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for the oreditore.

Mr.Young has had legal opinion on the question of the new

consignment and from what he tells me he can contest and claim the

Rc shipment with us, unless, as I have already hinted, that you

have obtained special power to entirely eliminate and make null and

void R.B.& Co. from the old agreement, I have seen a copy of the

agreement but cannot of course express here any opinion one way or

another on the matter, but as this appears to be rather serious, I

also have seen the Hongkong Bank solicitors and have asked them to

give me their opinion on this old agreement. At the time of

writing I am still without their reply."

Hongkong, 8th May, 1915.

"In regard to the old agreement, I have had the opinion of

the Bank solicitors (Mr.Hooper of Messrs. Johnson Stokes a Laster)

which is to the effect that the old agreement cannot interfere with

the present one and the new shipment. This now clears up this

particular matter with which I was troubled."

1.B. There is not a word, nor any suggestion whatever in the whole letters by which Mr. Cheetham connects himself or his new duties with Messrs.Reuter, Brockelman & Co.

On the contrary, he writes in reference to this firm, (in the first of the above letters):

"Please send immediately proofe from Mr. Fuhrmann

(Reuter Brockelman & Co) that R.B. Co. have relinquished all

their rights to this agency under the old agreement, and to the

new shipment. This is wanted because, if the assets of R.B.&Co