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DRESDNER RANK.
C.O
47999
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RECE REGE 18 OCT 15
65, Old Broad Street, E.C.
Sir William Plender,
. 5, London Wall Bulldings, E. C.
13th October, 1915.
Dear Sir William,
On the 29th July 1914 we advanced to Messrs. fu.
Meyerink & Co., Hongkong, the sum of £337.6.4., against:-
W B
3033
201
T60
3034
three cases wa tones.
#
160 3084
shipped per se "Bulow" from Lamburg to Hongkong on the 21st
July 1914. In consideration of this our above advance the
said goods were placed under Lien to us,
In May 1915 we escurta Ined that the ss "Bulow"
carrying the said goods, was sheltering at Lisbon, and we
forwarded the respective shipping doctments to our corres-
pondents at that port, with instructions to obtain delivery
of the watches, and to reship them to their original destina-
tion, namely Hongkong. The resupment was effected on the
18th June 1915 by the se "C. Lopez & Lopez" of the Compania Transatlantica, Barcelona, to the order of Messrs. Alex. Ross
& Co.. Liquidators of Messrs. Wa. Meyerink & Co., Hongkong,
China. There being no regular direct liner to liongkong, the
goods had to be shipped by the above steamer to Manila, where they were traipsipped by steamer to liongkong.
We hear today from Messrs. Meyerink's Liquidators
that the Hongkong Goverment have seized the watches, and tint
unless we "can produce a licence or permission from the Iome