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he requested me to pay the carriage, including Insurance
on the three cases from Aberdeen to Hong Kong, and to
forward a note of my expenses to my brother in law in
Hong Kong, and that he would pay him on his return to
Hong Kong, and my brother-in-law would pay me. I paid
the carriage on the 3 cases from Aberdeen to London
which amounted to (I think) 4/-, and later received an
account from Messrs. Pickfords Limited, for carriage &
Insurance on them from London to Hong Kong amounting to
(I think) £2. 10/-. I then wrote my brother-in-law
and informed him about the three cases and requesting
him to send me £7. 10/- which was the amount of my
expenses including carriage and insurance and enclosing
the receipt I received from Messrs. Pickfords Limited,
London for the amount which I had remitted to them.
I have received no reply so far from my brother-in-law
neither have I received these expenses. About the
middle of July last I again received a letter from
Vollbrecht, at Hamburg to the effect that he was sending
on other three cases from London and requesting me to
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have them put into stronger cases as I had done with the
three former onos. He also enclosed addresses, and
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described the cases on which they were to be put.
this case I was instructed to have them sent to Messrs.
Hickie, Borman, Grant & Co., Ltd., Agents, 14 Waterloo Place, London, S.W. for shipment to Hong Kong to the
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"T. R. Josephs";
Vollbrecht alos and "N. C. Swan" all of Hong Kong.
1 stated in his letter that he was going to America en route for Hong Kong, and to again send a note of my expenses to my brother-in-law who would pay me, and that he (Vollbrecht) would settle with him on his arrival at Hong Kong. I had the three small cases which arrived from London shortly after receipt of Vollprecht's letter and bad them put into stronger cases and despatched
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various consignees, viz:- "Henderson";