IX
Burial
Despatch
From or to whom.
No., &c.
Debe.
71 To the Governor
Ceylon Telegram
1816
November 2
72 To Foreign Office
Ceylon
November 6
Bubject.
States, in reply to No, 70, that no action should at present be taken with regard to estates of private owners; suggests that better prices could be got by advertisement and public sale in the United Kingdom than by sale in the Colony.
Transmits copies of Nos. 48 sud 70; states that it has been decided, for reasons given, that estates of enemy planters shall be completely liquidated; inquiries are being made to ascer- tain how they can be sold to the best advantage.
85
86
254
Encloses, in reply to No. 61, copy of 80
a note to the Swiss Minister; the of the insertion of the con- specified should be considered as one of general policy, and has accordingly been referred to the Reconstruction Committee; in the meantime, Lord Grey will accept any conditions which will prevent Mr. Sturzenegger preserving the interests of his enemy partners.
Conveys substance of No. 159, and 81
suggests adoption of legislation on the lines proposed.
Encloses copies of No. 68; suggeste that any overses Government con- cerned should be informed that in any case where they think it prob- able that an attempt will be made by the owners of liquidated enemy businesses to buy back their land and permanent estates by the
employment of dummy purchasers, a condition of the kind proposed in No. 81 ahould be included among the conditions of sale.
8%
Concurs in terms of No. 68, and sends 88
copy of correspondence with High Commissioner for Union of South
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78
To the Governor
Straita Settlements Telegram
November 14
States conditions on which certain enemy property should be sold; if necessary, sales should await further legislation.
86
74 The Governor
Straits November 9 Settlements (Rec. Dec. 11)
87
488
75 To the Governors,etc. Hong Kong, December 20
Btraits Settlements Ceylon,
Gold Coast,
Sierra
Leone,
Uganda,
East
Afrion Pro-
tectorate,
Zanzibar,
Nyasaland,
Jamanien,
Trinidad,
British
Guiana
Circular
(9)
76 To the Governor...
Ceylon Telegram
1817
January 8
Explains why policy pursued in United Kingdom with regard to enemy trading is not applicable in the Colony; encloses copy of Legislative Council debates which deal with the subject.
Encloses copy of draft Nigerian Ordin- ance; suggests legislation on similar lines with regard to the disposal of enemy property.
89
Africa relating to the present policy of the Board of Trade in regard to the sale of enemy property.
67 Foreign Office
September 18
Agrees to action being taken on the
lines of No. 62.
83
States, in reply to Nos. 69 and 70, that if he considers reasonable prices can be obtained, private estates of partners may be sold at his own discretion.
97
68
To the Governor
September 29
Agrees, in reply to No. 58, to sale of shares held by enemy subjects in British companies; states that, except in given circumstances, no private enemy property should be Bold.
77
Ditto
84
Ceylon 17
January 8
States that decision as to the disposal of property of partners in enemy firms and of enemy planters is to be left to Governor's discretion.
97
69
The Governor
Ceylon Telegram
70
The Acting Governor
Ceylon
581
September 16 (Beo. Oct. 16)
(Boo. Oct. 11) | Proposes further to provide for vest- ing in Liquidator, for purpose of liquidation, private estate of partners where partnership property is insuf- ficient to meet liabilities.
Submits comments in reply to No. 48; is strongly of opinion, for reasons stated, that private cstate owners should be dealt with as firms.
78
Ditto
Straits Settlements
8
January 8
84
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79 The Governor
Ceylon
;
761
84
December 19, 1916 (Reo. Jan. 16, 1917)
States, with regard to the application of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916, that it is not proposed to prescribe limits, nor to suggest alteration in present polioy adopted in the Colony.
Bends, with reference to No. 52, copy of a letter 'from the Custodian of Enemy Property stating that Mr. and Mrs. de Silva have been given till 81st July, 1917, to settle their debts to Messrs. Freudenberg & Co.
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From or to whom.
No.
No., &c.
Date.
BO To the Governor
Houg Kong
1017
January 19
16
81
Ditto
Straits Bettlements 28
January 19
82
Ditto
Ceylon Confidential
January 29
83
To the Governors ...
Hong Kong, January 29
Straits Settlements
Ceylon.
¡Gold Coast,
Sierra
Leone,
Kast
Africa Pro-
tectorate, Zanzibar,
Nyasaland,
Uganda,
Jamaica,
Trinidad
Miscel-
laneous
Subject.
Refers to decision already communi- cated as to the conditions of sale of enemy property; regrets delay, due to causes stated.
States that in the case of Messrs. Schmidt, Kusterman & Co., circum- stances make it undesirable to follow the general rule as to the sale of enemy property.
Regrets delay in settling affairs of 100
Messrs. Freudenberg, due to grant
of extension of time to Mrs. de
Silva; no further extension must be
allowed without previous reference to Secretary of State.