman's Impression of the North China Front129
  • Milestones of Progress136
  • Contents of Nos. 1 to 4

March, 1938 (No. 2)

  • Chifuri, Ideal Japanese Settlement in the Manchurian Wilds1
  • Government Monopolies in Manchoukuo13
  • Survey of Manchurian Agriculture39
  • Immigration of Japanese Farmers into Manchuria47
  • History of the Manchu Race58
  • Italian Recognition of Manchoukuo75
  • Milestones of Progress90

May, 1938 (No. 3)

  • The Various Stages of Russian Influence and Activities in Manchuria
  • Chapter III Influence and Activities of Bolshevism in Manchuria1
  • Immigration of Japanese Farmers into Manchuria
  • Part II42
  • The Development and Administration of Railway Lines in Manchuria57
  • Cultural Activities in Manchuria77
  • An Account of the Hsien and Banner Councilor System of Manchoukuo92
  • Manchu Festivals108
  • Impressions on Manchoukuo
  • Part I (Jean Douyau)123
  • Comintern's Plottings in Manchuria146
  • Milestones of Progress158

July, 1938 (No. 4)

  • The Customs System in Manchoukuo1
  • Electrical Communications in Manchuria26
  • The Liang Chan, a Peculiar Institution in Agricultural Community44
  • Immigration of Japanese Farmers into Manchuria
  • Part III65
  • Stevedore Coolies of Dairen81
  • Marriages, Births and Funerals in Manchuria94
  • Impressions on Manchoukuo
  • Part II (Jean Douyau)112
  • Milestones of Progress135

September, 1938 (No. 5)

  • Manchu Legends1
  • Cotton Cultivation in Manchuria16
  • Labour Management at the Fushun Coal Mines38
  • Harbin, City of Historic Lore and Romance58
  • Financial Situation of the South Manchuria Railway Company94
  • The Land System in Manchoukuo112
  • Milestones of Progress132

November, 1938 (No. 6)

  • The Pulp Industry in Manchuria1
  • The Gold Mining Industry in Manchoukuo21
  • Special Local Administration System in Manchuria43
  • Fur Bearing Wild Animals on the Barga Steppes60
  • An Outline of the Russian Orthodoxy in Manchuria85
  • The S. M. R. Cooperative Society105
  • Milestones of Progress115

Volume III (1939)

January, 1939 (No. 1)

  • Japanese Investments in Manchuria1
  • Opium Administration in Manchoukuo18
  • The Cotton Industry in North China45
  • A Review of the Thirty-Year Japanese Administration of the Kwantung Leased Territory and the S. M. R. Zone57
  • The Manchurian Bandits80
  • The School Education in Manchoukuo104
  • The New Manchoukuo-Germany Trade Pact129
  • Contents of Vol. II

April, 1939 (No. 2)

  • The Foreign Trade of Manchoukuo since Its Inception1
  • Wheat and Flour Manufacturing in Manchuria21
  • The Tungus Race in Manchoukuo47
  • The White Russian Situation in Manchoukuo73
  • The Live-Stock Industry in Inner Mongolia85
  • Agriculture in Inner Mongolia106
  • The Catholic Religion in Manchoukuo129

July, 1939 (No. 3)

  • Foreign Trade of Manchoukuo (continued from previous issue)1
  • A Historical Outline of the Development of Manchurian Railways36
  • The Truth about the Russian Emigrants in Manchoukuo62
  • The Mongol Race in Manchoukuo83
  • The Beet Sugar Industry in Manchuria96
  • An Outline of Outer Mongolia111

October, 1939 (No. 4)

  • Japan-Manchoukuo-China Economic Collaboration1
  • The Racial Problem in Manchoukuo as Seen Through the Manchoukuo Concordia Association20
  • Mechanical Farming in Manchuria42
  • The Brewing Industry in Manchoukuo63
  • Mongol Farming79
  • An Old Manchurian Custom (T. O'Neill-Lane)97
  • The Gold Tribe of Manchoukuo124
  • In the "Virtue and Abundance-Inn" (Nicholas Zissermann)147

Volume IV (1940)

January, 1940 (No. 1)

  • Pioneering in Manchuria1
  • Coal Liquefaction and the South Manchuria Railway Company17
  • A History of Christian Mission Work in Manchuria28
  • An Index of the Power of Resistance of the Chiang Regime56
  • Chinese Culture and Manchoukuo77
  • Inner Mongolian Archaeology85
  • Manchurian Calendar93

April, 1940 (No. 2)

  • The Chemical Industry in Manchuria and the S. M. R. Central Laboratory1
  • Debts of Farmers in Manchuria26
  • Koreans in Manchuria49
  • Folk Songs in Manchuria71
  • Dairen and Ryojun88

Milestones of Progress: Monthly Supplement (1939)

Published monthly by the South Manchuria Railway Company, Dairen, Manchuria. Formerly a section within Contemporary Manchuria, spun off as a separate publication in January 1939.

