Ministry of Finance Official Regulations

...However, this vast authority often caused conflicts with other administrative agencies, and gradually the responsibilities of affairs outside the scope of finance and banking were transferred to each ministry. In February 1886, the Ministry of Finance was established, stating that it would "manage affairs related to revenue and expenditure, taxes, national bonds, currency, and banking, and supervise local finances," thus establishing itself as the financial governing body of a modern state. In addition to the Minister's Secretariat, the Ministry had 11 bureaus: General Affairs, Accounting, Taxation, Customs, Accounting, Treasury, National Bonds, Safekeeping, Banking, Deposits, and Records, as well as independent bureaus for minting and printing.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Ministry of Finance Official System" is listed below.

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…しかしこの広大な権限は，しばしば他の行政官庁との対立を惹起したこともあって，財政金融の範囲外の管掌事務をしだいに各省に移管していった。　86年2月に大蔵省官制が制定され，同省は〈歳入歳出，租税，国債，貨幣及び銀行に関する事務を管理し，地方の財務を監督す〉と定められ，近代国家の財政統轄機関としての体裁を確立した。本省機構は大臣官房のほか，総務，会計，主税，関税，主計，出納，国債，金庫，銀行，預金，記録の11局が設けられ，そのほかに造幣，印刷の独立の局があった。…

※「大蔵省官制」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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