LIST OF PRELIMINARY STUDIES 
NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION 
1. Formosan Metal and Mineral Statistics 
2. Coke in Japan 
3. Quality and Uses of Japanese Coal and Lignite 
4. Food Position of Japan for the 1947 Rice Year (as 
of 1 Nov 46) 
5. Japan's Big Fishing Companies 
6. Japanese Food Collection Program with Emphasis on 
Collection of the 1946 Rice Crop 
7. Garnet Resources of Japan 
8. Consumption of Expendable Materials by Japanese 
Coal Mines 
9. Radio-Grade Quartz Crystal Resources in Japan 
10. Japanese Oyster Seed Export Program for 1947 
11. Newsprint in Japan 
12. Experimental Smelting and Refining of Iron-Chromium- 
Nickel Ore in Japan 
13. 1947 Summer Grain Collection and Related Problems 
14. Machinery Distribution in the Japanese Mineral Industry 
15. Pyrophyllite Resources in Japan 
16. The Briquette Industry in Japan in 1947 
17. Material Consumption in the Japanese Mining Industry 
18. Collection of 1947 Fall Crops in Japan 
19. Sources of Coal in East Asia 
20. Machinery Distribution in the Japanese Coal Mining 
Industry 
21. The Coated Paper Industry of Japan 
22. Utilization of Methane as Fuel in Japan 
23. The Cigarette Paper Industry of Japan 
24. Japanese Sponge Culture Experiments in the South 
Pacific Islands 
25. Outlook for Japanese Agriculture 
26. Sources of Bauxite in Asia 
27. Japanese Government Forestry Research, 1947 
28. Japanese Wildlife Sanctuaries and Public Hunting 
Grounds, 1948 
29. Japanese Antarctic Whaling Expedition, 1947-48 
30. Talc Resources in Japan 
31. Fisheries Cooperatives of Japan 
32. Materials and Power Used in Nonferrous Smelting and 
Refining in Japan 
33. Forest Fuel Production in Japan 
34- Japanese Antarctic Whaling Expedition, 1948-49 
35. Electric Furnace for Smelting Low-Grade Ores in Japan 
36. Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan 
37. Forest Area, Volume, and Growth in Japan 
38. Japanese Fishing Fleet Statistics, 1948 
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