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HASB. C. SHEET NO.
R. A. DASTUR (INDIAN).
00068
68
1944
58, Wyndham Street, HONG KONG, Showa 19th year, Maroh 22,
(COPT)
The Yokohama Specie Bank Ltd.,
Liquidators to
The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation,
HONGKONG.
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Dear Sirs,
With reference to the overdrawn account in my name with the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation against share securities deposited by me, I beg most respectfully to inform you that in conformity with your desire to have this ascount settled, I have been doing my utmost to dispose off my shares, and have been able so far to clear the greater part of my indebtedness to the said Bank, and have reason to believe that in near future, I shall be able to pay off my indebtedness in full.
As you are no doubt aware there is no regular market for shares in Hongkong at present, and moreoverall my share securities| being in the enemy firms are difficult to dispose off; besides I have derived no income whatsoever from my securities, and have no other source of income since the outbreak of the Greater East Asia War and consequently have been helped by my friends for my living expenses.
I might mention here in passing that I have been a resident for the past forty eight years in Hongkong, and now being in my 73rd year I am unable to undertake any fresh business; besides as stated above all my investments have been in shares of different companies, and nothing invested in real estate or in any other investments in any other place except Hongkong, from which I can derive any income.
Under the circumstances I most respectfully wish to request you, and shall feel highly grateful if you will be good enough to waive interest, (which amounts to a considerable sum) on my maid overdrawn account as from 1st January 1942.
Trusting my humble request will meet with your sympathetic and favourable consideration, and for which I tender my sincere thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
(sd.) R. A. DASTUR.
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