I hereby give My Sanction to the Temporary Establishment of the Bureau of Allowances in the Ministry of Finance and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (June 24, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 340 TEMPORARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUREAU OF ALLOWANCES OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE The Bureau of Allowances shall be temporarily established in the Ministry of Finance and shall be charged with the affairs regarding allowances in general, of government officials, those treated as such, "shokutakuin," "koin," "yonin," "koin" and others who receive allowances from the Treasury. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.