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FREDK HUTH & CO
ESTABLISHED 1809
HOWARD HUTH
THE NIGHT HON.FREDA HUTH JACKSON.
LKWIS MUTH WALTER
LOVIN TRHEET MEINENTZHADEN.
THE ACORN TRUST LIM
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"HUTH-LONDON.
déron für Telegrams.
HUTH-STOCK-LONDON,"
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12. Tokenhouse Yard. E.C.2.
London.
April 30th 1919
C.O
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.V. 1
Reference No. 22697/1919
sir,
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RE RE! MAY 19
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 28th 1919 with reference to the claims of Messrs. Wm. Brandt's Sone & Co., Messrs. Fruhling & Goschen & ourselves against the surplus assets
of the firm of Melchers & Co., Hong Kong.
We note that the officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong is unable for the reasons stated to accede to our request, but we should like to take this opportunity of stating on behalf of the two above-mentioned firms as well as of ourselves, that we must af- firm our right to participate in any distribution which may be made
of the funds in question.
We are,
sir,
Your obedient Servants,
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