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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan |
 | | At the head of each district is a sub-prefect, at the head of each village or town is a mayor assisted by a council. |
 | | The departments, districts, towns, and villages have a special budget administered by the general council, the district council, the municipal council, and increased by local revenues independent of the taxes raised by the Government. |
 | | In 1877 during the civil war of Satsuma, a society was founded in Japan on the model of the Red Cross under the name of Hakuaisha (philanthropic society). |
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