January, 1939 (No. 1)

  • Rapid Expansion of Industrial Companies
  • Manchuria Heavy Industry Co. Decides to Raise 2,000 Million Yuan
  • Work Commenced on the Development of East Manchuria
  • Funds for Five-Year Industrial Plan Raised to 6,000 Million Yuan
  • Provisional Capital Control Law Enacted
  • Condition of All Banks in Manchoukuo
  • 55 Mechanized Farms Projected
  • General Survey of Alkali Regions of Manchuria
  • Soya Bean Leaves for Making Tobacco
  • Kingcheng-Tiehli Railway Opened
  • Solution of the "Mongol" Lands Question
  • Hulutao Harbour Construction
  • Tourist Industry Grows in Manchoukuo
  • Manchoukuo Opens Consular Relations with Poland
  • Huge Japanese Investments Made in North China since Incident

February, 1939 (No. 2)

  • S. M. R. Opening Five New Sanatoria
  • Central Bank of Manchou's Currency Issue Registers Record Figure
  • Manchoukuo's Budget for 1939
  • 1939 Immigration Plans
  • 1938 Crop Forecast Shows 3% Increase
  • Analytical Tests of Farm Products
  • Rice Control Law Promulgated
  • Hungary Accords Formal Recognition to Manchoukuo

March, 1939 (No. 3)

  • Manchukuo's 1938 Trade Shows Big Import Excess
  • 823 Million Yuan To Be Raised for Investment in Manchuria This Year
  • 27 New Firms with 58 Million Yuan Capital Established
  • 1938 Sees Record Gain of Capital
  • 625 New Companies Formed in 1938
  • Postal Savings, Life, Fire and Marine Insurance
  • Over Half a Million Coolies Enter Manchuria in 1938
  • Superior Cement That Solidifies in Sub-Zero Weather Produced
  • Large Scale Settlement of Korean Farmers in Manchuria Planned

April, 1939 (No. 4)

  • Japanese Investments in Manchuria in last Three Years Exceed One Billion Yen
  • Net Profit of the Central Bank of Manchou Amounts to M¥ 2,152,000
  • Governor Tanaka of Central Bank Notes Good Progress in Manchoukuo
  • Showa Steel Works Plans Vast Expansion
  • 100 Million Yuan Automobile Firm Projected in Mukden
  • Manchuria Coal Deposits Estimated at 15 Billion Tons
  • Tokyo-Hsinking Direct Non-Stop Air Service Inaugurated
  • Manchoukuo Joins Anti-Red Pact

May, 1939 (No. 5)

  • 1939 Enterprise Funds Total 2,400 Million Yuan
  • Japan Invests M¥ 601,000,000 in Manchoukuo in 1938
  • Shale Oil Output Will Reach One Million Tons in 1943
  • S. M. R. Budget for 1939 Shows Huge Increase
  • Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Company Projected in Hsinking
  • Manchoukuo Enacts Cotton Control Law
  • 420 Million Yen To Be Invested in North China Enterprises This Year
  • Currency Issue and Reserves of Central Bank of Manchou
  • Condition of All Ordinary Banks in Manchoukuo
  • Business Condition of Rural Credit Associations
  • Postal Savings in Manchoukuo
  • Coolie Immigration into Manchuria

June, 1939 (No. 6)

  • Manchoukuo's Financial and Economic Progress Cited by Governor Tanaka
  • Results of Manchoukuo Five-Year Industrial Plan Gratifying3
  • M. T. T. Expanding Communications6
  • Manchoukuo's 30-Year Forestation Program6
  • Hua Hsing Commercial Bank Inaugurated8

July, 1939 (No. 7)

  • Manchoukuo's Foreign Trade Registers Further Increase
  • Capital of Manchurian Companies Exceeds M¥ 3,400,000,000
  • Raising of Funds Permitted Under Capital Control Law Total Almost One Billion Yuan
  • Manchoukuo and Germany Extend Trade Accord for One Year
  • Manchuria Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Enjoying Brisk Increase
  • Expansion of Manchoukuo Salt Fields Planned
  • North China Traffic Company Inaugurated
  • Central China Railway Company Makes Its Debut

August, 1939 (No. 8)

  • The South Manchuria Railway Company Shows Further Business Progress During 1938
  • Profitability of Manchoukuo Companies Improve During Latter Half of 1938
  • Inauguration of an Agricultural Insurance System
  • Organization of the Manchuria Land Development Company
  • 3,000,000 Sacks of North American Wheat Flour To Be Imported
  • Supply of Electricity Commenced at Fuhsin
  • Impressive Start of the North China Three-Year Economic Development Plan

September, 1939 (No. 9)

  • Coal Liquefaction Plans Completed
  • Manchoukuo-Germany Trade Relations Three Years after the Conclusion of the Trade Pact
  • Company for the Control of Wild Cocoon Industry Established
  • Volunteer Labor Corps Arrive in Manchoukuo
  • Electricity Charges Reduced in Concert with Production Expansion Program
  • Artificial Petroleum Company Organized
  • Aircraft Safety Facilities to be Expanded
  • Trade of Chinese Ports in Japanese Occupied Areas during the First Half-Year